Property Damage

Throughout the last few decades, the face of the oil & gas industry has evolved dramatically with the introduction of new technologies and unconventional techniques. Often, impractical or incorrect application of these new technologies can result in severe oilfield accidents and costly damages to property and expensive wellsite equipment.

Signa Engineering Corp.'s familiarity with the oil & gas industry allows us to serve impeccably as expert witnesses when careless activity or negligence results in costly property or equipment damage. 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 completely proficient in all upstream equipment usage and oilfield processes.

Case Histories

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

Our expert witness and litigation staff has served as consultants for many major oil & gas drilling companies, 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 ingenuity to provide the most pertinent and concise aspects of cases, such as:

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When severe accidents occur at a wellsite, companies and individuals can suffer substantial economic losses for which they might not be accountable. Signa can provide expert consultation supported by demonstrative evidence to paint the clearest picture of responsibility 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 patent infringement, personal injury, product design, health & environmental, contract disputes and equipment failures.

Signa has even developed its own Risk Mitigation Service for drilling operations. After careful and thorough reviews of wellsite conditions and geology, 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.