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FINANCING OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
PKOP LLP carries out its production activities in accordance with the requirements of the environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and implements the measures with a view to minimizing the environmental impact. Annual costs for environmental protection measures amount to more than a billion tenge.
PKOP LLP has implemented the projects on energy efficiency and energy saving improvement. Activities of the Environmental Management Plan agreed with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan are being implemented. The dynamics of annual increase of company’s investments in the implementation of environmental measures is kept track of.
At the same time, it should be noted that with the growth of production, the increase in crude throughput and the commissioning of new modernization facilities, the environmental emissions haven’t increased. This is due to the fact that the commissioned facilities of the enterprise meet the requirements of “green technologies” and “green economy.”
Also, the company completed the work on modernization of treatment facilities. This activity allowed increasing the capacity of the refinery treatment facilities and improving the quality of wastewater treatment. Additional wastewater treatment at the Reverse Osmosis Unit allows saving fresh water up to 1.5 mln. m3 per year. At the same time, the air pollutant emissions from the treatment facilities are reduced to 90%, since all equipment is hermetically-sealed.
After the completion of the “Plan of Measures for Rational Use and Saving of Water Resources of PKOP LLP for 2017-2021”, including the modernization projects of the Circulating Water Supply Block and Treatment Facilities, the reduction of fresh water consumption for makeup of recycling systems amounted to 30-35%. The reduction of water consumption by the modernization facilities amounted to 9% of the total water consumption.
There have been no excess payments for environmental emissions during the reporting periods.
A sustainable development report is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the international organization GRI on an annual basis. The report is sent to the head office of the HSE department of NC KazMunayGas JSC in February based on the results of the enterprise’s work for the reporting period of the previous year.