| Caring for the environment |
Preventing Spills
In 2008, the number of spills above 1 m3 increased significantly from 3 to 12, resulting into a total volume of 912.2 m3. At Slovnaft Refinery (SK) we did not experience any spills above 1 m3, and at our Hungarian refineries there were three spills in 2008: two in Duna Refinery, one in Tisza Refinery. Most of these spills were at a small scale (under 20 m3) and were cleaned up immediately by the relevant unit. In our Exploration and Production activities we recorded only three pipeline faults and two damages caused by a third party at our sites, which caused hydrocarbon effluents into the environment with volume higher than 1 m3. In 2008 we implemented replacements of certain pipeline sections, similarly to practices followed in past years, in order to reduce the number of failures and irregularities.
