Kuwait Oil Company is the premier oil & gas Company in the Gulf region involved in exploration and production of oil & gas reserves. The Company established 2030 vision to increase the production capacity by two folds. The also established an intergrated health, safety and environmental management system (HSMES) to achieve 2030 targets in a sustainable manner. The company faces many challenges in implementation of HSEMS. One of the main challenge is the diverse workforce. The company engages number of contractors, who in turn employees Workforce from more than 65 countries around the World. The workforce are highly diverse in nature and comes with different background, different languages, different skill set and it is altogether big challenge for the Company to achieve HSE (Health Safety & Environment) targets. The company adopts variety of methods in implementing the HSE Management by involving this diverse workforce. The speaker is involved in this process and played a key role. The presentation will share Company experience in achieving HSE targets under diverseworkforce. This is part of the best practices sharing among the global HSE community.

Keywords:
implementation, spe 126270, hse performance, indicator, contractor, communication, different language, management system, contract management, diverse workforce
Subjects:
HSSE & Social Responsibility Management, Safety, Professionalism, Training, and Education, HSSE management systems, Personnel competence
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