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Letter from the Chair #52

The proliferation of Wellsite Digital and the Digital Administration System is progressing well and is expanding into its second phase. Many member companies are now using Wellsite Digital across three states with over 8,000 digital permits having been generated....

Letter from the Chair #51

This year, the focus of our activities has been progressing the Industry transition to Wellsite Digital and preparing for the next iteration of our training materials. At the end of June 2022, the total number of trainees had increased by 1,025, bringing the total...

Unforseeable Risk – Toolbox

An unforeseeable problem or unpleasant event is one which you did not expect and could not have predicted.  This is such an unforeseeable situation that anything could happen. Unforeseeable: About 9-10% of risks are unforeseeable risks. Unexpected situations at work...

Letter from the Chair #50

Dear Members, On October 27th, the 2022 Annual General Meeting will be held virtually via videoconference. Invitations have been sent out to all our valued Member Representatives. Members will be updated on the following items: Operations Report Financial and...

Improving Work Party Buy-In

When the Work Party ‘buys-in’ to safety and the WPTW system, you focus less on what they do wrong and expect more that they will do right. Putting it bluntly – when they buy-in, you no longer need to police them. The emphasis is on expecting that they will make the...

Wellsite Digital Project Update #48

Wellsite Permit To Work Association released the new version of Wellsite App in April 2022. However, we have observed that some instances are running on old versions. It is important for users to update their instance upon release of a new version. The latest version...

Understanding Forseeable Risk

A foreseeable risk is when a reasonable person in a given situation should know that a specific harm might occur as a result of their actions. For example, if a person handles a harmful chemical without the correct PPE and sustains a chemical burn to their hand, this...

Wellsite Digital App Troubleshooting #48

How Do I Manually Update the App? Close the Wellsite App Right click on Wellsite App desktop shortcut icon Click on “Open File Location” Search for “maintenancetool.exe” file Double click on “maintenancetool.exe” file Wait until...

Letter from the Chair #48

The Association has embarked on a stakeholder consultation program to support progress of the Digital App rollout. The intent of the process is to identify areas of concern if any, what is working well, and to assist Member companies resolve any implementation issues...