2007 Environmental Statement Period Covered: January 1 to December 31, 2007 Revision Date: March 14, Fort Saskatchewan

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1 2007 Environmental Statement Period Covered: January 1 to December 31, 2007 Revision Date: March 14, 2008 Fort Saskatchewan 1

2 Foreword: Our HSE Policy Natural Gas Liquids Business Unit Health Safety and Environmental Policy The North American Natural Gas Liquids Business Unit (NGL BU) is committed to Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE). Effective HSE performance and the security of each person are crucial to the success of our business. Our goals are simply stated - no accidents, no harm to people and no damage to the environment. Prevention of pollution, management of natural resources for sustainability, and continual improvement are vital components and key to our success. We will set and review objectives and measurable targets for our operational units as a part of continual improvement. Driving down the HSE impacts of our operations by reducing waste, air emissions and discharges, using energy efficiently, and assuring a safe work environment for our employees is a priority. We are committed to: comply with relevant legislation and other requirements to which the Natural Gas Liquids Business Units subscribes; consult, listen and respond openly to customers, employees, neighbors, public interest groups and those who work with us; work with others - partners, suppliers, competitors and regulators - to raise the HSE standards of our industry; openly report our HSE performance, good and bad; and recognize those who contribute to improved HSE performance. Management and employees are committed to this HSE policy. Issue Date: April 09, 2001 Revision Log: February 5,

3 BP Fort Saskatchewan Management Statement This report is our third environmental statement. The report describes the BP Fort Saskatchewan operations, environmental performance and the actions we are taking to deliver on our non-financial business policies. Introduction to the Fort Saskatchewan Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Our environmental objectives aim to meet or exceed environmental laws/regulations and minimize our impacts through structured internal targets and environmental management programs. We integrate Environmental Management Systems (EMS) that assist in defining compliance and operating requirements. EMS furthers our conformance assurance with our environmental policies, demonstrates effective environmental management to others and promotes continual improvement. The foundation for these management systems stems from three sets of guidelines: BP s Getting HSE Right (GHSER), Getting Health Right (GHR) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) GHSER and GHR are frameworks designed to reinforce BP s corporate policy and expectations regarding HSE performance. Thirteen elements of BP HSE Management Systems Framework 1. Leadership and accountability 2. Risk assessment and management 3. People training and behaviors 4. Working with contractors and others 5. Facilities design and construction 6. Operations and maintenance 7. Management of change 8. Information and documentation 9. Customers and products 10. Community and stakeholder awareness 11. Crisis and emergency management 12. Incidents analysis and prevention 13. Assessment, assurance and improvement 3

4 ISO The ISO series is a family of environmental management standards developed by the international Organization for Standardization (ISO), one of the world s principal voluntary standards development bodies. ISO aims to support environmental protection and prevention of pollution in balance with socioeconomic needs. It effectively encourages environmental management at all operational levels, and broadens the scope of awareness. The ISO series of standards are designed to provide an internationally recognized system for environmental management, measurement, evaluation and auditing. ISO should be used as a tool to enhance a company s control and assessment surrounding the environmental impact of their activities, products or services. The BP Fort Saskatchewan Facility is currently ISO registered and will undergo a recertification audit to ISO in Defined as an expectation in Getting Health Safety and Environment Right (GHSER), the NGLBU is striving to have all major assets registered. 4

5 PRINCIPLE ELEMENTS OF AN ISO EMS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Ensures that top management defines the organization s intention and commitment to environmental performance PLAN Analyses the environmental impacts and aspects of the activities and operations. Considers the governing legal and external requirements Establishes and identifies the site s objectives and targets Illustrates the scope of relevant Environmental Management Programs DO Defines roles and responsibilities FUNDAMENTAL ISO CONCEPT Continual Improvement Environmental Policy Ensures training, awareness and competence Communicates internally and externally ACT PLAN Environmental Management System documentation Establishes operational controls CHECK Monitor and measure performance Handle and investigate nonconformance, including corrective or preventative action Maintain procedures for handling environmental records CHECK DO Corrective Action Implement & Operate Carry out periodic audits ACT Conduct periodic management review of EMS effectiveness Identify progress achieved towards objectives, targets and continual improvement efforts 5

6 Description of our operations The NGLBU has approximately 790 employees facilitating with extraction, fractionation, storage, transportation, and gas processing operations throughout North America. It is organized into regional Performance Units: North and South. We are committed to constructive, innovative and proactive solutions to the growing need for energy. We aim to uphold the integrity and accountability that enables us to bring positive change. We believe that, wherever we operate, our activities should generate economic benefits and opportunities for an enhanced quality of life for those whom our business impacts; that our conduct should be a positive influence; that our relationships should be honest and open; and that we should be held accountable for our actions. NGLBU Philosophy, Our HSE objectives The Natural Gas Liquids Business Unit (NGLBU) actively pursues continual improvement in all facets of its operations and facilities. We believe that our performance efforts in conjunction with our goals of no accidents, no harm to people and no damage to the environment will bring us success and integrity in business. Our environmental impacts are identified through the collective efforts of regulatory, HSE, and field personnel. The BP Group enhances this endeavor with its internal policies, processes and environmental protocols. Identification of existing environmental impacts is paramount in the chain of shared learnings. Elevated standards ensure that all facilities adequately measure, report and reflect their environmental impacts appropriately. The NGLBU seeks to minimize the impact of our activities on the environment by reducing our environmental discharges, including wastes and emissions, and optimizing our energy consumption. Through processes and auditing we are able to identify key areas requiring continuous improvements. We assertively encourage prevention of pollution and treatment of existing contamination, as well as, targeting overall reduction of our discharges, spills and emissions. We aim to be in absolute compliance with all environmental laws, regulations, and permits, respecting the environment and taking responsibility for our role in it. To achieve the highest level of HSE performance, specifically environmental performance, we aim for continual improvement in all that we do. Through regulations, internal guidelines, sharing best practices, encouraging green technologies, and aspiring to more stringent targets we can consistently enhance our productivity without deviating from our commitment of no damage to the environment. 6

