Doha: The Operation Projects Department (OPD) of RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) recently celebrated 25m man-hours without a Lost Time Incident (LTI). This milestone was achieved by RasGas employees, contractors and vendors working together, for over six years, with safety as a core value.
“As a world-class global energy supplier striving for excellence, the safety records across the organisation demonstrate RasGas’ commitment to excellence in every aspect of its operations,” said Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, Chief Executive Officer, RasGas. “RasGas’ processes and corporate commitment to safety was recently recognised by one of its shareholders, ExxonMobil, who awarded RasGas the ‘2013 Project Safety Excellence’ Award,” he pointed out.
A special ceremony was held at RasGas headquarters in Doha to celebrate the achievement.
“Since OPD’s inception in 2007, its Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) has always remained at zero and the Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) was at 0.05 in 2013 despite executing significant projects during that period. OPD’s safety record is better than the industry average according to the Oil & Gas Producers Association (OGP) and Philip Townsend Associates Inc. Texas (PTAI) benchmarking,” said Al Mohannadi.
During the ceremony, key contractors involved in the achievement were presented with certificates of appreciation and mementoes. In addition to that some of the OPD team members were also honoured for their outstanding contribution towards this safety achievement.
“Safety has been strongly embedded in RasGas’ culture and we have the responsibility to maintain flawless operations integrity. Recently, our Venture Team celebrated 130 million man-hours without LTI, Subsurface & Technology Group achieved 20 million man-hours without LTI and our SHE&Q Group achieved 4m man-hours without LTI,” said Al Mohannadi.
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