Click on the advert above to visit the company web site

Product category: Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Industry News
News Release from: SABIC
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial Team on 06 May 2003

SABIC presents industrial safety awards

Request your FREE weekly copy of the Processingtalk email newsletter. News about Oil, Gas, Petrochemical Industry News and more every issue. Click here for details.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) today presented a series of awards to its affiliates in Jubail for excellence in industrial safety and environmental protection

The gold award was presented to Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company, Kemya The Saudi Methanol Company, Ar-Razi, took the silver award; and Saudi Petrochemical Company, SADAF, the SABIC 50:50 joint venture with Shell Oil, was awarded bronze

The awards were presented to the affiliates by Prince Saud bin Thunayan Al-Saud, the new SABIC Chairman.

He said: "At SABIC, our managers, supervisors and employees are committed to creating a safe and incident-free working environment.

Everyone has a responsibility to protect the environment and industries worldwide should strive to create environmentally friendly and safe places of work".

Mohamed Al-Mady, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, said: "The SABIC affiliates have achieved over 80 million man-hours of production time without serious incident.

We have recently started fire-fighting training in Jubail, and over 2,000 of our staff have enrolled on industrial safety courses".

He added: "Five SABIC affiliates have already been awarded the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard, and others are working towards this certification.

In all of our operations in the Kingdom and around the world, SABIC pledges to promote the highest standards of environmental protection, safety and health".

SABIC: contact details and other news
Email this article to a colleague
Register for the free Processingtalk email newsletter
Processingtalk Home Page

Search the Pro-Talk network of sites