BP PMF Leadership recently recognized Operations Floor Lead Mark Doiron and Material Handlers Brian Naquin and Quinton Bruce for speaking up when they observed several non-conformances on a load sent to the PMF for temporary storage. Read More...
Twenty-Four Years Incident-Free
11-Jun-2019By: Thomas Rougeau
Fourchon Shorebase Maintenance Supervisor L.J. Falgoust has given 24 years of incident-free service to Danos. Starting at Danos Fourchon base on May 18, 1995, he was quickly promoted from rigger to forklift operator. While serving at Danos Fourchon base, he was also responsible for carpentry work. Read More...
Acid Plant Project
06-Jun-2019By: Keli Dantin
Danos’ I&E team recently completed the install and testing of an acid plant for a customer in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Classified as a Class I, Division 2 area, the project consisted of ground grids; equipment grounds; electrical distribution; automatic transfer switch installation; Motor Control Center (MCC) building and switch gear; electric pumps and valve actuators; receptacles; loading arms; conduit and cable tray installations; as well as area and perimeter lighting. The team was also tasked with the development and implementation of the controls system on this project. Read More...
The Ride of a Lifetime
06-Jun-2019By: Samantha Magee
On April 27-28, 2019, Danos employees Matt Kelso, Mark King, Billy Hebert and Khanh Labat (pictured left to right) embarked on a bike ride from Houston to Austin for the MS 150. The two-day ride is a 180-mile journey that starts in Houston and ends in Austin, with break points in between. The annual event raises money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to fund research for a cure and service for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). Read More...
Coatings Cultivates Leadership from Within
28-May-2019By: Clay Carter
Danos was recently awarded a maintenance coatings contract aboard Shell’s Perdido platform. The coatings team seized the opportunity with this project to fulfill the Danos purpose — develop great people to solve big challenges for our customers and communities—by promoting Relief Foreman Minh Nguyen from Shell Mars to foreman on Shell Perdido , along with crew members from Mars he has experience with. Read More...
Learning and Growing
28-May-2019By: Kevin Biringer
This section highlights employees who continue to grow their knowledge base to improve themselves and help Danos meet the expectations of our customers. If you have an employee development achievement to share, please send a brief write-up of your accomplishment to whatsup@danos.com. Read More...
High-Performance Champion
28-May-2019By: Rene Vidrine
Permian Production Operator Eric Estrada has been recognized by his peers and leaders for performing at a very high level. Read how Eric and his peers saved an operation from falling to a divestiture. Read More...
Stop Work Authority Through Adversity
28-May-2019By: Mike Allen
On Thursday, April 25, Lease Operators Ronald Shaffer and Shannon Tate were asked by customer operators to disassemble a two-inch dump line that could not be properly isolated, because it only had check valves inline. Knowing this was against Danos safety policies and procedures, they began making phone calls through the proper chain of command. Read More...
Shell Enchilada Kickoff Meeting
24-May-2019By: Kenny Haas
The beam and support replacement project aboard Shell Enchilada production platform that began April 17 will last through November and involves multiple skill sets. Welders, fitters, riggers, scaffold builders, and project managers involved with the project spent a day before the project analyzing the risks of working over water, at heights and inside PWEs, as well as, familiarizing themselves with the Shell culture aboard the platform. One Shell leaders stated that this was the best kickoff meeting he has attended. Read More...
Permian Expansion Update
23-May-2019By: Kevin Biringer
The Permian continues to be the most active oil and gas development area in the world, and as of March 2019, is producing more than 4-million barrels per day. Danos’ 2019 Permian Expansion initiative is working to make sure we’re positioned in the best geography, offering the most valued services, and employing competent and trained people to grow at the pace of the region. Read More...
