Inspection Software Blog

#FEPrevent Pike River Mine Disaster

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:34 PM

November 19^th, 2010 3:44pm

An explosion in a mine damaged a gas pipe that was responsible for removing dangerous gases resulting in a buildup of methane gas in the mine.  29 miners were trapped i…

#FEPrevent Soma Mine Disaster

Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:27 PM

During a routine shift change on May 13^th, 2014, 787 miners were inside the coal mine when an explosion occurred cutting off the power to the mine elevator.  Without a way to escape the mine, many …

#FEPrevent Lake Michigan Pipeline Malfunction

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:12 PM

Only 8 months after a $4 Billion modernization to the 100 year old BP oil refinery, a malfunction of the distillation unit sent oil into Lake Michigan.  It’s unsure exactly how much oil has pollute…

#FEPrevent Sunoco Crude Oil Spill

Wednesday, February 25, 2015 4:26 PM

On October 13^th, 2014 a “significant size spill” [4.500 barrels] of crude oil fell into the Caddo Bayou.  Once the leak was noticed, it was shut down 20 minutes later, but by that time the Bayou wa…

#FEPrevent UBB Mine Disaster

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:12 PM

3:02pm on April 4^th, 2010 an explosion erupted deep inside Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, killing all 29 miners who were working inside. 

 The cause of the explosio…

#FEPrevent BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Thursday, February 12, 2015 10:02 AM

On August 20^th, 2010 a recently installed concrete core ruptured, allowing a surge of natural gas to escape; travelling up to the rig platform and ignited.  The explosion killed 11 people and injur…

What If...? How can we #FEPrevent Preventable Accidents?

Friday, February 6, 2015 11:32 AM

Have you ever had a “What If…” moment?

You’re watching the news and ANOTHER mining/oil and gas accident, turn on the radio and hear about them and then you go online and see hundreds of articles a…

Paper and Pen is not Good Enough

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:44 PM

There are hundreds of accidents that occur in the Oil and Gas sector each year – from large scale spills, to loss of life and property, to environmental catastrophes. All accidents are preventable …

“Breakthrough software for Inspections” [Article by Mining & Exploration]

Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:57 PM

Field Eagle is a field inspection software that allows you to create paperless, risk based inspections.  

Earlier today, Field Eagle was featured in an article written by Mining & Exploration,…

Oil and Gas Industry going Mobile

Friday, September 12, 2014 1:42 PM

In the age of all things technology, it’s no surprise that all industries will soon find their way to embracing the newest technologies. This is also true with the Oil and Gas Industry.  At Field Eagl…