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A message from Aidan Heavey
Throughout Tullow’s 21-year existence, we have always maintained
a long-term perspective on our operations and our responsibilities.
We seek to establish partnerships with governments, other oil and
gas companies, shareholders and the communities where we work.
We rely heavily on the dedication, skills and professionalism of our
employees to ensure that our reputation, or their safety, is not
compromised by the actions of ourselves or others.
The Group now employs over 250 people
spread across 22 countries and during
2006 worked 6.1 million hours. Our growth
has resulted in higher levels of day-to-day
activity, a more widespread portfolio of
operated and non-operated licence interests
and substantial investment in our assets, our
systems and our staff. I am happy to report
that 2006 was another year of successful
progress in the ongoing development of
our Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
practises and Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR), which we manage through our
community and social programmes.
In recent years, the oil and gas industry has
come under increasing scrutiny in respect
of its environmental performance and
safety culture. Our performance is not only
measured by hard statistics like a lower
Lost Time Incident Frequency Rate (LTIFR),
better water management or carbon
emissions, but also by the endorsement
of agencies such as Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in the
UK and the achievement of International
Standards Organisation (ISO) 14001
certification for our corporate environmental
management system. We have clear
management standards and policies for
CSR and EHS and these are implemented
and communicated across the Group. On
the ground, Tullow’s flat structure and open
culture ensures that any issues are disclosed
and employees feel comfortable in offering
suggestions. We actively support continuous
improvement in our performance in these
areas through strong leadership and ongoing
training at all levels in the business.
The value of our social programmes is
demonstrated by the positive community
relations Tullow has established in each of
its core areas and the tangible improvements
in living standards, health and education that
result from our programmes.
For example, at the 2005 Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur Awards in Ireland, John O’Shea,
who founded GOAL, challenged the awardwinners
and audience to visit developing
countries and see if they could make a
difference by focusing their skills on helping
communities to help themselves. He
emphasised the need to develop new
commercial initiatives in addition to health
and educational support projects. Tullow
undertook this challenge and chose the
Kaiso-Tonya area in Uganda on the shore of
Lake Albert, where we have a 100% operating
interest in Block 2 in the Lake Albert Rift
Basin. Full details of this project are on
pages 4 and 5 of this report, and throughout
the report there are several examples of
projects we supported or undertook during
the year.
Through our CSR Committee, which includes
both senior executives and non-executive
Directors of the Group, we ensure that our
community and social funding, which in
2007 will be US$2.5 million, is allocated to
countries and projects where our contribution
can make a real difference.
At Tullow, we are committed to
comprehensive disclosure and openness in
everything we do. This is our second annual
CSR Report and we have taken on board
much of the valuable feedback we received
last year. We apply and expect the highest
standards every day in our work, and our
performance is closely monitored by Tullow’s
Board and has a direct influence on appraisal
and reward systems throughout the Group.
Ultimately, as Chief Executive, I am
responsible for ensuring that Tullow is seen
as a responsible and safe operator, a partner
of choice and a good neighbour wherever
we work. I am proud of Tullow and the work
we do in the countries where we have
operations and hope this report will help
you to understand why.
Aidan Heavey
Chief Executive Officer
Nominated Director with
CSR and EHS Responsibility
2 Tullow Oil plc Corporate and Social Responsibility Report 2006