7 FORT SASKATCHEWAN STORAGE & FRACTIONATION FACILITY BACKGROUND The BP Canada operated Fort Saskatchewan Storage and Fractionation Facility was originally built in 1973 as a storage terminal for natural gas liquids ( NGL ). Requiring a solution-mined hydrocarbon storage cavern, this region was considered for its geologic attributes and its centrality. The combination of large, naturally occurring salt formations and the accessibility to the North Saskatchewan River provided the optimal conditions. Aerial View of the Fort Saskatchewan Facility Over the course of its history, the facility has expanded its processing capabilities. In 1980, the facility started fractionating NGL. Since then, the facility has added other processing units that dry, treat and refine the various NGL components. Today, the facility is an integrated product system where NGL received at the site is stored in caverns, fractionated, treated, and dried for shipment to regions in central Canada and the Midwest United States. Products can be distributed in batches through two key pipeline systems, Cochin and Enbridge, to central Canada and the Midwest United States. This facility also marks the termination points to the Alberta Ethane Gathering System (AEGS) and the Cochrane-Edmonton (Co-Ed) pipeline. The facility currently has approximately 85 full time employees and contractors. LOCATION The Fort Saskatchewan process and storage facility is situated 25 km northeast of Edmonton, Alberta. It is situated on the east bank of the North Sask. River. PROCESS The principle units are the fractionation plant, the CO 2 removal plant (mothballed in 2Q2007), the NGL sweetening unit (mothballed), the butane molecular sieve unit, the C 2 C 3, NGL, brine systems, and finally the core pipeline control centers. These systems have been expanded numerous times since the original plant construction. STORAGE Ten caverns, formed by solution mining of the 6000 ft. deep Lotsburg Salt Formation, are used to store incoming hydrocarbons and processed NGL products (i.e. ethane and propane). Brine is stored in one of four brine ponds and is used when charging and discharging a cavern. COMMITMENT Throughout the history of this facility the safety of both the staff and public at large including environmental protection, has been the first priority. The Fort Saskatchewan personnel have used, and developed safe, reliable operating and maintenance procedures, as well as, a world class ISO registered EMS management system. 7

8 FORT SASKATCHEWAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES During 2007 the Fort Saskatchewan facility has focused it s efforts in reducing their environmental impact in four areas: 1) Depletion of natural resources fresh water, 2) Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, 3) Contamination of soil and groundwater with brine, and 4) Degradation of local air quality and potential contribution to global warming due to non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) and other fugitive emissions. DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FRESH WATER To reduce our consumption of fresh water we installed a brine transfer pipeline between ourselves and a neighboring facility. By coordinating the transfer of brine between the two facilities we are able to reduce fresh water volumes for brine make-up. The total volume of brine sent to the neighboring facility for 2007 was 205,527 M3 of brine. REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS The Fort Saskatchewan facility acknowledges the combustion of fuel gas, flaring and the production of electricity create green house gas emissions and have identified GHG emissions as a significant environmental impact. To reduce indirect GHG emissions we are in the process of replacing current NGL pumps with new centrifugal pumps and a variable frequency drive to reduce electrical consumption. Completion is anticipated in 2Q In addition we have installed an acoustic wireless network to be able to more quickly indentify and control release locations within our flare system. CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND GROUND WATER WITH BRINE Action plan in place to evaluate the feasibility of developing a hydrovac dewatering and tailings handling system which would potentially allow tailings re-use and mitigate contamination from spreading onsite. DEGRADATION OF LOCAL AIR QUALITY AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING DUE TO NMHC AND OTHER FUGITIVE EMISSIONS We have refurbished both air assisted flare stacks during the September 2007 plant turnaround to improve combustion effectiveness and reduce the likelihood of uncombusted gas being released during flaring. In addition we contracted a specialized infrared camera able to detect otherwise invisible fugitive emissions. Several such emissions from process equipment leaks were detected and repaired. 8

9 Contact Information If you require more information regarding this report or have any questions please contact John Sundquist at (780) Glossary NGLBU GHG HSSE AEGS Natural Gas Liquids Business Unit Greenhouse Gases Health, Safety, Security and Environment Alberta Ethane Gathering System 9

10 QMI-SAI Global 20 Carlson Court, Suite 100 Toronto, Ontario M9W 7K6 Canada Telephone: (416) Fax: (416) QMI-SAI GLOBAL VERIFICATION STATEMENT BP Canada Energy Company File No P.O. Box 3210, Range Road 221 Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta T8L 2T2 Canada In 2008, QMI-SAI Global was commissioned to undertake independent verification of the data provided in the 2007 Environmental Statement for the Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta site of BP Canada Energy Company. Data verification activities included sampling of information and data in the 2007 Environmental Statement. Ultimately, the report as well as the environmental performance at the Fort Saskatchewan site remains the responsibility of the BP Canada Energy Company. The verification process consisted of reviews of documentation provided by BP, a site visit and discussions with site management and site personnel. QMI-SAI Global used an internal protocol, a location specific verification plan and a QMI-SAI Global External Verification of Reports checklist to perform the verification activities. Based on reviewing the information provided by BP, QMI-SAI Global is of the opinion that the data presented in the BP Canada Energy Company environmental statement accurately reflects the observations made during QMI-SAI Global's on-site verification activities as described above at the BP Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta facility during the February 29, 2008 on-site verification procedure. QMI-SAI Global Wendy Tilford Date: May 26, 2008 President, QMI-SAI Global