GPA Midstream Association Announces Safety Winners

The GPA Midstream Association and affiliated midstream suppliers association, the GPSA, presented several companies with safety awards at the 2018 GPA Midstream Convention in Austin, Texas.

“Our reputation, our credibility and our integrity are dependent upon how we operate our assets and how, as midstream companies, we work in the communities we serve,” said GPA Midstream Association Chairman Wouter van Kempen said. “Safety is tremendously important, and having people come home safely to their families every single night is the strongest foundation of what we do as midstream operators. To all of the safety winners, I want to thank you and congratulate you on your great efforts.”

van Kempen, DCP Midstream, and GPA Midstream President and CEO Mark Sutton presented the awards during the convention’s Center Stage Luncheon that was attended by nearly 1,200.

The GPA Midstream Safety Awards Program recognizes member companies for outstanding safety performance in comparison among similar companies within the association’s membership.

The four GPA Midstream safety award divisions are determined by a range of midstream operational workhours, ranging from less than 50,000 to more than one million, for both United States and non-U.S. based companies.

The top two entries in each division are selected according to lowest total cases incidence rate (TCR), lowest fatalities plus lost workdays incidence rate (LTR) and highest number of workhours reported.

The 2017 GPA Midstream safety awards winners are:

Division 1 (1 million or more midstream operational workhours)

For U.S.-based companies, Enterprise Products (Houston) received first place honors. Second place was awarded to DCP Midstream (Denver).

Division 1  first place winner in the international classification was Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), and United Gas Derivatives Co. received second place.

Division 2 (200,000 – 999,999 midstream operational workhours)

First place in the U.S. Division 2 category was awarded to Aux Sable Liquid Products (Channahon, Ill.). Second place honors went to Momentum Midstream (Houston).

Within the non-U.S. category, first place winner in Division 2 was Egyptian Bahraini Gas Derivatives Co. (Cairo, Egypt), and Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd. (Trinidad, West Indies) received second place.

Division 3 (50,000 – 199,999 midstream operational workhours)

In the U.S. Division 3 category, Superior Pipeline (Tulsa, Okla.) was honored with the first place award, and second place went to Azure Midstream (Dallas).

Division 4 (less than 50,000 midstream operational workhours)

First place was awarded to Elkhorn Gas Processing (Tulsa, Okla.). Second place was awarded to Discovery Midstream Partners (Dallas).

Chairman’s Award for Safety Improvement

GPA Midstream also recognized three companies with a Chairman’s Award for Safety Improvement for 2017: DCP Midstream, Enterprise Products and MarkWest Energy Partners (Denver).

GPSA Safety Awards

GPSA awarded member companies NTACT Operations (Midland, Texas), Oil-GAStech Inc. (Odessa, Texas), Prime Controls (Lewisville, Texas) and QPSE (Tulsa, Okla.) for outstanding 2017 safety records. GPSA safety awards are based on each company’s 2017 Occupational Safety and Health Administration records and a three-year history of active programs promoting safety and displaying safety improvement.

GPSA also honored AECOM Global Oil and Gas Division (Houston) with the GPSA Safety Improvement Award.