The middle Cretaceous Colorado Group of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin consists predominantly of mudstone deposited during major marine inundations interspersed with relatively thin sandstone and conglomerate beds. The Colorado Group petroleum system, containing a large portion of the light-medium oil and natural gas reserves within the Middle Jurassic to Cretaceous foreland basin succe...

The possibility that workers could be adversely affected by environmental policies imposed on heavily regulated industries has led to claims of a “jobs versus the environment” trade-off by both business and labor leaders. The present research examines this claim at the industry level for four heavily polluting industries: pulp and paper mills, plastic manufacturers, petroleum refiners, and iron...

The purpose of this study was to investigate manual performance and thermal responses during low work intensity in persons wearing standard protective clothing in the petroleum industry when they were exposed to a range of temperatures (5, –5, –15 and –25°C) that are relevant to environmental conditions for petroleum industry personnel in northern regions. Twelve men participated in the study. ...

OBJECTIVE This research aimed to identify the most frequently occurring human factors contributing to maintenance-related failures within a petroleum industry organization. Commonality between failures will assist in understanding reliability in maintenance processes, thereby preventing accidents in high-hazard domains. BACKGROUND Methods exist for understanding the human factors contributing...