Oil company, TotalEnergies, has awarded local major oil field logistics company, Threeways Shipping the
award for Best Contractor, medium risk category 2024.
The awards were revealed at the TotalEnergies-Tilenga HSSE contractors’ forum 2024, held under the theme-“Lets Improve our HSSE culture Together.”
TotalEnergies recognized three companies under low, medium and high risks. The winner for low risk was Equator catering while high risk went to McDermott EPC.
The forum brings together contractors and subcontractors working on the Tilenga Project to share experiences and best practices to drive excellence in health and safety.
Philippe Groueix-the General Manager Total Energies urged all contractors to prioritize safety because “safety is the cornerstone of pour operational excellence across all business lines”.
“Consistency in safety efforts is crucial. Establishing a safety culture takes time, but it leads to sustainable business practices,” he said.
Geoffrey. B. Baitwa-the company Managing Director received the award on behalf of Threeways Shipping .
“Three ways continues to demonstrate resilience and perseverance despite the many challenges it has encountered,” Baitwa said.
He added that the company has continuously picked lessons from its experiences, to adapt to the ever-changing circumstances so as to emerge stronger.
According to Mr. Baitwa, the recognition is a result of the company’s continued investment and commitment in safety
protocols while prioritizing training for all human resources.
Threeways has been on an upward trend since remerging from receivership, strengthened its corporate governance and continues to grow its presence in the oil and gas sector.
At the event, Geoffrey Tumusime, a Threeways Shipping Services staff working as a Site Lifting Supervisor (SLS) in the Tilenga oil field scooped the individual award for best anomaly reporting underpinning the company’s HSSE success.
In one incident, Tumusiime made a prompt report of a poor estimate of load capacity, which if had gone unnoticed, could have led to an accident or incident.
Owing to his timely intervention as site supervisor, there was prompt mobilization of right equipment.
“Anomaly” reporting helps to teach others such that re- occurrence is avoided, encouraging others to learn the right way of job execution,” Tumusime said as he received a certificate in recognition and was also presented with a brand new sports bike by TotalEnergies.
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