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JSC "Embamunaigas" (hereinafter referred to as EMG or the Company) held an extended meeting of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee (hereinafter referred to as HSE) with participation of heads of production structural units (PSU), employees responsible for HSE and heads of contractors. 

Sabit Arynov, General Director of Embamunaigas JSC, delivered an address on promotion of safety culture, personal commitment of each EMG and contractor employees to safe labour requirements:

"I urge the entire team and every employee not to be a detached observer, but to be an active participant in the safety system, to pay vigilant attention to themselves, their colleagues, to monitor their health, the serviceability of the equipment of production facilities and to help the company's management in ensuring safety at work. Safety starts with each one of us! Day by day, step by step to reach the goal of zero safety indicators!"

Then, Kairat Saktaganov, Chief Technical Manager for Health, Safety and Environment, gave a presentation on 'Vital Rules' - a set of key HSE compliance requirements that all EMG and contractor employees must adhere to.

Anuarbek Karimov, Director of the Labour and Environmental Protection Department of JSC "Embamunaigas", briefed the audience on HSE reporting data for the first half of 2023. According to him, the Company and its contractors, whose number totals 9080 people (EMG - 4292 people, contractors - 4788 people), carry out targeted preventive work to prevent accidents and incidents. As a result, no production-related fatalities were reported at EMG and its contractors in the first six months of the current year. Also, no fires or road accidents were registered in the Company, but there was one case of occupational injuries (H1 2022 - 2). Nevertheless, a number of complaints were made to the heads of contractor organisations in terms of compliance with the requirements of Biological Safety and Environmental Standards, especially traffic rules. In the first six months of 2023, they had 4 road accidents (4 in the first half of 2022).

EMG management emphasised that the principle of zero tolerance for safety violations should also be a priority for contractors' employees.

In future, a meeting of the above Committee will be held for Embamunaigas' PSP on a monthly basis and for contractors on a quarterly basis.

In addition, there was a presentation of the project on the introduction of electronic authorisation orders, which has already started to operate in EMG.

Press contacts:

Galia KARAZHANOVA: G.Karajanova@emg.kmgep.kz, +7 (7122) 99-34-21.
Indira SATILGANOVA: І.Satylganova@emg.kmgep.kz, +7 (7122) 99-34-66.

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JSC Embamunaigas is a subsidiary of JSC National Company KazMunaiGas. The official history of JSC Embamunaigas dates back to 1922, when the Embaneft Trust was established to develop the Dossor and Makat fields. The main activities of the company: geological exploration, development of oil and gas fields; oil and gas production; oil and gas treatment. Embamunaigas JSC includes 6 production structural subdivisions in Atyrau city and 4 districts of Atyrau region: "Zhaikmunaigas", "Dossormunaigas", "Kainarmunaigas", "Zhylyoymunaigas", "Embamunaigas" management and "Production Maintenance and Equipment Completion Department" (PM&E). The Company supplies oil produced for export and the domestic market. Crude oil is delivered to refineries in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the domestic market. Oil is exported via two main routes: the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) and Uzen-Atyrau-Samara (UAS) pipelines. Marketable gas is sold through the national operator of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of gas and gas supply - NC QazaqGaz JSC. From 2012 to 2022, Embamunaigas JSC spent more than KZT 1 trillion, KZT 472 billion on tax payments to the National Fund, republican and local budgets, and about 5 billion KZT 640 million KZT was allocated for the development of regional infrastructure. 640 million tenge.