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Environmental performance*

  2009 2008 2007
Atmospherics      
CO2 emissions (tonnes) 86,543 193,109‡ 234,462
CH4 emissions (tonnes) 18 214‡ 318
Tonnes CO2 /thousand tonnes hydrocarbon produced 89 88‡ 124
Tonnes CH4 /thousand tonnes hydrocarbon produced 0.02 0.10‡ 0.168
Production emissions      
CO2 (tonnes) 7,829 179,143‡ 199,198
CH4 (tonnes) 11 171‡ 167
Drilling emissions      
CO2 (tonnes) 78,019 11,334‡ 23,597
CH4 (tonnes) 5 0.80‡ 1
Well test emissions      
CO2 (tonnes) 695 2,632 11,667
CH4 (tonnes) 2 42 150
Water usage      
Water usage (m3) – All operational sites (excluding Bangladesh) 71,683 62,380 39,496
Spills      
Oil and chemical spills 5 6 1
Oil and chemical spills (tonnes) 0.94 trace 1.4

Safety performance

  2009 2008 2007
  • * Indicates 2009 performance data reviewed by Deloitte as part of their CR assurance work.
  • + OGP LTIFR and TRIFR figures for 2009 are estimates at time of publication. 2008 data have been updated with final figures supplied by OGP.
  • ~ The 2009 HiPo figure uses the revised Incident Potential Matrix, using the previous matrix, the figure would have been 19.
  • ‡ The 2008 environment data has been restated following in-country reviews, leading to more accurate data being reported for Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Hours worked (million)* 6.6 5.6 5.1
Number of employee fatalities* 0 0 0
Number of contractor fatalities* 1 0 0
Number of third party fatalities* 1 1 0
Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) (total number)* 5 3 10
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)* (Number LTIs per million hours worked) 0.76 0.54 1.95
OGP LTIFR+ 0.46 0.55 0.67
Total Recordable Incidents (TRI) (total number)* 20 28 65
Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate (TRIFR)* (number TRI per million hours worked) 3.04 5.01 12.73
OGP TRIFR+ 1.79 2.11 2.71
High Potential Incidents (HiPo) (Total number)*~ 10 24 29

Social enterprise performance

  2009 2008 2007
Discretionary expenditure (US$ 000’s)* 2,054 1,846 946
Licence Commitments (US$ 000’s) 3,240 2,172 N/A

2009 Social performance*

  Europe Asia Africa South America USA Total
Number of employees 245 85 337 0 2 669
Number of consultants 75 18 116 1 1 211
Number of expatriate employees 0 19 152 0 1 172
Number of local nationals 320 84 301 1 2 708
Total workforce 320 103 453 1 3 880
Number of female employees 95 3 115 0 0 213
Number of female managers 17 0 5 0 0 22

* Indicates 2009 performance data reviewed by Deloitte as part of its CR assurance work.

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    2002 in accordance C C+ B B+ A A+
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