Oil | Business | Culture
ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2004 SONANGOL universoANGOLA | OIL | BUSINESS | CULTURE I DEEPWATER FRONTIER First new licensing round in a decade I SAFE CONDUCT Multi-million dollar initiative on health, safety & the environment I ANOTHER COUNTRY Opening up the interior of Angola The learning process will accel- erate over the next three years by giving every employee appropri- ate training by 2007. demonstrate their commitment to this value one of the company’s production units. through their behaviour and attitude. The last “We have a new national contingency element, auditing, is designed to ensure con- plan,” he explains. “The idea is to have disper- tinuous improvement.” sal points, with trained staff who can respond While employees have given the new sys- immediately to any spillage. We know that all tem a positive reception, the biggest challenge the operating companies have their own sys- has been to alter the culture within the organi- tems, but we too need to plan for a big sation. catastrophe. This plan has already been drawn “Be it quality, health, safety or the envi- up and all that remains are technical and legal ronment, each element requires a big change details. It will be ready in the second quarter of in terms of attitude and the way we think,” da this year.” Silva says. “I’m surprised, but people are very, Another priority is to raise quality stan- very interested and the concept has been very dards to international levels with the aim of well received from top to bottom. achieving certification such as ISO-9000. “The big difficulty though, is that we are “We will help units develop those stan- talking about something that will have to dards,” he says.
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