Virtual Reality based Vestibule Training and Teaching Aid for Safety and Health Education in Pakistani Oil and Gas Industries: A Systematic Literature Review

This review aims at exploring Health and Safety issues associated with Pakistani Oil and gas Industries and to explore the potential challenges associated with the implementation of Virtual reality-based trainings in oil and gas industries. There is limited research on virtual reality based teaching aids for safety and health education in Pakistani context. Therefore, this review has analyzed 22 articles related to the health and safety issues in oil and gas industry and to identify the existing VR based Safety and Health training technologies for Oil and Gas Drilling. The review was conducted from 2012 to 2022 using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The findings revealed that there were many challenges in adopting virtual reality-based technologies in the oil and gas industry because implementing virtual reality is costly and companies may face financial issues. It is also found that VR based trainings require technological infrastructure and training facilities for the utilization. Moreover, there is no customized virtual reality-based training for the oil and gas industry because of lacking in VR modules which can potentially address the needs of the hazard that precisely target the distinctive risks, complexities of equipment, and operating scenarios within the oil and gas industry. There is less studies in the context of Pakistan which used virtual reality to evaluate the prevalent occupational health hazards and associated health risks among oil and gas workers in Pakistan. This synthesis of literature has implications for the companies working in oil and gas industry to adopt VR based training models to decrease the risk of hazards and fatalities among oil and gas workers. Further, this review helped to identify the gaps in the existing literature and contributed in the exiting knowledge of oil and gas industry.