Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd.
A diversified energy infrastructure company with an integrated value chain across the North American gas processing, natural gas liquids, petroleum refining, and renewable fuels markets
Health, Safety & Environment
Tidewater is committed to conducting its operations in a manner that protects the health and safety of the public and its workforce. It has a highly skilled workforce and provides ongoing training to maintain the skills and understanding necessary for a safe and healthy work environment. Tidewater's health, safety and environmental policies set an expectation that everyone must share in the responsibility to work safely and responsibly, while meeting or exceeding all applicable laws and regulations. To this end, everyone at Tidewater is expected to:
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include safety as a part of all business and operational decisions;
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identify hazards and take action to address all unsafe conditions, to protect the health and safety of workers, the public, and the environment; and
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report any situation that has or may result in an unsafe action, condition or loss and take action to correct or address the situation.
Tidewater conducts annual emergency response training exercises to practice and determine the effectiveness of its emergency response plans. Tidewater conducts these training exercises in accordance with applicable regulations and administers them with local emergency responders, regulatory agencies, Tidewater employees and key contractors. Tidewater uses the Incident Command System (ICS) which supports a unified approach to emergency response and is a system widely used by emergency response support agencies.
Tidewater regularly reviews its safety performance, conducts safety audits and shares experiences and best practices within the organization and, at times, with others in industry. Tidewater has adopted a suite of policies, procedures and safe operating practices, which it reviews, evaluates and updates based on changes in laws and regulations, technology developments, industry standards and the operational needs of its facilities. Tidewater also has formal incident reporting processes, which allow it to, among other things, identify and track incidents and near misses; identify, implement and follow up on appropriate corrective actions; and share learnings. Tidewater also carries out investigations to understand factors that might cause or contribute to incidents and seeks to learn from its experiences, as well as industry learnings, in order to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of an incident.
Asset Integrity
Tidewater is committed to maintaining the integrity of all of its pipeline and facility assets. This commitment is integral to Tidewater's business strategy of operating safely and reliably and preserving the longevity of its assets. Tidewater's integrity management programs apply to pipelines and facility pressure equipment and are developed having regard for the applicable regulations and standards which govern the design and operation of these assets.
Through its employees and integrity management programs, Tidewater continuously strives to minimize the likelihood of incidents and operational downtime, while safeguarding employees, the environment and the communities in which it operates.
Tidewater's integrity management programs apply through the complete asset lifecycle from design through retirement. Each program is founded on a process involving identification of hazards that may impact long term integrity of the asset and assessment of risk, establishing plans and activities to mitigate that risk, application of the mitigation under the plan, monitoring the performance of the program and managing change.
Community Engagement
Tidewater adheres to the highest standard of ethics when it comes to health, safety, and the environment, and through this commitment we believe that the communities in which we live and operate should be impacted in a positive way. Our reputation as a respected and valued corporate citizen is paramount to us and we take extra steps to ensure our investments add value to the communities we love.
Tidewater works to provide sustainable economic opportunities and benefits to its customers, investors, and the communities where we operate. We want to ensure that society benefits from our operations through job creation, support to local suppliers, community investment, and more. We contribute to the local and national economies through taxes, job creation, the procurement of goods and services and community investment. We donate to initiatives in the areas of environment, safety and education. We also promote and participate in numerous initiatives.
We thank the communities we've had the privilege to work with over the years and look forward to continued partnerships toward building better communities together.
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We strive to minimize our impact on the environment and work to continually reduce our emissions through efficient and innovative technologies.
We are excellent stewards of the environment, and we strongly support the communities in which we live and work.
Indigenous Relations
Building and maintaining strong relationships and learning from Indigenous communities is essential to our long-term success and to the protection of the animals, plants, land, air, and water in the areas we operate.
Our approach to indigenous relations and engagement has been shaped through discussions with indigenous leaders, elders, and community members and we continue to request feedback on how we can improve our engagement practices.
We aim to work together with Indigenous communities to proactively identify potential impacts of our activities on the community and environment, and to develop mutually acceptable solutions.