General Guidelines for safety, health and
environmental protection
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) is
committed to exert its maximum effort in the fields of occupational health, safety
and environmental protection, due to their significant outcome on the oil &
gas industry workers, production processes and surrounding environment. Therefore,
EGPC's upper management team has took the responsibly of working close to the
sector companies management to assist in merging these fields into their business
management system, as a step towards oil & gas sector performance
enhancing.
The sector objectives in these fields are:
First: Safety of indiveduals
EGPC, along with the sector companies are committed to
provide a sound working environment for both the sector employees and partners,
as well as the surrounding communities, in a way that does not expose their
health to any risks. For instance, the sector companies provides an intensive
on-the-Job training in the fields of occupational safety, health and
environmental protection for both its employees and contractor workers, who are
located within the sector companies' site. The training is mainly based on
up-to-date methods and systems applied internationally and in accordance with
local laws
Second: Managing Risk Events
EGPC works in solidarity with sector companies to build
and improve their capabilities to manage & contain risk events. The system
is based on adopting a preventive approach, designed to identify the sources of
risk, assess the assumed risks, and take a preventive measures to minimize losses
in the company's employees, facilities and equipment.
Third:
Environmental protection
EGPC works in
solidarity with its partners, weather governmental or non-governmental, to find
effective methods in the fields of environmental protection & ecosystem
conservation. These methods aiming to control harmful influence of various
activities and improve work sites performance. These processes mainly focus on emissions,
discharges and waste management, while rationalizing energy and reducing
consumption.
