Speaker: Warren Hubler , Vice President for Health, Safety and Environment, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
Hubler is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in marine engineering. He served seven years in the Atlantic Fleet as a surface warfare officer and finally as a naval intelligence briefer in the Atlantic Fleet Command Center in Norfolk, VA. He left the Navy in 1989 and joined Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. in 1990. He began his oilfield career as a roughneck in land drilling operations in southeast Oklahoma. In 1991 he was assigned as administrative manager for H&P’s drilling operation in Gabon, West Africa. In 1992, he returned to Tulsa and assumed duties as H&P’s safety manager for domestic and international operations. In 1995, he earned formal recognition as a certified safety professional. In 2000, he was promoted to vice president of health, safety and environment for H&P. From 2010 to 2015, his job duties also included oversight of technical training and professional development at H&P. Hubler actively promotes safety across the oil & gas (O&G) extraction industry. He has helped kick off numerous regional upstream O&G safety networks. In 2012, he assumed collateral duties as the industry co-chairman of the Oil & Gas Council for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s National Occupational Research Agenda, aimed at reducing fatalities and improving safety and health performance within the upstream O&G industry. In 2014, he was selected to the Society of Petroleum Engineer’s distinguished lecturers’ program for 2015-2016 promoting Making Safety Personal in the Oil & Gas Industry. Outside of the O&G industry, he served on a quarterly basis from 2015 to 2018 on the safety and reliability review board for Carnival Cruise Lines.
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