"Top Priority Value of Korea National Oil Corporation, Safety" ... Korea National Oil Corporation Conducts Special Safety Inspection by CEO at High-Risk Facilities

President Kim Dong-seop of Korea National Oil Corporation is visiting the gas field office for an on-site inspection.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Hwang Doo-yeol] Kim Dong-seop, President of Korea National Oil Corporation, visited the Donghae-1 Gas Field Operations Office on the 8th to conduct a special safety inspection.

The special safety inspection is a follow-up measure to the "Special Safety Situation Inspection Meeting" for energy facility-related organizations, chaired by Park Ki-young, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, on the 19th.

The Oil Corporation will also conduct a CEO special safety inspection of the Geoje Storage Base on the 17th, in addition to the Donghae Gas Field onshore base.

President Kim Dong-seop plans to personally visit two industrial sites of the corporation to provide safety education to all workers, including subcontractors, and to carry out safety management activities such as the pre-identification of hazards in high-risk workplaces and collecting workers’ opinions on improving working conditions.

The Donghae-1 Gas Field Operations Office, which was inspected, requires safety management as it is scheduled for removal of hazardous materials such as natural gas and condensate and facility demolition after the end of production at the Donghae Gas Field.

Additionally, the Geoje Oil Storage Base, scheduled for inspection on the 17th, is undergoing replacement work of aging oil pipelines.

The base is equipped with various oil storage facilities including underground caverns and aboveground tanks, and safety situations will be intensively inspected.

President Kim Dong-seop stated, “The top priority value of the Oil Corporation, the stronghold of our country’s energy security, is none other than safety.”

The Oil Corporation has received the highest grades in government safety management levels, safety management grading system evaluations, and PSM evaluations.

This year, the management, including the president, will continue to conduct field-centered safety management activities directly to further strengthen the corporation’s safety management level.

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