OREANDA-NEWS. February 06, 2013. ТNК-ВР has announced the best Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) projects, which became the winners of the annual TNK-BP Board of Directors Chairman’s Award for 2012, reported the press-centre of TNK-BP. 

TNK-BP operates in accordance with the best international HSE standards and pays special attention to supporting the employees' projects aimed to improve the environmental and industrial safety of the Company activities.

The TNK-BP Board of Directors Chairman’s HSE Award is intended to identify and encourage the best solutions and initiatives of TNK-BP employees. It was first given in 2004. In 2012, HSE projects were presented by 30 teams fr om all TNK-BP operating locations.

One of the conditions for participating in the contest is to get an economic benefit from project implementation. The commission identified three Award winners and three awardees through screening.

The project "Verkh-Tarskoe and Kalchinskoe Flare Systems Upgrade" implemented by LLC TNK-Uvat employees was acknowledged as the best one in environmental protection. The project allowed a significant reduction in the impact of the asset's operations on the environment.
The project "Surface Equipment Preventive Maintenance" successfully implemented by OJSC Samotlorneftegaz was acknowledged the winner of the Occupational and Industrial Safety nomination. The project participants developed and implemented a system, which improved the efficiency of managing maintenance work and its reliability and quality.

OJSC Samotlorneftegaz also won the Health, Safety and Environment nomination with its comprehensive project "Control of Samotlor Field Infrastructure via Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)". The use of unmanned aerial vehicles allowed tightening control of all the territory of the fields, reducing oil stealing probability, as well as improving the response time in case of emergencies.

Among the awardees were: the Occupational and Industrial safety nomination – OJSC Veryoganneftegaz with the project "Interactive Briefing – Modern Method to Train Personnel in Operational Safety". The Health nomination – Regional HSE Control Division, OJSC TNK-BP Management Branch in the city of Nizhnevartovsk with the project "Medical Examination Mobile Unit (Mobile Random Control)". The Environmental Protection nomination – CJSC RORC with the project "Installation of Drainage Systems in Bezymyannaya and Podryabinka Sludge Ponds".

"The TNK-BP Board of Directors Chairman’s Award is associated with the most important things for Company operations – the safety and health of people, human potential and environmental protection. This is a key Company mission, its philosophy, which defines not only TNK-BP's development pattern, but also applies to the outside world – it becomes apparent in the attitude towards the society wh ere we live and our country. The things that the Company has done in the realm of environmental protection, employees’ safety, oil production and oil and gas business development in Russia are outstanding," says Mikhail Fridman, Chairman of the Board of Directors, TNK-BP.