Thursday, April 10, 2014

Importance Of Drilling Noise Control

By Anita Ortega


Sound that is mainly produced by machines while drilling oil or gas is normally disturbing to the neighborhood. It usually causes numerous health impairments and thus needs to be controlled. The intensity of this sound can be regulated by use of various techniques ranging from the construction of barriers to use of engineered mechanisms. For instance, many techniques have been applied by many drilling companies to regulate the intensity of sounds produced by their machines. Drilling noise control is important and need to be applied for its numerous benefits.

The sound that these plants produce is of high intensity thus endangering the ear and its internal organs. This is because these organs are designed to function with certain sound frequency and intensity. Higher sound intensity and frequency affects the functioning of these organs and at serious case, it can lead to permanent hearing impairment. For this reason, companies should practice regulatory measures to avoid these adverse effects of sound to human health.

A sound of high intensity affects the way the body functions. This is in the sense that it affects thickness of blood hindering its circulation to all body parts. This creates blood deficiency in some parts and organs of the body thus affecting their function. It also affects oxygen supply causing breathing problems. To avoid these health complications, sound needs to get regulated.

You are likely to have low thinking ability due to the effects of high intensity sounds. This also causes frequent headaches that render you uncomfortable thus affecting the way you do your daily activities. The brain is tailored to function well in less noisy areas thus it is is likely to affect the way it functions. To avoid reduced productivity of people resulting from effects of noises thus control measures need to be put in place.

Regulation of sounds reduces noises and this helps to reduce the anxiety and stress to the people. Excessive sound leads to discomforts that hinder an individual from performing his or her essential activities effectively. However, with controlled sounds, people are able to run their activities well without any inconveniences of stress or anxiety.

High intensity sound causes poor cognitive functions to people. It also causes cardiovascular problems, as there is oxygen deficiency in the body organs. This makes children who learn in areas of high sounds to experience low cognitive functions and cardiovascular problems making them to perform poorly in school. Conducive environment need to be created for learning institutions and this can be achieved by regulating the sound that drilling equipment produce.

Industrial areas have been adversely affected in terms of population density, as many people tend to run away from noise pollution. People are aware of the effects that are related to sound pollution and they usually run to evade them. This also affects people in terms of recreation and privacy rendering them uncomfortable.

Oil drilling plants should promote peaceful environment for living and human activities by standardizing the intensity of sound they release to the environment. This would enhance effective performance of people in their activities thus improving their standards of living. It as well protects human health by avoiding all health defects that result due to high sounds thus creating a suitable environment for humans.




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