Oil & Gas Operations Blog
Practical guidance on permit to work, process safety management, joint integrity, and digital transformation for oil and gas and offshore energy operators — from the Elisian team.
Isolation management: the SIMOPS blind spot
When one job finishes and reinstates an isolation another permit still depends on, the gap is rarely procedure — it's whether anyone could see it.
Permit to Work Software: A Cross-Permit Checklist
Most PTW software demos look identical. Here's the checklist to test real-time cross-permit visibility before you buy permit to work software.
How to run a SIMOPS risk assessment
A SIMOPS risk assessment is only useful if its controls reach the permit floor — here's a practical, repeatable methodology for multi-activity sites.
Why permit to work needs SIMOPS visibility
A compliant permit can still combine dangerously with the job next to it. Here's why permit to work systems need visibility across simultaneous operations.
Asbestos management and permit to work systems
An asbestos register is only useful if it reaches the permit desk before work starts. Here's how that link actually gets built on live assets.
Permit to Work Software: A Buyer's Guide
Evaluating permit to work software? This buyer's guide covers auditability, contractor competency checks, and integration — the criteria that hold up under audit.
Why isolation is the weak point in permit to work
A signed isolation certificate means nothing if the valve hasn't been physically checked — that's precisely where permit to work audits find gaps.
Assurance and compliance software energy operators trust
Paper permits and disconnected spreadsheets can't prove assurance across isolations, competency and integrity — see why operators trust Elisian instead.
Maintenance backlog: what OEUK's KPI guide means
Maintenance backlog figures rarely match between operators — see what OEUK's Issue 3 guideline means for how you measure, report and manage yours.
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