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| Assuring an Adequate Safety Culture in Facilities Operations
added: 05th September 2014
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Poland Section of Society of Petroleum Engineers want to invite you for lecture given by SPE Distinguished Lecturer Kenneth E. Arnold, from WorleyParsons.
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| The Lecture will be given at AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Al. Mickiewicza 30, building A-4, room 3, on 23 October 2014 at 12:00. |
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| We all agree it is necessary to have an adequate safety culture to minimize the possibility of major accidents. This presentation explains what is meant by a “safety culture”, and provides guidance as to what is required to develop an adequate culture of safety and assure it actually exists in practice. A change in safety requires a change in attitudes and actions on the part of both management and worker. Both the Operator and the regulator have a role to play in making this happen. |
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Ken Arnold has almost fifty years of industry experience with 16 years at Shell Oil Company. He founded Paragon Engineering Services in 1980 which was voted one of the best places in Houston to work by the Houston Business Journal. In 2005 Paragon was purchased by AMEC. In September 2007, Ken retired from AMEC and formed K Arnold Consulting, Inc. (KACI). In 2010 he joined WorleyParsons as a part-time Senior Technical Advisor while maintaining KACI for independent consulting work.
Ken is co-author of two textbooks and author of over 50 technical articles on safety management, project management and facilities design. He has twice been chosen as an SPE distinguished lecturer. He has twice served on the Board of SPE, is currently Treasurer-Elect of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas and a former member of the Marine Board of the National Research Council. He was Chair of the National Research Council Committee which prepared a report for the Department of the Interior on “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Offshore Operations”.
Ken has taught facilities engineering at the University of Houston as well as for several oil companies. He is a registered professional engineer and serves on the advisory board of the engineering schools of Tulane University and Cornell University and the Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board of University of Houston.
Mr. Arnold was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 1994-95 & 2002-03. |
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| Distinguished Lecturer Program started in 1961 with three lecturers the Distinguished Lecturer Program is funded primarily by the SPE Foundation through member donations and a contribution from Offshore Europe. We also appreciate the companies that allow their professionals to serve as lecturers and the additional support from AIME. More than 450 presentations are offered each year, and each section can receive up to three lectures per year. |
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