Hess Corporation: 2006 Corporate Sustainability

Gassi El Agreb, Algeria.
Winner of the 2006 Exploration and Production President's Award for Safety Excellence

SAFETY PERFORMANCE

We are committed to meeting the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our employees.

EXAMPLES OF SAFETY PROGRAMS

Okume Complex Project

The Okume Complex Project was selected as the 2006 recipient of the Chairman’s Award for Safety Excellence. The award is in recognition of the Okume Project’s outstanding safety performance during design, transport, construction and commercialization of a highly complex production operation involving locations across the world. The Okume Project created and implemented a detailed safety plan, proactively selected contractor groups, identified, communicated and measured individual safety responsibilities and aggressively managed activities to achieve first quartile safety performance compared to industry peers.

Algeria

The Gassi El Agreb Production Operations were the recipient of the E&P President’s Award for safety excellence due to their improved safety performance through the theme of “Safety Leadership in Action”. The theme categorized and promoted proactive safety activities (Safety Leadership Training, Behavior Based Safety Audit Training, Management Inspections, Job Safety Analysis, Safety Training Observation Program (STOP), Contractor Peer Group Meetings, and Lessons Learned Sharing). Performance improvements were driven by a consistent culture across drilling, production and construction functions.

Equatorial Guinea

The Equatorial Guinea production operations used the theme of “Zero Incidents and Zero Injuries” (ZIZI) to communicate the system concept of Identifying Workplace Hazards, Controlling Workplace Hazards, and Mitigating Behaviors that may lead to risk based actions. This drove safety as a workforce value rather than as just a priority.

The South Arne Facility in the Danish sector of the North Sea. Platform personnel improved safety performance with emphasis on individual responsibility.

Northwest Europe Production

The United Kingdom North Sea assets implemented four significant safety initiatives:

Integrated EH&S Improvement Plan
STOP - Behavior Based Safety Program
Unsafe Condition and Near Miss Reporting
Inspection / Audit Follow-up Activities

These initiatives helped the assets shift to a more proactive safety culture with an emphasis on personal safety responsibility.

The South Arne facility in the Danish sector of the North Sea improved safety performance through a 5 element plan:

Management Safety Visits
Contractor Management Safety Visits
Contractor Safety Induction Workshops
Individual Responsibility Program
Incident Investigation Training

Retail

Retail Operations presents a number of workforce safety challenges including high employee turnover and a diverse workforce where English is frequently a second language. To address these challenges, Retail Operations has introduced targeted safety programs which include safety moments at divisional meetings, designated store safety captains, improved injury case management, quarterly safety awareness days, bilingual safety training and annual safety leadership development. Retail Division 5 in Florida achieved a 30% decrease in recordable injuries.

Terminal Operations

Our Terminal Operations have implemented several safety initiatives to improve their performance:

Behavior Based Safety Program
Hazard Warning Signage Installation
A new Tractor Trailer Safety Orientation
At Home Safety Initiatives

The Pennsauken Terminal in New Jersey won the M&R President’s Award for safety excellence through its implementation of an employee driven safety program to promote employee incident prevention, contractor safety observations, and employee safety leadership through safety committee activities. This systematic approach was showcased and adapted for other Terminals to drive sustainable safety performance improvement across the business.