Proud moment as long service rewarded
By CT Hj Mahmod

Pehin Dato Awg. Hj Abd Rahman presenting the Long Service Emblem to Mr Chris Finlayson

One hundred and thirty-six employees from Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP), Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd (BLNG) and Brunei Shell Marketing Company Sdn. Bhd (BSM) were beaming with pride when they received their emblems in a presentation ceremony to honour their long years of service with their respective Petroleum companies. With a combined years of service totalling 3,595, the grand and memorable night for the employees who have served 35, 30 and 25 years was held at the Empire Theatre.

Presenting the Long Service Emblems for 35 years and 30 years for BSP,BSM and BLNG employees was the attending guest of honour, Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awg Hj Abd. Rahman bin Dato Setia Hj Mohammad Taib, Minister of the Industry and Primary Resources and Chairman of the PetroleumBrunei, BSP and BLNG.

Pehin Dato Awg. Hj Abd Rahman also presented long service emblems to Mr Chris Finlayson, Managing Director of BSP and BST, and Mr. Brian Straub, Technical Director at BSP, to mark their 25 years of service. Presenting the Long Service Emblems for 25 years for BSP employees was Mr Finlayson, Managing Director of BSP and BST.

Dato Paduka Hj Hamdillah bin Hj. Abd. Wahab, Managing Director of BLNG, presented the Long Service Emblems for 25 years to BLNG employees. And Pg. Hj Yasmin bin Pg. Hj Mohammad, Managing Director of BSM, presented the Long Service for BSM employees.

Mr Finlayson praised BLNG and BSM for excellent years of safety, neither suffering an LTI (Lost Time Injury) and BLNG passing the 8 million-manhour milestone, where he highlighted that safety is their top priority.

He also revealed that in 2002, they have continued to grow the business in sustainable manner, 'with oil production at 201,000 bbl/d, was 4% higher than 2001, and has grown some 25% in the last five years. And BLNG's output, at 203.5 cargoes was an all time record'.

He said the companies' ability to respond to Japan's urgent request for additional gas following the unplanned shutdown of a number of Nuclear Power Stations, despite the commissioning of the new Onshore compression plant and the new East gas pipeline that will serve Brunei for the next 30 years. This was an outstanding achievement, he said.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin