Upstream oil and gas company operated in Indonesia produce about 160,000-barrel oil per day with nearly 25,000 workers and wide operation areas. The company is committed to protect its people from COVID-19 in the workplace and at the same time maintaining the same level of operation. Company established a risk-based safeguard protocol to achieve it. The protocols were developed using the references from WHO, CDC, IPIECA/OGP and Ministry of Health. They were adjusted with the worker’s health risk and criticality of the facilities. Risk of personnel and impact to operation were evaluated to create risk-based program. Safeguard covers layers of protection and the use of technology. level of risk for people, asset, and location will determine the layer. General approaches were established to cover all operation areas such as but not limited: screening program, emergency response & case management, WFH & travel limitation, education & vaccination program. Additional layers are added where the risk of exposure and impact to worker and production increasing. For critical facilities, full compartmentalization program with strict quarantine, testing and work segregation are mandatory. Company able to maintain lower number of cases among worker comparing to competitor and general population. Company operates safely with limited workplace cluster although few of them have impacted minorly to oil production lost and down time operation during the peak of the pandemic. Managing COVID-19 in oil & gas industry is quite challenging. Risk-based approach program are proven to be effective.
Implementation of Risk-Based COVID-19 Safeguards in Upstream Oil & Gas Company