Responsibilities of the Engineering Department include the construction, renovation and maintenance of OPET stations, market/shop projects, installation of automation systems, quality control and HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, Environment) inspections.
HSSE includes all efforts to prevent accidents within the context of a commitment to health, safety and the environment.
Our goal is to ensure that none of our employees and contractors and no one in the general public suffers any injury or sickness due to OPET operations.
Excellent HSSE performance requires total dedication on the part of every employee at every level. For this reason, all OPET employees and contractors are responsible for implementing applicable regulations.
Our goal is to attain a prominent position in the industry as a company that fulfills its responsibilities in these areas.
AvOiding all accidents
Designing Safe Projects
Reducing Environmental impact
Should be the goal of our entire Team.
To ensure that these conditions are satisfied, all contractors who wish to work with OPET are required to undergo preliminary qualification. Only those contractors who succeed in this process are accepted. Companies fill in a Contractor’s Preliminary Qualification Questionnaire, which is part of OPET’s HSSE specifications, submitting their files to the OPET Engineering Department after providing all the necessary annexes. The files are then reviewed by an HSSE supervisor, and companies who score 75 or more are considered eligible to work with OPET. Companies with limited experience in the fuel industry are called upon only for small-scale projects at first. The construction sites of the various contractors working for OPET are inspected by OPET project managers, who assign each contractor a Construction Site Grade. Seventy percent of this grade is considered a Preliminary Qualification Grade and 30% is calculated as the Contractor Assessment Grade.
OPET only works with contractors whose Contractor Assessment Grade is 75 or above. Contractors who score between 50-75 may be assigned work subject to strict monitoring. Companies who score lower than 50 may not be assigned work until they improve their qualification grade.
Companies that pass the Preliminary Qualification are called to an HSSE meeting once a year. At these meetings, developments of that year are discussed and unfinished or problematic business is assessed. Solutions are suggested and implemented.
ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES
Safe filling operations
Safe Filling Equipment is used to transfer fuel products to storage tanks at OPET stations. This equipment is made up of an antistatic hose, a hose fitting and hose adapters. Tanks are grounded to minimize risks during loading.
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Hose fitting |
Antistatic hose |
Quality Control
Our fundamental goal at OPET is to always provide customers with clean and high-quality products in a safe environment. With this objective in mind, our nine quality control teams regularly visit OPET stations around Turkey to inspect product standards and supervise station safety. During these visits, the teams conduct marker tests, concentration tests, water tests, measurement tests, grounding tests, hose static conductivity tests and HSSE inspections.
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Water control |
Marker and concentration test
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Training
Quality control teams receive periodic training to improve their effectiveness during the tests and inspections. Training includes such main topics as HSSE, fuel products and their characteristics, dangerous environments, station infrastructure and superstructure, effective communication, and safe driving techniques.
Regular Maintenance
The Regular Maintenance Program launched in 2002 was revamped in 2007. The program includes the following
- Tanks are cleaned to ensure that customers get a clean product.
- Electrical panel and pump checks as well as gas detector systems maintenance contribute to a safer environment.
- Automated systems are kept in constant maintenance to provide customers with uninterrupted service.
- Visual Appearance Maintenance is also carried out to make sure that attendants always look well-groomed, clean and efficient in keeping with our corporate image.
E-Maintenance
The E-maintenance program has been developed to ensure that record-keeping at filling stations is up-to-date and accurate. Information gathered during station maintenance is regularly entered into the database so that data is always up-to-date. Station fixture information, layout, updated photographs and critical data resulting from maintenance checks are all easily accessible through the E-maintenance program. Updated reports for each station, which can be generated using the query features of the application, are available in MS Excel format. Stations in the various OPET regions are indicated on the map of Turkey to provide easy access to information on any of the stations.
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