Petroleum
- Liverpool Bay
Lennox satellite platform at Liverpool Bay, UK
BHP Billiton Petroleum is a significant oil and gas exploration and production business. Our principal activities are oil and natural gas production, exploration and development in Australia, the US, the UK, Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago and Pakistan. We also have significant exploration interests in the Gulf of Mexico, Maritime Canada, Brazil, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Australia, the UK, Pakistan and Algeria. We are currently developing the Atlantis and Neptune fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the North West Shelf fifth LNG train in Australia.
HSEC Overview 2005
Key aspects of the HSEC performance of Petroleum for the reporting period 2004/05:
- We had no fatalities or Level 3 Environmental Significant Incidents.
- We continued our improvement in Classified Injury Frequency Rate, reducing by 27 per cent.
- Our actual loss of containment incidents increased from three in 2003/04 to eight in 2004/05. This increase was due to increased drilling activity and project commissioning work
- We made good progress on the implementation of the Fatal Risk Control Protocols, the HSEC Standards and Behavioural-based Safety systems and in meeting the Company's HSEC Targets.
- Our Liverpool Bay Asset received a prestigious ‘Big Tick’ from the UK non-government organisation, Business in the Community (BITC). The ‘Big Tick’ is awarded to companies that demonstrate a high standard of excellence in the way they organise and integrate responsible business practices into their mainstream operations, and can show a positive impact both on society and the business. The judges praised the Liverpool Bay Asset for its responsible approach to community investment and the care taken not to create a community dependent on the Asset’s support.
HSEC Outlook
Looking ahead, the primary HSEC focus for Petroleum will be:
- improving the quality of implementation of existing HSEC systems and programs to address:
- common Significant Incident trends of electrical and hazardous material incidents
- common Significant Incident underlying trends of non-compliance with procedures and lack of risk awareness
- IT Training and competency assessment processes
- raising awareness on relevant HSEC issues; for example, Contractor HSE Management and Electrical Safety
- increasing focus on measuring the effectiveness of our Community Development programs and social performance.
