Guardian

IT is no longer business as usual for the employees and contractors of Addax Petroleum, as the company emphasized full compliance with the health, safety, security and environment (HSSE) standards in the oil and gas sector.

The Managing Director, Addax Petroleum, Cornelis Zegelaar, who made this commitment at the flag-off of the company’s HSSE week in Lagos on Monday, said that the company had set a target of 0.45 Lost Time Injury Frequency (LTIF) this year.

Zegelaar noted that consistent team effort is in place to achieve the target, while a14 must-do rules have been introduced to further enhance safe practices in its operations.

“HSE compliance with relevant regulations is taken as a duty in Addax Petroleum. In compliance with the new offshore safety regulations, relevant offshore going personnel have received the BOSIET training on emergency survival techniques and the statutory fees has been made.”

According to him, the company had also introduced some proactive safety measures between 2012 HSSE week and now. This includes the stop work policy, which empowers all employees and contractors to stop all jobs that are considered unsafe for further review prior to re-commencement or total stoppage of the task.

Besides, he said the company always conducts HSE capability assessment for contractors from pre-contract to award.