NORA Oil and Gas Extraction Council
Meetings
The NORA Oil and Gas Extraction Council meets twice per year.
March 2-3, 2022 (virtual meeting)
March 2, 2022
- Welcome/Networking/Introductions
- Meeting Overview
- NIOSH Updates
- Workgroup reports
- Safety
- Health
- Motor Vehicle
- Member Updates
- Working Alone and Remote: Preventing the Risk of Fatality from Cardiovascular Events in Oil and Gas Extraction Workers – Stacy M. Zimmerman, DO, MOH, Occupational medicine provider
- Adjourn
March 3, 2022
- Welcome/Networking/Day 1 recap/anyone who wasn’t introduced on day 1
- COVID-19: Vaccine & OSHA Enforcement Issues – Adele Abrams, Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C.
- Building Capacity to Manage Pressure – Robert Waterhouse, Energy Safety Canada
- Review of meeting and planning for Fall 2022
- Adjourn
Spring Health and Safety Summit 2022
April 6–7, 2022, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET each day
Virtual summit hosted on Zoom Webinar in conjunction with the Center for Health, Work and Environment at the Colorado School of Public Healthexternal icon.
A detailed agenda, with a list of speakers and their presentation abstracts can be found herepdf icon.
Speakers included:
- John Howard, Director of NIOSH
- Audrey Profitt, Gary Orr, Pamela Barclay, and Stephen Schayer of OSHA
- Bradley King, NIOSH, NORA Oil and Gas Extraction Sector Council
- William Murphy, Elizabeth Masterson, and Thais Morata, NORA Hearing Loss Prevention Cross-Sector Council
- Brenda Jacklitsch, NIOSH Small Business Assistance Program
- Jon Williams, NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
- Nancy Lin, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Derek Sang, Bulwark
2021
March 2-3, 2021 (Virtual Meeting)
March 2, 2021 8:00 – 11:30 am (MT)
- Welcome/Networking/Introductions Ryan/Kenny
- Meeting Overview
- COVID presentation – Lisa Delaney, NIOSH
- Workgroup reports
- Safety
- Health
- Motor Vehicle
- Zone 7 – Tal Brown, CEO
March 3, 2021 8:00 – 11:30 am ET
- Welcome/Networking/Day 1 recap
- Member Updates
- Exclusion zone tool for dropped objects – Robert Waterhouse, Energy Safety Canada
- NIOSH Updates
- Review of meeting and planning for Fall 2021
Silica in the Oilfield Summit 2.0 (virtual summit hosted on Zoom Webinar)
April 13-14, 2021
Abstracts for each of the presentations can be found here pdf icon[PDF – 241 KB].
April 13, 2021 12:00–4:00 pm (all times listed are Eastern Time)
- Welcome [12:00–12:05 pm]
- Dr. Bradley King, NIOSH Oil and Gas Sector Program
- Opening Remarks [12:05–12:15 pm]
- Dr. John Howard, Director of NIOSH
- OSHA Update on Respirable Crystalline Silica Activities [12:15–12:45 pm]
- Todd Jordan, Director of OSHA Health Response Team
- Update on NIOSH Silica Exposure Assessment Field Work [12:45–1:15 pm]
- Dr. John Snawder, Toxicologist and Co-Director of the Center for Direct Reading and Sensor Technologies, NIOSH
- BREAK [1:15–1:20 pm]
- In-field Silica Sample Analysis Methods [1:20–1:50 pm]
- Dr. Emanuele Cauda, Engineer and Co-Director of the Center for Direct Reading and Sensor Technologies, NIOSH
- Silica Exposures in the Oil and Gas Industry in British Columbia, Canada – A Historic Perspective [1:50–2:20 pm]
- Budd Phillips, Regional Service Manager, WorkSafeBC
- A Human and Organizational Performance Perspective on Silica Exposures in the Oil and Gas Industry [2:20–2:50 pm]
- Robert Waterhouse, Industry Development Program Manager, Energy Safety Canada
- BREAK [2:50–3:00 pm]
- Mining Dust Control Technology with Potential Application for the Oil and Gas Industry [3:00–3:30 pm]
