Qatargas Recognized with Shell Award for Safety Performance

Doha, February 03 (QNA) - Qatargas was awarded the Shell Goal Zero Award in recognition of its continued excellent safety performance after completing ten million man-hours without serious leaks or incidents. The award aims to promote and build a strong safety culture in the industry by recognizing and celebrating great safety performance. Receiving the award, Qatargas Chief Operating Officer Ahmad Helal Al-Mohannadi expressed appreciation for the award. "Our safety program is first and foremost about caring for our people. Qatargas Management is fully committed to ensure safe operation and to provide a safe work environment for our employees and contractors. We accept no compromise in this area. This achievement is the result of our belief in the Incident and Injury Free culture which is integrated in all our activities. Qatargas highly appreciates the support received from our shareholder partners and looks forward to continued improvement of our safety performance." For his part, Qatar Shell Companies Managing Director and Chairman Michiel Kool said: "At Shell, what we call Goal Zero is a deep belief that we can run our operations with no harm to people and no leaks. We are proud to be working with a partner like Qatargas that shares the same belief, making sure that Qatargas staff and contractors go back to their homes safe and sound every day. Shell's Goal Zero Award to Qatargas is a recognition for working with this mindset in day to day operations as demonstrated by an outstanding safety performance with Qatargas registering 10 million working hours without significant leaks or incidents. I would like to congratulate all Qatargas management and staff as well as its partners and contractors on achieving this milestone. We look forward to our continued partnership with Qatargas that maintains safety as a core value." Qatargas was established in 1984, and pioneered the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry in Qatar. Today, it is the largest LNG producing company in the world, with an annual LNG production capacity of 42 million tons per annum. (QNA)