TOTALENERGIES HONOURS LAFFAN REFINERY

TOTALENERGIES HONOURS LAFFAN REFINERY SAFETY MILESTONE

Safety award recognises 10 years without a lost-time incident.

From left: Pierre Seghezzi (former Asset Manager - Refining and Chemicals Ventures Qatar, TotalEnergies), Khalifa Ahmed Al-Sulaiti (Chief HSEQ Officer, Qatargas), Meshal Al-Saoud (Refining Asset Manager, Qatargas), Ghazi Shahin (Managing Director Refining and Chemicals Qatar, TotalEnergies) and Fahad Mohammed Al-Khater (Chief Operations Officer – Offshore, Terminals and Refining, Qatargas).

For more than a decade, Qatargas’ Laffan Refinery has demonstrated remarkable leadership and commitment to safety, so much so that it has incurred zero lost-time incidents (LTI) during that time, including the 2019 turnaround operations.

This massive achievement was recognised in April this year by shareholder, TotalEnergies, with the company’s Managing Director Refining and Chemicals Qatar, Ghazi Shahin, presenting Qatargas with a Safety Award.

“At TotalEnergies, safety is our core value and at the cornerstone of our operations and activities,” said Mr Shahin. “It is a great honour to share these values with Qatargas, our esteemed partner, who have maintained a safety culture at the forefront of their people and operations.”

The award, which recognises specific technologies, approaches, methods and projects with direct and demonstrable impacts on improving safety, was received by Qatargas Refining Asset Manager, Meshal Al-Saoud, who confirmed, “This is a significant achievement and proves the dedication of all people involved. This milestone underscores Qatargas' commitment to creating and sustaining an incident- and injury-free culture.”

From occupational safety to process safety, Laffan Refinery has indeed displayed a steadfast commitment to implementing far-reaching methods to reach this 10-year LTI-free achievement.

TotalEnergies noted hand injury awareness programmes, safety observations, a high level of ownership and hazards analysis as just some of the processes contributing to the award.

“We work closely with our joint venture (JV) partners and observe operational excellence activities,” the company stated. “We have a formal programme that evaluates these JVs against certain criteria and provides recognition to those with high standards. Laffan Refinery demonstrates these standards and, as long-term partners, we wanted to provide this recognition.”

“This is a significant achievement and proves the dedication of all people involved.”

Qatargas Refining Asset Manager, Meshal Al-Saoud.