Best Practices of the Oil Industry Sample Clauses

Best Practices of the Oil Industry. The best and safest procedures and technologies available in the Oil and Gas Industry worldwide intended to: (a) ensure the operational safety of the facilities, preserving life, physical integrity, and human health; (b) preserve the environment and protect adjacent communities; (c) prevent or reduce as much as possible the risk of spill of oil, natural gas, by-products, and other chemicals that may be hazardous to the environment; (d) preserve oil and gas resources, which implies the use of adequate methods and processes to maximize the recovery of hydrocarbons in a technical, economic, and environmentally sustainable way, with the corresponding control of the reserve decline, and to mitigate surface losses; (e) minimize consumption of natural resources in the Operations. In order to perform the Best Practices of the Oil Industry, the Concessionaires shall rely on the standards issued by ANP and other Brazilian public bodies, incorporating technical standards and recommendations of internationally recognized bodies and associations of the Oil Industry, whenever such measures increase the chances to achieve the objectives listed above.
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Best Practices of the Oil Industry. The best and safest procedures and technologies available in the oil and gas industry worldwide intended to: (i) ensure the operational safety of the facilities, preserving life, physical integrity, and human health; (ii) preserve the environment and protect adjacent communities; (iii) prevent or reduce as much as possible the risk of spill of oil, natural gas, by-products, and other chemicals that may be hazardous to the environment; (iv) preserve oil and gas resources, which implies the use of adequate methods and processes to maximize the recovery of hydrocarbons in a technical, economic, and environmentally sustainable way, with the corresponding control of the reserve decline, and to mitigate surface losses;
Best Practices of the Oil Industry practices and procedures generally employed in the Oil Industry all over the world, by prudent and diligent Operators, subject to conditions and circumstances similar to those experienced with regard to appearance or relevant aspects of the Operations, aiming mainly to guarantee: (a) application of the best world Exploration and Production techniques in force; (b) conservation of oil and gas reserves, which implies the use of methods and procedures appropriate to maximize the recovery of hydrocarbons in a technical, economic and environmentally sustainable way, with the corresponding control of the decline of reserves and the minimization of losses on the surface; (c) operational safety, which requires the employment of methods and processes that ensure the safety of Operations, contributing to the prevention of incidents; (d) preservation of the environment and respect to the people, which determines the adoption of technologies and procedures associated with the prevention and mitigation of environmental damage, as well as the control and environmental monitoring of the Operations of Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production.
Best Practices of the Oil Industry the best and safest procedures and technologies available in the Oil and Natural Gas industry around the world, which: (a) guarantee the operational safety of the facilities, preserving the life, physical integrity and human health; (B) preserve the environment and protect adjacent communities; (C) prevent or reduce to a minimum the risk of spill of oil, natural gas, by-products and other chemicals that may be harmful to the environment; (D) the conservation of petroleum and natural gas resources, which involves the use of adequate methods and processes to maximize hydrocarbon recovery technically, economically and environmentally sustainable, with the corresponding control of reserves decline, and to minimize losses on the surface; (E) minimize the consumption of natural resources in Operations. For the implementation of the Best Practices of the Oil Industry, the Concessionaires must take the standards established by ANP and the other Brazilian public agencies as a starting point, incorporating technical standards and recommendations of oil industry entities and associations recognized internationally, whenever such measures increase the chances that the objectives listed above are achieved.
Best Practices of the Oil Industry. The best and safest procedures and technologies available in the oil and gas industry worldwide, which shall: (a) ensure the operational safety of facilities, preserving the life, physical integrity and human health; (b) preserve the environment and protect adjacent communities; (c) prevent or reduce to an accepted minimum to the risk of oil spill, natural gas, oil products and other chemicals exposure of which may be harmful to the environment; (d) the conservation of petroleum resources and gases, which implies the use of adequate methods and processes to maximize hydrocarbon in terms of technically, economically and environmentally sustainable, with a corresponding control of reserves decline, and to minimize surface losses; (e) minimize consumption of natural resources in operations. For the implementation of the Best Practices of the Oil Industry, the Concessionaires shall take the standards established by ANP and the other Brazilian government agencies as a starting point, incorporating technical standards and recommendations bodies and the oil industry associations recognized internationally, where such measures to increase possibility once the objectives listed above are achieved. Module of the Development Stage: set of operations and investments to facilitate the activities of production of a field of Oil or Natural Gas whose stage of development has been designed in an individualized way and with independent production, according to the provisions in the Development Plan. New Reserve: occurrence of new accumulations of Oil and Natural Gas in distinct horizons of those which already produce or are under Assessment.

