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Aramco honours units for top 'green' performance

DHAHRAN, May 25, 2016

Saudi Aramco paid tribute to its top performers in environmental protection and stewardship at an awards ceremony in Dhahran recently.

At the 11th Saudi Aramco President’s Award for Environmental Excellence for 2015, the spotlight was on superior performers who protect the areas in which they live and work while carrying out some of the biggest industrial operations in the global energy industry.

Competition for the award is intensifying as more company departments redouble their efforts to boost overall environmental performance, said Osama I Fageeha, manager of the environment protection department (EPD).

In 2015 alone, Saudi Aramco departments pursued 250 initiatives — a clear sign of how important environmental protection is to the company.

“Although we are only recognising five organizations today, I would like to emphasise that all operating and supporting organisations have exerted significant efforts to protect the environment,” Fageeha said.

Saudi Aramco president and CEO Amin Nasser praised the departments’ endeavours in protecting the environment, congratulating the awardees on their achievements and thanking them for being role models of environmental stewardship.

The winning departments for 2015 were:
* Operating organisations: Yanbu’ Refinery Department; Hawiyah NGL Recovery Plant Department; Abqaiq Plants Operations Department
* Service organisation: Aviation Department
* Most improved organisation: East-West Pipelines Department (EWPD).

For Abqaiq Plants Operations it was the fifth triumph since the inception of the prize.

Khalid S Al Ghamdi, acting manager of Abqaiq Plants Operations, said: “This is a unique achievement, and those five wins are commendable because they indicate a level of commitment to the cause of environmental protection that has been sustained over the years in Abqaiq Plants.”

The Environmental Management System (EMS) was instrumental in setting clear goals for the winners. Saudi Aramco’s Aviation Department developed an EMS to continually improve its performance in environmental protection. The department used international best practices to customize the EMS to its operations and set clear KPIs to measure and monitor environmental performance.

“EMS allows you to move step by step toward achieving your goals,” said Mohammad E Shammakhi, Aviation Department Environmental Coordinator. - TradeArabia News Service




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