CUEL goes ahead with the Bahrain LNG Import Terminal Project

CUEL starts the assembly of the regasification platform for the Bahrain LNG Terminal Project and is estimated to be finished within the year 2018. The Company proudly presents its success in safety with the certificates from the ‘Zero Accident Campaign’ and the awards for ‘Best Safety Practice in Workplace’ from the Department of Labor Protection and Welfare, Ministry of Labor and further advances for sustainable business development by supporting and engaging with community services.

Mr. Pairat Tivakornpannarai, Acting Managing Director CUEL LIMITED, announced that on 18^th July 2017, CUEL Laem Chabang Yard had started assembling the regasification platform for the Bahrain LNG Import Project after it operation from the beginning of 2017 and is estimated to be finished within the year 2018.

For all of CUEL’s projects, safety has always been considered as a core policy which have been superbly cooperated by the Executives, staffs and all trading partners. CUEL has systemic safety management procedures splitting into the IIF (Incident & Injury Free) Committee and the IIF Policy Supervisory Board since each day many employees and workers are working in the CUEL Laem Chabang Yard and these individuals are very dear to their family and vice versa. Therefore, they must be aware of their daily safety procedures and what to do to ensure their safety during work hours.

Leadership is the key factor in creating safety in the CUEL organizational culture. In 2006, the Laem Chabang IIF Committee had been founded and grew continuously. At present, the committee had evolved into the IIF Policy Supervisory Board and had established Secondary IIF Committee to help steering the safety in the organizational culture for the management level.

The policy and the safety management system of CUEL complies with the laws and regulations and also focuses on responding to the demands of all parties involved including overseeing the employees, the communities, the societies and the environment in which CUEL operates to ensure sustainable business development.

Mr. Phairat also adds that, in the past, CUEL had won the 7^th consecutive annual safety award at the 2017 Thailand National Occupational Safety and Health Award sanctioned by the Ministry of Labor.  Meanwhile,

In addition, CUEL had received the standard ISO 9001:2015 in terms of designs, procure and installing the infrastructure including the connection, testing the drilling and piping systems for the oil and natural gas both on and off shores by TUV Rheinland Thailand co.ltd. CUEL Laem Chabang Yard recently celebrated its 2.5 million working hours without lost time accidents on 15^th November 2017. CUEL managed to operate according to the regulations with no lost time accidents with the total accumulative work hours of no less than 9 months and with more than 10 million working hours. The Company also celebrated the success of the CPOC Phase 4 project which had overcame 1 million working hours without accidents which greatly reflects the organizational culture for safety by CUEL that emphasizes on the safety in the work place both to the employees and other persons involved, joining in a harmonious community where all can work safely.

Other than the safety and quality, CUEL is aware of the social responsibility by supporting a variety of events both locally and at a national level. In 2017, CUEL had participated in the following event;

- Participated in the “Laem Chabang Green Water and Mangrove Forest Project” by releasing marine lives back to nature and wetlands plantation to honor the auspicious occasion of the 65th birthday anniversary of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun.

- Hold the English Workshop Camp for primary school children at Wat Laem Chabang School.

- Donate 10 PCs and equipment and 5 Notebooks to the teachers and students of Ban Nam Gan Nuea School in Nan province for educational purposes.

- Donate unused computers and equipment to the Association of Persons with Physical Disability International for displaying in the XXI World Congress for Safety & Health at Work 2017 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore.

- Organized the charity golf tournament “CUEL Charity Classic” for the year 2017 at Siam Country Club Pattaya Plantation in order to raise funds for local charity organization the Fountain of Life Center (Pattaya) for supporting the disadvantage children in terms of food and education.

- Hosting the workshop for “Risk and Safety Assessment” at Laem Chabang Temple for the 3^rd consecutive year for the Teachers and Students Committee of Wat Laem Chabang School.

            CUEL LIMITED, is the leader in drilling platforms and oil and gas piping services in Asia Pacific with the join investment of Chevron E&C, world’s leading oil and gas company, together with Unithai Shipyard and Engineering. The Company aims to be the ally of premiere businesses that will provide services and solutions for petroleum business within the region. Currently, the Company’s market share is at 60% from 3 petroleum drilling platforms domestically which are CUEL LIMITED, CLOUGH Thailand co.ltd from Australia and Thai Nippon Steel Engineering and Construction Corporation co.ltd, from Japan.