EHSS POLICY

“The safety culture of an organisation is the product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behaviour that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, an organisation’s health and safety management. Organisations with a positive safety culture are characterised by communications founded on mutual trust, by shared perceptions of the importance of safety and by confidence in the efficacy of preventive measures.”
-- U.K. Health and Safety Commission

The Tate Environment, Health, Safety & Security (EHSS) Policy is determined by the responsible and decisive management of the environmental, health, safety and community circumstances.
Tate strives to meet the key goals of:

• 1.- Protecting people, both staff and community in terms of both their safety and health.
• 2.- Protecting the environment.
• 3.- Fulfilling social commitments.

The oil industry employs a complex blend of many technical and academic disciplines. Teamwork among these disciplines is the foundation for achieving business success. Furthermore, HS&E is the cornerstone of achieving business success in a manner which is environmentally sensitive and safe.

Tate Petroleum Safety Golden Rules will be set, understood and followed by all and Safety will always be at the forefront of our operations.

At Tate Petroleum we firmly believe that oil & gas extraction operations can - and must - be conducted in precisely this manner.

• • Tate monitors and adjusts its Environmental and Social Impact Awareness (ESIA) for our projects to uphold our commitment to not undertake operations in World Heritage Sites, with robust screening of potential new projects against Protected Area and their Guidelines.
• • Tate is committed to ensuring our colleagues and host communities are kept safe and well, and to raising awareness of potential dangers related to our operations and the locations where we operate. Providing a safe working environment for our employees and contractors is a core value and business priority and our performance on safety for our projects we undertake.
• • Our goal is to achieve top industry quartile safety performance through improving employee health.
• • Major accident hazards represent a material risk to the success of our projects and with applied process safety management policies a high standard of safety is maintained in our drilling and production activities.
• • Our aim is to provide asset protection with the traditional corporate security functions expected within the industry, business continuity, with crisis and emergency management for all employees and contractors. These methods are designed to protect our future assets (people, physical and intellectual) and reputation from sources of potential and actual harm. They also ensure that we can rapidly adapt and respond in a resilient way to unforeseen events that could impact normal business operations and mitigate the impact on people, the environment, assets and our reputation.