Perspectives

Intern Thomas Billet has just landed at Marex and is beginning to get to grips with what it offers

Diesel fuel oil typically provides the energy to operate mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs).

However, diesel fuel oil consumption on board MODUs - like all other forms of diesel consumption - contributes towards climate change through direct emissions into the environment. We’re talking carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides and sulphur oxides.

Diesel also has a financial cost.

So the business case...

We all find ourselves juggling the balance between cost and value. 

In the competitive race to survive and thrive, decisions can be taken that at first glance appear to cut costs.

The following story of unintended consequences demonstrates how a seeming straightforward business decision had repercussions the organisation hadn’t predicted.

But people are involved in every aspect of work, which is why looking at the part that human factors play is so important.

The end result in helping to avoid accidents and ill health at work cannot be underestimated.