The oilfield industry is a vital part of our national economy. This industry continually experiences a variety of accidents and events. These often result in oil spills, fires, explosions, and personal injury or death. Oilfield accident investigations can be extremely complicated given the severity of such events in combination with the size and complexity of the equipment and facilities involved.
The Oilfield Environment
In the oilfield business, you go where the oil is. And most of the time the oil is found in extreme locations with rough conditions such as the desert or the North Atlantic Ocean. These locations alone often contribute to accidents that affect the workers. Complex accidents in such extreme environments need to be handled by SEAL experts.
Oilfield Equipment
Accident investigations can be even more complicated when you throw in the massive size and complexity of the equipment used to extract the oil. Combine that with drilling mud, water, and diesel fuel and you have a recipe for equipment failure that can cause employee accidents or death.
Complex Causes
With 40 plus years of individual experience, our Professional Engineers (PE) and Certified Safety Professionals (CSP) have investigated a wide range of oil field related cases.
Drilling Rig Collapse and Failures
Refinery, Rig and Vessel explosions and fires
Material Failures
Equipment Failures
Pipelines, Rigs, Refineries, Storage facilities and Transportation equipment
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The above case has settled. Enclosed is a check for the outstanding balance for your services. Thank you for your services in this matter. I will gladly provide a reference for you to other lawyers and will contact you first the next time I need to retain an engineer.
GOOD NEWS! Case settled today at mediation. Please forward invoice for services rendered. We really appreciate your help in this matter and with your assistance we were able to settle for a reasonable amount
Dear Mr. Johnson
I appreciate you as well as Mr. Gary Jackson from your office taking the time to inspect the accident site with me yesterday. Your professional assistance in this unfortunate matter remains truly appreciated.
I want to let you know how much I appreciated your prompt response after the crane accident. Your assistance and services were invaluable. You provided me with calming perspective during a very difficult time. I hope that I can call on you again if I ever find myself in a similar unfortunate situation. I will certainly recommend you and your company to others.
Brian and Kurt:
We wanted to let you both know that the case settled this week. Your work was instrumental in moving the case to resolution and we appreciate your assistance in getting here. We look forward to working with you in the future.
I met with Mr. Gary Jackson and Mr. Greig Latham today, and I appreciate you guys making it out this quickly, I was very impressed.
I just wanted to say thank you for appearing as an expert witness of the trial. Your testimony was very helpful. FYI – the jury brought back a plaintiff’s verdict for $3.8 million. Huge win.
I wanted to let you know that I was able to review my claim with a **** supervisor this morning, and he ruled the decision in my favor. The deciding factor that convinced him to overrule company policy (requiring their own inspection of the physical evidence)
was your report. I can't tell you how grateful I am for your work.