OREANDA-NEWS. August 13, 2012. TNK-BP held a Transportation Safety Forum, where the company shared its experience in implementation of best practices with contractors, experts, government authorities and Russian companies in fuel and energy industry, reported the press-centre of TNK-BP. 

More than 70 specialists and experts took part in the Forum, representing leading global oil servicing companies working with TNK-BP, such as Weatherford, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, as well as Russian oil and gas companies like Lukoil, Rosneft, Sibur and others.

TNK-BP is constantly working to improve transportation safety through the integrated implementation of top international standards and practices. The company uses the newest technological solutions, including equipping vehicles with on-board monitoring systems using GLONASS and GPS, as well as developing a culture of safe driving in TNK-BP subsidiaries and among its contractors.

“Improving transportation safety is a vital component of safe production. A significant reduction in the number of road traffic accidents in the oil and gas sector can only be achieved by combining our experience, knowledge and efforts. I am certain that the TNK-BP Transportation Safety Forum will become an effective platform to work out a united concept and find approaches to solve this issue. We are ready to share our experience, standards and practices with colleagues and partners; this will enable oil and gas companies to see solving transportation safety problems in a single dimension, and thereby increase the level of industrial safety in this sector in general,” said Elena Kompasenko, Vice President, Health, Safety and Environment.