Annual report JSOC Bashneft 2013
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Annual report JSOC Bashneft 2013
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ABOUT
THE COMPANY
OPERATING RESULTS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
APPENDICES
INFORMATION FOR
SHAREHOLDERS AND INVESTORS
Health, safety and environment
Health, safety and environment
Making HSE management more
efficient
In 2013 we implemented several key projects aimed at im-
proving HSE management at Bashneft.
Certifying the HSE management system to
international standards
We successfully completed a project to introduce an integrat-
ed, company-wide management system for health and safety,
and the environment, and brought it in line with the interna-
tional standards.
The British Standards Institution awarded Bashneft the Oc-
cupational Health and Safety Certificate OHSAS 18001 and
Environmental Management Certificate ISO 14001.
This certification covers all Bashneft’s facilities and all of its
key business processes.
Improving transparency
Bashneft was the first Russian company to become a member
of International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conserva-
tion Association (IPIECA) and also joined the International As-
sociation of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP).
Membership in these associations imposes numerous obli-
gations on Bashneft, such as reporting any incidents relating
to production, the environment, and social problems, in line
with international norms. The Company is currently adopting
these reporting standards.
Occupational safety
We recognise our responsibility to provide safe working con-
ditions and have introduced a raft of measures that focus
on protecting our employees’ health and safety, reducing the
number of workplace accidents and reducing the number
of positions that involve hazardous working conditions.
Largely due to the impact of measures we took, in 2013 the
occupational injury rate included in the Company’s KPIs has
been reduced by 17%.
On-site safety
Our work to safeguard a high level of occupational safety in-
cludes activities in two main areas:
· Implementing a targeted programme to improve pipeline re-
silience for 2013-2017 that aims to minimise the negative
impact on the environment and reduce output loss by re-
ducing incidents of equipment failure and reducing the risk
of pipeline-related accidents.
· Facilitating occupational safety at all the Company’s sites.
Environmental protection
The company’s environmental protection policy operates in
three main areas: protecting the atmosphere, protecting wa-
ter resources, and preventing land pollution, and waste dis-
posal.
In 2013, under an agreement signed with the government
of the Republic of Bashkhortostan on air pollution, the Com-
pany implemented a project to modernise its facilities with
the goal of reducing harmful atmospheric emissions and lim-
iting and monitoring air pollution. We continued to implement
the Targeted Programme on gas to bring the level of APG re-
use (utilisation) up to the expected standard of 95 percent.
We also implement a stringent water efficiency policy. A wa-
ter reuse and recycling system has been introduced at oil
fields, and industrial wastewater is disposed of by pumping it
into productive or absorbant layers.
The company is implementing measures to reduce the con-
tamination level of Bashneft’s industrial wastewater. In 2013
the company launched renovation work on biological treat-
ment facilities at Ufa refinery complex in conjunction with
General Electric. The introduction of the industry’s finest
wastewater disposal technologies will ensure its water meets
the standards set out in the most stringent environmental
protection laws.
Bashneft is continuing work to recycle oil sludge and to elimi-
nate oil sludge pits. The company is taking measures to in-
stall thermal sludge processing facilities, which will comply
with the highest international ecological standards while also
delivering secondary energy resources.
2. Updated and approved in a new format in March 2013.
Our achievements in hse
Safety is our main priority. We pay the utmost attention
to questions of health, safety and environment – and
have a dedicated committee at the Board of Directors
level that includes three independent directors.
Our HSE policy is in full accordance with the func-
tional strategy implemented in 2012
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and is focused
on achieving our strategic goals of maintaining Bash-
neft’s leading HSE position among Russia’s energy
companies, and adhering to the relevant international
standards in this area.
Functional strategy performance indicators are an in-
tegral part of the company’s approach to monitoring
efficiency and KPIs, and meeting goals has an impact
on employee remuneration for management and staff
alike.
Our main focus is increasing HSE management effi-
ciency, safeguarding employees’ health and safety and
reducing the negative impact on the environment.
Joining OGP and IPIECA marked another step
by Bashneft towards refining its management
systems and improving the efficiency of cor-
porate HSE and social responsibility practices.
By participating in these associations, Bash-
neft has gained access to the latest practices
and leading expertise in these areas, and the
Company can now integrate best practice from
leading global oil companies into its own day-
to-day activities.
Randall Gessen
member of the Board of Directors
and Chairman of the HSE Committee
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For more information on health, safety and environment (HSE) see
Bashneft’s Sustainability Report for 2013
