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Gas project prioritise­s safety

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COOLING down natural gas into its LIQUEÞED FORM TO ALLOW IT TO BE SAFELY STORED AND TRANSPORTE­D HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR MORE THAN YEARS

6IVA %NERGY IS PROPOSING TO BRING ,.' TO 'EELONG WHERE IT WOULD BE REGASIÞED AND FED INTO THE STATEmS

GAS TRANSMISSI­ON LINE FOR THE GAS TO BE USED TO HEAT HOMES AND POWER INDUSTRY

)N KEEPING WITH 6IVA %NERGYmS COMMITMENT TO SAFETY THE COMPANY IS TEAMING WITH THE WORLDmS LEADING OPERATOR OF ßOATING STORAGE AND REGASIÞCAT­ION UNITS &325 (ÎEGH ,.'

4HE .ORWEGIAN COMPANY HAS AN OUTSTANDIN­G RECORD FOR SAFE OPERATIONS ACROSS ITS ßEET OF &325

AND TWO ,.' CARRIERS

&325S AND ,.' CARRIERS ARE

DOUBLE HULLED TANKERS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTE­D TO SAFELY STORE TRANSPORT AND MAINTAIN THE VERY LOW TEMPERATUR­E OF ,.'

4HERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SIGNIÞCANT SPILL LOSS OF CARGO OR ENVIRONMEN­TAL INCIDENT IN ANY ßOATING GAS TERMINAL IN OPERATION AROUND THE WORLD

6IVA %NERGY HAS SIGNED A (EADS OF ØGREEMENT WITH (ÎEGH ,.' WHICH HAS YEARS OF ,.' EXPERIENCE TO CHARTER AN &325 TO BE MOORED AT 2EÞNERY 0IER SHOULD THE GAS TERMINAL PROJECT GO AHEAD

4HE &325 WOULD BE CREWED around the clock with specialise­d PERSONNEL OPERATING THE VESSEL

ØLL (ÎEGH ,.' VESSELS ARE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTE­D TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND REQUIREMEN­TS

FROM THE INTERNATIO­NALLY RECOGNIZED CLASSIÞCAT­ION SOCIETY SUCH AS $ET .ORSKE 6ERITAS $.6 AND ØMERICAN "UREAU OF SHIPPING Ø"3 THE ßAG STATE AND THE )NTERNATION­AL -ARITIME /RGANIZATIO­N )-/

2EGULATION­S FROM THESE AUTHORITIE­S govern the design and constructi­on OF THE SHIPS THE SAFETY SECURITY

AND CONDITIONS FOR THE CREW AND THE PREVENTION OF ANY POLLUTION FROM THE VESSELS

(ÎEGH ,.' ACTIVELY SEEKS TO EXCEED INTERNATIO­NAL STANDARDS AND LOCAL RULES FOR HEALTH SAFETY SECURITY AND WORKING ENVIRONMEN­T

4HE COMPANY AND THE VESSELS

IN ITS ßEET ARE CERTIÞED UNDER THE INTERNATIO­NAL STANDARDS FOR 1UALITY -ANAGEMENT 3YSTEMS )3/ %NVIRONMENT­AL -ANAGEMENT 3YSTEMS

)3/ AND THE )NTERNATION­AL 3AFETY -ANAGEMENT #ODE UNDER )-/

-ODIÞCATION­S CAN BE MADE TO THE VESSELS TO MEET LOCAL REQUIREMEN­TS IF NEEDED AND IN 'EELONG (ÎEGH ,.' WOULD WORK WITH 6IVA %NERGY TO REDIRECT SEAWATER DISCHARGE FROM THE ,.' REGASIÞCAT­ION PROCESS FOR RE USE IN REÞNERY OPERATIONS GENERATING IMPROVED ENVIRONMEN­TAL OUTCOMES UNIQUE TO LOCATING A ßOATING GAS TERMINAL NEXT TO THE REÞNERY

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