Operations Integrity Management System

Our Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS) has been in place since 1992 and addresses all aspects of managing safety, health, security, and environmental risks at our facilities worldwide. OIMS is a framework of management systems designed to identify hazards and manage associated risks. It provides a systematic, structured, and disciplined approach across our businesses and facilities worldwide and enables us to measure progress and management accountability in these areas. It also ensures that we appropriately engage the communities in which we operate. We expect our business-line managers to comply with all OIMS requirements, from project inception to ongoing operations, and conduct OIMS reviews in our operations annually.

Additionally, the overall effectiveness of OIMS is reviewed every five years and adjusted accordingly. As a result, OIMS has been gradually upgraded to include behavioral safety, security, environmental aspects, and enhanced community involvement.

In 2007, Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, Inc. (LRQA), which reviewed our performance in 2004, attested again that OIMS meets the requirements of the ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems. Furthermore, LRQA recognized that OIMS also meets all the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety management systems (OHSAS 18001).