Confirming its adherence to globally recognized management systems in Quality, Health, Safety and the Environment, Oman LNG, the Sultanate’s main liquefied natural gas production and export facility, has retained its International Organization Standardization certifications. The company also received the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series Certification.
The certifications follow an extensive, independent audit conducted by Vincotte International, an accredited certification body on the company’s business processes to assess all requisite requirements for conformity, such as compliance to governing legal and other requirements, staff contractors competency, documentation of processes, emergency preparedness and response, and performance measurement, monitoring and improvements.
In 2010 and in 2007, Oman LNG was re awarded with the revised standard of the ISO 9001:2008 and 14001:2004 series of certification respectively, having first earned the ISO’s 9001:2000 and 14001:1996 Series certification some ten years ago, soon after it started operations at its Sur based plant.
Over the course of a decade, the company has routinely maintained the certifications, following a number of pre determined surveillance and third party re certification audits that authenticate the company’s level of compliance and continual improvement in Quality and Environmental Management respectively.
This year, Oman LNG extended its family of certifications to include BS OHSAS 18001:2007 certification, that assists organizations reduce risks linked to occupational health and safety in the work environment as they relate to employees, customers and the general public. The BS OHSAS 18001:2007 certification is compatible with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
Mr Jamal al Maskary, the company's Head of Quality and Management Framework, said that "These latest certifications follow comprehensive checks on our operations by an independent third-party and confirm Oman LNG’s efforts at maintaining the superior quality of our operations, our careful and consistent attention to health and safety, and that we undertake our activities with a deliberate concern for the environment."
In July 2011, the company achieved 3 million man hours without Lost Time Injury, even as it had re launched in June, its 12 Life Saving Rules a simple and clear list of dos and don'ts that carry the greatest potential threat of serious injury but helps to make sure that the rules are followed and people are protected.
Oman LNG operates as a world class company, selling cargoes of liquefied natural gas to customers in Asia and Pacific Rim countries. The company, Oman's primary LNG exporter, contributes between 12% and 15% to the Sultanate’s GDP, and is the largest contributor to Oman’s economy after oil.
It operates as JV Company with a shareholding structure comprising the Government of Oman (51%), Shell Gas B V (30%), Total S A (5.54%), Korea LNG (5%), Mitsubishi Corporation (2.77%), Mitsui and Co (2.77%), Patex (Oman) Corporation (2%) and Itochu (0.92%).
(Sourced from www.omanobserver.om)
