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- AA1000SES
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AccountAbility AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard
- ACET
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Assists African governments to achieve long-term economic growth and transformation www.acetforafrica.org
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- CCDP
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Community Consultation and Disclosure Programme
- Conship
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A wholly owned Ghanaian freight forwarding and logistics company www.conshiponline.com
- CNOOC
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China National Offshore Oil Company
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Corporate Responsibility
- CSO
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Civil Society Organisation
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- E&A
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Exploration and Appraisal
- EHS
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Environment, Health and Safety
- EHSMS
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EHS Management System
- EIA
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Environmental Impact Assessment
- EITI
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Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- EMS
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Environmental Management System
- ENSCO
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Provider of offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry www.enscoplc.com
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Environmental Statement
- Eirik Raude (The)
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a fifth-generation semi-submersible drilling unit
- ESIA
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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
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- Farm-down
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the sale of a percentage of a licence interest to another company
- FPSO
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Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel
- FTSE 100
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Equity index whose constituents are the 100 largest UK listed companies by market capitalisation
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- GHG
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Greenhouse gases
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Geographic Information System
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Ghana Offshore Emergency Leadership Forum
- GRI
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Global Reporting Initiative
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- H&S
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Health and Safety
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High Potential Incident
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HiPo Frequency Rate measured in HiPos per million hours worked
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Human Resources
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- IFR
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International Regulators Forum
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Information Management System
- IPIECA
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International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association
- ISAE
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International Standards on Assurance Engagements
- ISO
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International Organization for Standardization
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- MSF
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Multi-stakeholder forum
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- OGP
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International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (The)
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Grassroots advocacy and campaigning organisation fighting extreme poverty and preventable diseases www.one.org
- OHSAS
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Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Services
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Oil Spill Response Ltd
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Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group
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- RBM
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Regional Business Manager
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- Safety Case
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A document or suite of documents that identifies, assesses, and documents major hazards
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Social Enterprise
- SMC
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Senior Management Committee
- SRI
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Socially responsible investment
- sq km
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Square kilometres
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- toes
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Tullow Oil Environmental Standards
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Total Recordable Injuries
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TRI Frequency Rate measure in TRIs per million hours worked
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- VAFR
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Vehicle Accident Frequency Rate measured in vehicle accidents per million kms driven
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- Well engineering
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is responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of wells
- Well integrity
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relates to the safety and ongoing viability of a well during its entire lifecycle
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Stakeholder perspectives and priorities
Feedback on previous reports highlighted the need to include discussion on the main issues affecting our business, from both internal and external stakeholder perspectives. This year we held a number of targeted engagements to help us understand our stakeholder priority issues, which are outlined below.
Oil and gas course, Hoima, Uganda
Enabling public access to information
Local people not benefiting from oil, including lack of transparency around Petroleum Agreements
SRI Managers
Commitment to transparency and our position on support for EITI
Human rights policy and country-specific human rights assessments
Multi-stakeholder forum
Greater disclosure around awarding of contracts
Participation in external sustainability initiatives and standards
Signing up to EITI
Providing greater clarity on human rights and social standards
Executive team/senior management
Implications of the UK Bribery Act
Implications of signing up to EITI
Need to communicate Tullow's position on transparency more clearly
Key stakeholder priorities
Oil and gas course, Hoima, Uganda
The importance of informing central government about local issues as well as engaging with the opposition
Ghana Community Consultation & Disclosure Programme (CCDP)
Developing new channels for community feedback and input into our projects
Multi-stakeholder forum
Need to ensure wide engagement with government and regulators
Briefing media and other key stakeholders upon entering new countries
Wider disclosure of major project development plans
Management of expectations of what Tullow can and cannot achieve in-country
Using stakeholder engagement as a tool for improving Tullow's business as well as for identifying and managing risk
Holding meaningful and open consultation on environmental issues
Executive team/senior management
Being able to identify and react to the major issues that affect our ability to run the business
The need to manage the expectations of our stakeholders in the countries in which we operate
Key stakeholder priorities
Oil and gas course, Hoima, Uganda
Risk of water pollution through oil spills or use of water from Lake Albert
Potential for damage to agricultural land/soil through pollution or specific activities (e.g. seismic surveys, waste disposal)
Ghana Community Consultation Disclosure Programme
Perceived effects of oil exploration and production on fish stocks
Potential impact of oil spills on the fishing community
SRI Managers
Lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon incident and oil spill preparedness
The extent of Tullow's emissions/produced water and what we are doing to reduce them
Concerns from the National Environmental Management Authority in Uganda about waste disposal policies/oil spill contingency plans
How Tullow incentivises EHS performance at all levels of the business
Safety arrangements in place with contractors and how those relationships are managed
Multi-stakeholder forum
Articulating a clear position on 'big picture' environmental issues including climate change, water resources and waste management
Developing a clear position on working in protected areas
Commitment to protecting biodiversity
Executive team/senior management
Making sure we continue to evolve and improve our approach to climate change and biodiversity
Embedding the EHS commitment of the senior team with people on the front line – including contractors
Key stakeholder priorities
Oil and gas course, Hoima, Uganda
A need for skills/training and jobs for Ugandans, particularly those from the Albertine Basin area
Ghana Community Consultation Disclosure Programme
A need for scholarships and skills training for young people, including job opportunities
Opportunities for local contractors in the new oil and gas industry
Multi-stakeholder forum
Opening up the supply chain to enable local businesses to become suppliers
Finding ways for Tullow's supply chain to support capacity building for local people
Focusing on skills development and new models for training to build capacity
Executive team/senior management
Bridging the gap between lower national standards and Tullow's own requirements of suppliers
Being able to identify whether a potential supplier is truly national
Managing expectations of what jobs can be created and the level of skills/training needed
Bridging the gap between lower education levels and those that are required
Key stakeholder priorities
Stakeholder engagement
Engaging with our stakeholders, listening to their views and responding through our actions is an integral part of creating shared prosperity.
Corporate responsibility
We have addressed all of these issues either in this report or in the corporate reponsibility section of our corporate website.
Special features
Insight into some of the main issues affecting our business.