- Andy Cecala, Mining Engineer, NIOSH Mining Sector Program
- Calfrac’s 10 Year Journey in Responding to Silica Regulations and the Need for Controls in the Oilfield [3:30–4:00 pm]
- Jim Deister, HSE Manager US and Global Operations, Calfrac Well Services
April 14, 2021 12:00–4:00 pm ET
- Welcome [12:00–12:05 pm]
- Dr. Bradley King, NIOSH Oil and Gas Sector Program
- The Benefits of a Proppant Dust Control Coating to Reduce Silica Exposure [12:05–12:30 pm]
- Tom Thorn, Commercial Manager, Energy Division, Arkema-ArrMaz
- Here’s the Dirt on Silica Dust Mitigation [12:30–12:55 pm]
- Brian Dorfman, Vice-President–Operations, PropX
- Introduction to www.Silica-Safe.orgexternal icon [12:55-1:15 pm]
- Dr. Bradley King, Industrial Hygienist, NIOSH
- BREAK [1:15–1:25 pm]
- Driving Compliance through Automation and Integration [1:25–1:50 pm]
- Brendan Gilbert, Senior Vice President of Service & Quality, Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure
- Cutting Edge Technologies for Silica Dust Control [1:50–2:15 pm]
- Greg Bierie, Technical Sales & Marketing Specialist, Benetech
- Source Energy’s Solution to Wellsite Silica Dust [2:15–2:40 pm]
- Shawn Furlong, Vice President Health, Safety, & Environment, Source Energy Services
- BREAK [2:40–2:45 pm]
- Wet Sand as a Silica Dust Control: Performance and Logistics Compared to Existing Controls [2:45–3:15 pm]
- Kalie Boot, Senior EHS Assurance Advisor, and Ian Wilson, Commodities Manager, Ovintiv USA Inc. Oil and Gas
- Closing Panel Discussion: Implementation of Silica Controls from a Management Perspective [3:15–4:00 pm], moderated by Kyle Krueger, speaker/author and Probability Matters podcastexternal icon host
- Anna Omsberg, Completion Engineer in Supply Chain Management, Ovintiv USA Inc. Oil and Gas
- James Coleman, Health & Safety Ops Advisor, Pioneer Natural Resources
September 21-22, 2021 (virtual meeting)
September 21, 2021 8:00 – 11:30 am MT
- Welcome/Networking/Introductions
- Meeting Overview
- State of the Industry (panel discussion)
- Workgroup reports
- Safety
- Health
- Motor Vehicle
- NIOSH Updates – New projects
September 22, 2022 8:00 – 11:00 am MT
- Welcome/Networking/Day 1 recap
- Member Updates
- NIOSH/OSHA COVID-19 Update
- NIOSH Updates – Ongoing Projects
- Review of Meeting and Planning for 2022
- Adjourn
March 4-5, 2020 in Dallas, TX
March 4, 2020 8:15 am – 5:30 pm CT
- Welcome/Introductions
- Meeting Overview
- Presentation: WorkSafeBC
Doug Pasco, WorkSafeBC
- Member Updates 1
- NIOSH Updates 1: A Health and Safety Survey of 500 U.S. Oil and Gas Extraction (OGE) Workers
Kyla Retzer and Alejandra Ramirez-Cardenas, NIOSH
- Presentation: An Update on the Nation’s Opioid Overdose Epidemic and Work
Casey Chosewood, NIOSH
- Workgroups:
- Preview
- Breakout session
- Report back in
March 5, 2020 8:15 am – 12:00 pm CT
- H&P Technologies (Host presentation)
- SafeLandUSA
- Member Updates 2
- NIOSH Updates 2: Industrial Hygiene and Field Studies
- Ways to advance Council Research Agenda
- Planning for next 12 months
September 22-23, 2020 (virtual meeting)
September 22, 2020 8:00 – 11:30 am MT
- Welcome/Networking/Introductions
- Meeting Overview
- COVID presentation (CDC/NIOSH presenter)
- NIOSH Updates
- Workgroup reports (Safety/Health/Motor Vehicle)
- Adjourn
September 23, 2020 8:00 – 11:00 am MT
- Welcome/Networking/Day 1 recap
- Member Updates
- State of the industry – activity level, new hires and reassignment safety concerns, NORA Council Research Agenda
- “Thank You Warren”
- Review of meeting and planning for Spring 2021
- Adjourn
March 5-6, 2019 in Galveston, TX
March 5, 2019 9:00 am – 4:30 pm CT
- Welcome/Introductions
