Health, Safety, and Environment Policy

TGS-NOPEC is dedicated to maintaining the environment in which it works and to providing a safe and healthy workplace for its employees and contractors through the active implementation of comprehensive policies. TGS-NOPEC undertakes to give priority to health, safety and protection of the environment when carrying out its activities and to insist on the same policy from its contractors.

The company shall define safe operating procedures that shall be designed to meet, or preferably exceed, all appropriate legal requirements and, where no standards are at present defined, to meet or better generally accepted industry-wide "best operating practices". The company will actively participate with all client/contractor bodies and other authorities in developing standards and promoting the image of the industry.

Health safety and environmental aspects of our operations shall always be considered with equal importance as other business objectives.

A high level of safety awareness shall be maintained by means of safety meetings, internal auditing, review meetings and general communications. All employees are actively encouraged to participate in the conduct and management of safety by means of achieving defined objectives and standards, which are regularly reviewed and appraised.

It is the responsibility of all line managers to ensure that employees and sub-contractors are aware of and have access to copies of all legislative requirements, company policies and procedures in addition to seeing that these are duly enforced. Line management shall ensure that individuals are provided with proper and appropriate training along with sufficient and suitable means in order to comply with these requirements.

All employees are required to become familiar with, adhere to and promote the company policies throughout all aspects of their duties. In addition, each individual shall have the opportunity to suggest changes and improvements by means of internal communications directly to a nominated company representative. The company acknowledges that it is only through the freedom to make comment and flow of information, that risks may be identified and minimised.

Risks shall also be minimised by investigating incidents to determine their costs and causes, and to determine actions and policies, which shall suitably prevent recurrence. Policies and issues arising from their application shall be regularly reviewed at all levels to ensure compliance and suitability. These investigations and reviews shall be documented, circulated company-wide and followed up. Provisions shall be made to ensure that the best possible standards are maintained. In situations where a hazard cannot be totally removed by procedural of physical means, the hazard shall be properly identified by individuals responsible for that area of work, communicated to all concerned and documented for future reference by personnel likely to encounter the same hazard. Such hazards shall be in subject of frequent review.

Hank Hamilton
For TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA

Posting: This Policy is to be prominently posted at all TGS-NOPEC offices and work sites.

Application
Quality and productivity can only be guaranteed if the principles outlined above are applied.

To this end, TGS-NOPEC undertakes to:

• PROMOTE its conviction that all accidents can be avoided
• TRAIN its personnel in health, safety and protection of the environment, before and during all types of activity
• INSIST on personal protective equipment being worn systematically
• DEVELOP, in association with the proper authorities, emergency or evacuation procedures to minimise the consequences of accidents
• CONDUCT research to establish procedures which improve health, safety and protection of the environment
• Have activity sites CHECKED regularly by management and independent auditors 
• DEFINE practical means for taking into account and minimising the impact of our activity on the environment
• INCORPORATE these principles into the responsibilities of its management

By applying these principles, we aim to:

• IMPROVE working conditions,
• ENSURE better service for our Clients, 
• CONTRIBUTE to profitability.