Personal Injury

As a whole, the oil & gas drilling industry tends to pay as much or more attention to safety practices than other industries, and accident frequencies are relatively lower when compared to other fields of labor. However, because of the nature of the products dealt with (highly combustible and explosive hydrocarbons), dangerous occurrences like blowouts and wellsite fires are among the nation's most dangerous onsite accidents.

At Signa Engineering Corp., we offer more than just expert project management and drilling design. Our engineering experience in the oil and gas industry also allows us to serve impeccably as expert witnesses when someone is injured as the result of an oilfield accident. Our staff is globally recognized for their knowledge of operations, drilling methods, completion and production of oil and gas and environmental issues. We are also expertly qualified to demonstrate how oilfield equipment works, who was negligent in oilfield practices, and subsequently, why an accident occurred.

Case Histories

As part of their everyday performance, our engineering staff analyzes critical wells with clarity to determine and mitigate hazardous drilling factors such as high temperatures, over-pressured formations, sour gasses and dangers due to remote locations and hostile environments. Subsequently, our staff can apply in-depth analysis skills to evaluate wells after an accident to determine mitigating factors in the catastrophe and why drilling plans failed.

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

Who to Call

When an oilfield worker has been killed or injured because of carelessness or negligence, 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 in 1996 to offer expert witness and litigation support and has been instrumental in the resolution of cases involving patent infringement, personal injury and property damage, product design, health, safety and environmental, contract disputes and equipment failures.

Signa has even developed its own Risk Mitigation Service for drilling operations. The service carefully and thoroughly reviews all aspects of a critical well drilling process. Upon completion of this evaluation, Signa can provide a detailed Hazard Identification (HAZID) and Hazard Operations (HAZOP) analysis to identify inherent risks in a critical drilling program and ways 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.