Today in Moscow Ravil Maganov, LUKOIL Fist Vice President,
and Yuriy Vorobyev, Fist Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Russian Federation
for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural
Disasters (EMERCOM) signed a cooperation agreement between the Company and the
Ministry on fire safety, prevention and control of emergency situations caused
by accidental oil and oil product spills.
In
accordance with the signed document the main cooperation areas of the Parties
are the following:
- to
provide interaction between EMERCOM
and LUKOIL during fire suppression, as well as prevention
and control of emergency situations caused by accidental oil and oil product
spills;
- to
coordinate plans, programs and other activities of the Parties in terms of
reasonable allocation of resources and means to extinguish fire and eliminate
emergencies of territorial, regional and federal response
levels;
- to
improve interaction of the Parties while eliminating transborder emergencies
caused
by accidental offshore oil discharges;
- to
conduct design engineering and research & development
work.
“Our
Company has always paid particular attention to emergency control and readiness
to eliminate emergency situations. We are proud to note that we are witnessing a
steady trend which has been underway since 1999: thanks to efficient cooperation
between EMERCOM departments and the LUKOIL Group, the number of fires and damage
caused by them is evidently decreasing. The cooperation agreement between LUKOIL
and EMERCOM will allow not only the Company sites, but also the communities of
Company operation to reach a new quality level of security”, Ravil Maganov, LUKOIL Fist Vice
President, said.
LUKOIL
allocates over 5 bln. rubles to finance emergency protection activities
annually. Over 2.5 thousand EMERCOM fire prevention employees ensure fire
protection of the LUKOIL Group.