- Meeting overview
- The “State of Sand” Presentations and Panel Discussion
- Welding Fumes
- Reducing Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIF) Potential
- Workgroups
- Workgroup previews
- Workgroups breakout
- Workgroups report back in
March 6, 2019 9:00 am – 12:30 pm CT
- NIOSH updates
- API (host presentation)
- Member updates
- Planning for the next 12 months
- Adjourn
September 24-25, 2019 in Denver, CO
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 8:00 am – 5:00 pm MT
- Welcome/introductions
- Meeting overview
- Motor Vehicle Workgroup presentation
- Member updates 1
- Welding fumes
- Occupational Robotics and Advanced Technologies presentations and discussion
- Reducing SIF Potential
- Workgroups breakout 1
- Opioids
- NIOSH updates
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 8:00 am – 2:00 pm ET
- Member updates 2
- Workgroups breakout 2
- Workgroup reports
- Human trafficking
- Planning for next 12 months
- Adjourn
February 28-March 1, 2018 in Denver, CO
February 28, 2018 8:30 am – 5:00 pm MT
- Welcome/Introductions
- Meeting overview
- Fatal Incident update/Venting while loading
- NIOSH updates
- Workgroup updates – results of virtual meetings
- Safety
- Health
- Cross-cutting
- Working lunch in workgroups
- Action Plan Presentations
- Safety
- Health
- Cross-cutting
- Next steps and future action plans
- Dropped Object Prevention
- Seatbelt use at H&P
- Member updates
- Adjourn
March 1, 2018 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT
- Encana (host presentation)
- Pressure Release – possible Alert and next steps
- NIOSH Extractive Industries Workgroup
- Planning for the next 12 months
- Adjourn
September 18-19, 2018 in Houston, TX
September 18 8:00 am – 4:30 pm CT
- Welcome/introductions
- Meeting Overview
- How do we measure safety success?
- Silica
- Council champions, Agenda priority tracking
- Workgroup refresh
- Safety
- Health
- Cross-cutting
- Workgroup reports and consensus building
- Priority champions
- Planned actions
- Meeting preference
- Member updates
- Adjourn
September 19 8:30 am – 12:00 pm CT
- International Association of Drilling Contractors (host presentation)
- NIOSH updates
- Epidemiology and surveillance
- Exposure assessment
- Engineering
- Communication
- OSHA conference highlights and activities
- Planning for the next 12 months
- Adjourn
April 4-5, 2017 in Arlington, TX
April 4 8:30 am – 5:00 pm CT
- Welcome/Introductions
- Meeting overview
- Epidemiology update
- Leading indicators
- Member updates
- Workgroup discussions
- Adjourn
April 5 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT
- University of Texas, Arlington (host presentation)
- Workgroup reports
- NIOSH Updates
Adjourn
September 21-22, 2016 in Houston, TX
September 21 8:30 am – 5:00 pm CT
Purpose: Celebrate the end of the 2nd decade of NORA, introduce the 3rd decade of NORA, and update our research priorities for the next decade.
- Welcome/Introductions
- Meeting overview
- Celebrate 2nd decade of NORA
- NORA 3rd decade introduction
- Council member priorities
- Discuss research priorities for the Nation
- Organize priorities
- Breakout discussions
- Reports from breakout groups
- Adjourn
September 22 8:30 am – 5:00 pm CT
Purpose: Share important information among the council members and their companies/organizations.
- Review of day one
- BP (host presentation)
- Council member updates
- OSHA update
- NIOSH update
- Tank hazards research and prevention update
- Special topic: NIOSH Oil and Gas/Mining program collaboration
- Planning for next 12 months
- Small group discussions/workgroups meet
- Adjourn