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  • Best Practices The Recipient acknowledges they may or may not have access to the Owner’s Confidential Information and agrees that it shall not directly or indirectly divulge, disclose, or communicate any of the Confidential Information to any third party, except as may be required during any formal business association or dealings on behalf of the Owner for any event, with the prior written approval of the Owner. The Recipient acknowledges that no license of the Confidential Information, by implication or otherwise, is granted to the Recipient by reason of this Agreement. Additionally, the Recipient acknowledges that it may only use the Confidential Information in connection with its business dealings with the Owner and for no other purpose without the prior written consent of the Owner.

  • Best Practice NB strives to ensure that inter-country adoptions are in children's best interests and seeks to prevent the sale, exploitation, abduction, or trafficking of children. Payment for a child or an inducement to release a child for adoption is strictly forbidden. NB does not compensate any individual providing adoption services with an incentive fee or fee contingent on each child located for adoption. NB's employees, coordinators, and prospective adoptive parents are prohibited from giving money, gifts, bribes, or other consideration directly or indirectly to any person or entity, including any biological relative or caregiver of a child, as payment for a child or as an inducement to release a child for purposes of adoption.

  • FAIR PRACTICES The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent all employees by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex or marital status and to represent equally all employees without regard to membership or participation in, or association with the activities of any employee organization. The Board agrees to continue its policy of not discriminating against any employee on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status or membership or participation in, or association with the activities of, any employee organization.

  • Settlement Practices The Custodian shall provide to each Board the information with respect to custody and settlement practices in countries in which the Custodian employs an Eligible Foreign Custodian described on Schedule C at the time or times set forth on the Schedule. The Custodian may revise Schedule C from time to time, but no revision shall result in a Board being provided with substantively less information than had been previously provided on Schedule C.

  • Good Industry Practice all applicable Standards; and

  • Payable Practices No Borrower or Subsidiary has made any material change in its historical accounts payable practices from those in effect on the Closing Date.

  • Ethical Business Practices The Contractor shall work in partnership with the State to ensure a successful and valuable contract, and ethical practices are required of State employees, Contractors, and all parties representing the Contractor. All work performed under this Contract will be subject to review by the Inspector General of the State of Florida, and any findings suggesting unethical business practices may be cause for termination or cancellation.

  • Personnel Practices Section 1. The parties agree to establish a Labor-Management Committee to consult on personnel practices. The Committee will consist of five (5) representatives selected by the County and five (5) representatives by the SEIU Local 721. The Chief Executive Officer will designate a representative from CEO/Employee Relations and Department of Human Resources who have authority to resolve issues. The Committee will meet quarterly and consult on County-wide personnel practices including, but not limited to, performance evaluations, appraisals of promotability, grievance, arbitration, appeal processes, and resolution and payment of awards. Section 2. Dignity and Professionalism in the Workplace 1. The Union and Management are committed to working together to ensure a healthy and professional work environment free from emotional and psychological abuse and intimidation and to promote dignity for all workforce members. 2. The Union and Management agree to work together to develop a training program open to managers and SEIU Local 721 represented employees through the Workforce Development Program, the Million Dollar Training Fund and/or other sources of funding designated to promote dignity, prevent and reduce intimidation and other forms of emotional and psychological abuse in the workplace and create awareness of its negative impact. 3. Labor and Management are committed to working together to address complaints of intimidation and other forms of emotional and psychological abuse in the workplace in a timely manner. 4. The County Department of Human Resources is committed to working with the Union to develop policy to promote dignity and respect at the workplace and to prevent intimidation and other forms of emotional and psychological abuse in the workplace. Section 3. Communication through County E-mail Recognizing that e-mail is a standard medium of business communication, the County will meet with representatives of the Union to consider the feasibility of communication with bargaining unit members through their County e-mail addresses. This workgroup will complete its work within 60 days of the Board of Supervisors’ approval of the MOU. The workgroup will present recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for any policy changes. Section 4. Education Based Discipline Education-Based Discipline (EBD) is offered when an employee must serve a suspension from duty as a result of some type of policy violation, but rather than serving the suspension days at home with a loss of pay, some or all of those days can be substituted for a relevant training class or classes. Participation in the program is voluntary for the employee. The Personnel Practices Committee defined in Section 1 will meet to discuss expansion of EBD to all departments in the County.

  • Data Practices The Parties acknowledge that this Agreement is subject to the requirements of Minnesota’s Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 13.01

  • Policies and Practices The employment relationship between the Parties shall be governed by this Agreement and the policies and practices established by the Company and the Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”). In the event that the terms of this Agreement differ from or are in conflict with the Company’s policies or practices or the Company’s Employee Handbook, this Agreement shall control.

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