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The conference participants discussed how innovative solutions contribute to the improvement of occupational health, safety, and the environment. Experts and scientists discussed the problems and prospects for the development of fire and technogenic safety of oil and gas facilities, the procedure for certification of compliance with the workplace labour conditions, modern fire-fighting methods in tanks with oil and oil products, and other important issues.

The conference was attended by over 100 participants, including First Deputy Head of the State Labour Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Maslenko, Lieutenant Colonel of the Civil Protection Service Anatolii Stadnichenko, Head of the State Ecological Service in the Poltava Region Vadym Osypenko, Head of the Poltava Region Council of the Labour Union of the Oil and Gas Industry Workers Ivan Zosymenko, Principal of PoltNTU Volodymyr Onyschenko, occupational health and safety and environment experts.

Oleksii Raptanov, Director of DTEK Oil&Gas Department for production and processing of hydrocarbons, noted, “Environmental friendliness and safety of gas production are one of the most urgent tasks of the gas industry today. Producing gas at any cost is not an option. DTEK Oil&Gas provides a high level of industrial safety at production facilities and minimizes the impact on the environment. For this purpose, the company uses automated fire safety and emergency prevention systems, a sumpless method of gas condensate well drilling, and provides employees with the best personal protective equipment. We produce gas responsibly.”