Lagos, Nigeria, October 10th, 2014 – Oando PLC (referred to as “Oando” or the “Group”), Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy group with a cross-border listing on both the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchange, today announced that EMEX, the worldwide EHSQ and sustainability software company has been chosen to deliver the software automation for safety infrastructure across all Oando subsidiaries.
“In support of our very strong record of safety, we’re delighted to announce this important partnership with EMEX,” said Chijioke Akwukwuma, Oando’s Chief EHSSQ Officer. “Adoption of the world-class EMEX EHS software is a logical next step for us given our passion for safety and our desire to drive continuous improvement across all of our areas of operation.”
The EMEX platform is being implemented to support the group’s long term sustainability objectives against a backdrop of record safety achievements that include more than 4 million rig man hours without an LTI (Lost Time Incident).
Oando will use EMEX to entirely automate its EHS data capture processes and expedite incident notification and investigation processes. This will also ensure a single line-of-sight across the organisation, with Risk and Audit Management simplified while incorporating automatic risk-scoring as well as the delivery of robust audit schedules. The EMEX Business Intelligence suite will enable the delivery of personalised dashboards throughout the business to ensure Oando executives and management have access to a real-time picture of the company’s safety status.
“As a fully integrated energy solutions provider, the Oando organisation represents a complex implementation”, said Richard Wall, CEO of EMEX. “We utilise a combination of locally-based African EMEX specialists along with our global deployment teams to deliver this challenging project on-time and within budget. We’re really excited to be working with this incredibly forward thinking oil business.”
Key Facts/ Technical Highlights
- Key functionality: Oando will initially adopt a number of the core modules within the EMEX suite of products including Incident & Event Management, Risk and Audit Management, Corrective and Preventative Actions, Regulatory Control and Business Intelligence.
- Implementation timeline: A key decision criteria that drove the selection of EMEX as the vendor of choice was the need to have the initial modules implemented within a very short period of time. EMEX’s highly responsive approach to implementation ensured that Oando went live with the Incident module within 3 months of contract completion and are currently rolling out the remaining modules.
- Technical:The EMEX platform is being delivered under a Software as a Service model which guarantees outstanding software uptimes and offers complete redundancy and disaster recovery.
About Oando PLC
Oando is one of Africa’s largest integrated energy solutions providers and is Nigeria’s largest oil and gas producer. The company produces 50,000 boepd, and its emphasis on quality and safety is driven by emphasis of proactive risk management and the implementation of best practices to create a strong basis for optimal performance on a global scale. More information can be found at http://www.oando.com.
About EMEX
EMEX is a global leader in transformational enterprise software for the automation of environmental, health and safety and sustainability programmes. The company has serviced the EHS and sustainability requirements of its blue-chip clients for more than twenty years. Information about EMEX can be found at http://www.emex.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Ainojie ‘Alex’ Irune
Head, Corporate Communications
Oando PLC
7th-10th Floor
2 Ajose Adeogun Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos.