In general, environmental management in LLP "OIL SOLUTIONS" is implemented under environmental programs. In place of the previously adopted programs and "Environmental safety in the oil production in the south-eastern part of Kazakstan Republic, the Company developed and approved in 2017 the third environmental program until 2017 designed to maintain the state of the environment in the region of Almaty activities at the regulatory acceptable level consistent with self-healing potential of natural ecosystems.
According to ISO 14001:2004 standard, under which the environmental management system of LLP "OIL SOLUTIONS" has been certified for compliance, the Company has used the methodology of the "consistent procedures", in which follow-up actions are formed on the basis of data obtained from the results of the previous level procedure. The following procedures sequence has been established in LLP "OIL SOLUTIONS" in the process of environmental management.
Given the acquisition of the assets, development of cooperation with international partners and expansion of operations on the continental shelf, the Company’s scale of operation, impact and responsibility that underpinned the strategy project has changed dramatically. In view of the above, it was resolved to update not only this project, but also the Company’s environmental safety policy. It became one of the priorities for development of LLP "OIL SOLUTIONS" environmental activities for the year 2017 together with environmental risk assessment subject to expanded scale of operation.
Protection and Industrial Safety
The funding of the main activities in 2017 made up 2.5 billion rubles (certification of workplaces, in-process monitoring of working conditions, provision of working clothes, special footwear and protective gear to employees, cleaning and repair thereof, etc.) In order to increase the significance of the company activities in the sphere of ISLEP, a new standard organization structure of the ISLEP service was developed and approved by LLP "OIL SOLUTIONS" directors, where under ISLEP services are directly subordinated to heads of the company, the standard functionality of ISLEP services was stipulated.
Innovation for Environmental Protection
As part of its innovation activities, LLP "OIL SOLUTIONS" is developing and testing various technologies designed to minimize its ecological footprint. Within the framework of the adopted Program of innovative development of the company in the area of "Ensuring environmental safety", many projects are being implemented, which is part of the Company's perimeter, to conduct environmental and economic expertise of designed and operating technical and technological solutions, develop new recovery technologies, their introduction into the production practice of the Company.
It is currently one of the most innovative and environmentally friendly practices in the world for the disposal of drilling waste from oil and gas production. Unlike traditional methods of sludge processing, injection into the formation excludes the placement of drilling waste on the surface and their contact with the environment. In 2017 and at present, the process is being monitored.
