Qatargas participated in the Annual Qatar Process Safety Symposium held in Doha recently. The event titled “The Importance of Leadership Commitment in Making Safety a Core Value” was co-hosted by Texas A&M Qatar (TAMUQ) and Conoco Phillips Qatar.
Toufik Benmosbah, Qatargas Chief Safety, Environment and Quality Officer delivered the plenary keynote lecture titled “Building a Process Safety Culture”. In his presentation he outlined how Qatargas manages safety and monitors safety performance, elaborating on Qatargas Incident and Injury Free (IIF) culture and the various safety programmes and initiatives in place across Qatargas’ operations.
“ Safety is a core value for Qatargas and an integral part of our culture at every level. Strong and proven safety culture is fundamental in a successful process safety programme implementation and leads to operational excellence. Part of integrated Safe Work Practices program, the Qatargas Process Safety Programme is a structured programme to operate within well-defined and understood operating limits, practice situational awareness, conduct proactive monitoring and manage abnormal situations ,” he said.
Also representing Qatargas at the event was Joe Hobbs, the Jetty Boil-off Gas (JBOG) projects’ Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Security. Joe presented an overview of the JBOG project, highlighting the safety aspects and the excellent safety performance achieved.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, March 27, 2012