New Delhi April 16 (IANS) Vedanta Cairn Oil and Gas said on Monday that it has appointed three senior executives with diversified experience including overseas to bolster the company s health and safety practices across various functional areas.
The Anil Agarwal-led company said in a statement that it aims to redesign its Health and Safety programme to ensure that every operating unit has a head of safety and environment.
"With these latest hirings the company aims to redesign the Health & Safety (HSE) programme to ensure that every operating unit has a head of safety and environment that will help Cairn to meet their goal of becoming the leading global HSE player in the industry " it said.
According to Cairn Oil and Gas Kaushik Das has joined as the Chief Health and Safety Officer - Onshore to lead the Rajasthan HSE organisation at Barmer and also oversee the implementation of Process Safety Management across onshore operations.
Before joining Cairn Das worked with TransCanada Pipelines as a Senior Advisor.
Christopher W. Waid has been appointed as the Chief Health and Safety Officer for SBU - Tight Gas Facilities. He was earlier associated with Universal Pegasus International as Vice President Corporate HSE and Risk Management - Onshore Offshore and Downstream.
Froilan Vivas Merlo has been appointed as Chief Health and Safety Officer SBU - Tight Oil and Tight Gas Development.
"He has joined from Wintershall Argentina where he was holding the designation of a senior HSE leader. His key role will be to build the HSE capability and excellence in his SBU (strategic business unit) " the statement said.
In line with Vedanta Cairn s recent investment plan of $850 million in the oil and gas business the company aims to build an integrated approach towards overall development risk-reward mechanism and industry best safety practices it added.
--IANS
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