Health Safety & Environment

When an accident occurs within the oil & gas industry, the outcome often leaves more in its wake than just the obvious property damage, personal injuries and equipment destruction. Many times, the fragile ecosystems surrounding the wellsite are detrimentally affected by accidents that resulted from negligence of oilfield management or defective equipment provided by manufacturers or suppliers.

Several of our engineering professionals have worked in the environmental business and are highly experienced at performing environmental site assessments.

Case Histories

On a regular basis, our engineering staff designs and analyzes critical wells with the intent to identify and mitigate hazardous drilling factors caused by high-temperature and high-pressured formations, sour gasses and risks associated with remote locations and hostile environments. As a result of their normal activities, our staff can apply the same skills to evaluate wells after an accident to determine why the original plans failed.

Our expert witness and litigation staff has served as consultants for many major oil & gas drilling companies and exploration companies and numerous energy-based attorneys since 1995. Signa has served in cases representing both plaintiffs and defendants in energy litigation cases, utilizing our field-tested experience to provide the most pertinent aspects of cases, such as:

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When an oilfield accident has caused damage to soil, groundwater or other biological hazard, Signa can provide expert consultation supported by demonstrative evidence to paint the clearest picture in the courtroom. Created in 1992 as a Engineering Service Company, Signa expanded its services to offer expert witness and litigation support and has been instrumental in the resolution of cases involving health & environmental litigation, patent infringement, personal injury, product design, contract disputes and equipment failures.

Signa utilizes its own Risk Mitigation Process for drilling operations. After careful and thorough reviews of wellsite conditions and issues, Signa can provide a detailed Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazard Operations (HAZOP) analysis to identify inherent risks in a critical drilling program and develop contingency plans to mitigate these problems.

We have experience in handling virtually every type of upstream oil & gas procedure. Contact Dave Roseland with your expert witness needs, or simply check our case histories or see our client list in pdf format to get a better feel for what we do.