All employees of Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk to be tested for coronavirus
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In late May, Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk began testing its employees based in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area for the coronavirus infection. This is yet another anti-epidemic measure meant to preserve the employees' health and to ensure operational safety and continuity.
The testing will continue until June 10. Only regional healthcare organizations with appropriate licenses are authorized to take samples. A number of tests will be done directly at workplaces: medical professionals are expected to undertake trips to distant facilities.
Test samples taken by regional healthcare organizations with appropriate licenses
To perform testing, medical professionals undertake trips to distant facilities
Previously, 250 people working at the Kamchatka fields were tested for the infection.
As for shift workers traveling between regions, they will have to adopt a special method of shift work, including a mandatory 14-day quarantine period at the places of temporary accommodation and double testing for coronavirus prior to starting their work.
“In this way, the company will ensure that 100 per cent of the employees are covered by testing,” said Igor Krutikov, Director General of Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk. “Therefore, we will be able to control the epidemiological situation and avoid operational disruptions.”
Background
Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom, develops seven fields, including four gas fields, two gas and condensate fields, and one oil, gas and condensate field.
The company’s facilities, among them three gas production sites and three gas production directorates, are located in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, Kamchatka, and Yakutia. Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk takes part in the state-run Eastern Gas Program as a designated customer and operator for the Chayandinskoye field in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
As an operator, the company provides gas production and treatment services to independent subsoil users at the Gubkinskoye, Muravlenkovskoye, Novogodneye, Vyngapurovskoye, Tarasovskoye, Severo-Gubkinskoye, Vyuzhnoye, Metelnoye and Yety-Purovskoye fields (Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area).
Gazprom Dobycha Noyabrsk has adopted and implemented an integrated management system consistent with the requirements of the STO Gazprom 9001 corporate standard and the ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 50001 international standards.
The company employs more than 4,000 people. It is headquartered in Noyabrsk.