Enhancing Health, Safety and Environmental Plans of Royal Dutch Shell in Oil Production

Running Head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Enhancing health, safety and environmental plans of Royal Dutch Shell in oil production
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................................................2
1.1 Introduction......................................................................................................................2
1.2 Problem statement............................................................................................................2
1.3.Aims and objectives of the study......................................................................................3
1.3.1 Aims of the study.......................................................................................................3
1.3.2 Objective of the study................................................................................................3
1.4 Research Question............................................................................................................3
1.5 Background of the study...................................................................................................4
1.6 Rational of the study.........................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Literature Review.....................................................................................................4
2.1 Theoretical Framework....................................................................................................4
2.2 Occupational Injuries on Oil Rigs....................................................................................5
2.3 Risk Factors......................................................................................................................6
2.4 Psychological Wellbeing of Workers on Oil Rigs...........................................................6
2.5 Environmental Impacts.....................................................................................................7
2.6 HSSE Management in Royal Dutch Shell........................................................................7
2.7 Gaps in HSE Management...............................................................................................7
2.8 Chemical Management.....................................................................................................8

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2.9 Waste Management..........................................................................................................8
2.10 Greenhouse Gas Management........................................................................................8
Chapter 3: Research Methodology.............................................................................................8
3.1 Method Outline.................................................................................................................8
3.2 Research Philosophy........................................................................................................9
3. 3 Research Approach..........................................................................................................9
3. 3. 1 Justification of the Chosen Approach......................................................................9
3.4 Study Location................................................................................................................10
3.5 Data Collection Technique.............................................................................................10
3.6 Case Background............................................................................................................10
3.7 Analysis Technique........................................................................................................11
3.8 Conclusion......................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................12

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
The industry of the oil and gas is known to be universal in the realistic way like it has
expanded from Europe’s temperate forests to secluded places of the Arctic, from Alaska to
Australia and to the tropical region’s rainforests. The oil and gas industry is the primary source
of the power energy as this is the most effective source of the consumable energy which runs the
other industries from different fields. Oil and gas industry majorly focuses on managing the
safety and health issue as many of its activities is linked with the dangerous safety rocks and
health problems (Bjerga and Aven 2015).
The only reason to produce this account is to know the strength of the safety, health and
environmental strategies that one of the major organisation named Royal Dutch Shell, an
industry of oil and gas in the United Kingdom uses in their facilities of the oil production
(AlKazimi 2015).
1.2 Problem statement
There are several daily activities that causes serious fears to the workers’ lives in the oil
and gas industry because of the severe circumstances in which they need to work and because of
the explosives product’s nature. The organisations must know the requirements of the safety of
the employees in the environment they work (AlKazimi 2015). Despite of the information that
the organisations who are working must implement strict facilities for the safety and health of the
employees and these reports has been given by the NORA Oil and Natural Extraction Council
and this report depicts that the ratio of the casual deaths has been more than eight times in the
industry of the oil and gas than that of the rates of the other industries. Consequently this has