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BP Asphalt launches new rail safety program

Release date: 25 September 2009
CHICAGO, IL — BP Asphalt announced today the launch of its newest rail safety program, RailSmart.
RailSmart, part of the BP RailSafe family of safety programs, aims to highlight critical safety concerns when working with and around asphalt rail cars in addition to sharing best practices aimed at reducing the risk of causing harm to people, product, rail cars and the environment.
Scott Williams, Terminal Operations & Emergency Response Coordinator, said, “We decided to focus this rail safety program on the areas that seem to be the most challenging and can pose the most risk for rail car operators year after year, whether it be steaming a rail car or properly climbing a ladder. Still another focus was to prevent and identify damage to rail cars that could cause an injury to the next person who handles the rail car.”

The program kit contains a 10-minute informational DVD, reference wall charts and bad order tags that can be affixed to the rail cars denoting a particular problem(s) with the rail car.

“At BP, we are proud to take the lead in rail safety for the asphalt industry,” said Sue Hayden, Asphalt Manager. “We want to keep the railways safe and we feel that the operators are the vital link in achieving that goal.”
BP Asphalt has begun to roll out this program with its customers, refineries and terminals and plans to distribute RailSmart to its remaining industry partners over the course of 2009.

The U.S. BP Asphalt business is based in Chicago near the Whiting Refinery. Whiting is one of the largest asphalt producing refineries in the world, and serves as the primary source for most BP asphalt sales in the U.S. through truck, rail and barge.

In addition, BP Asphalt has a network of terminals providing convenient collection points for our customers. The BP network of terminals is located in: Bay City, MI, Bartlett, IL, and South Bend, IN
For more information, see www.bp.com/bitumen-usa.

Contact:

Media inquiries:

Scott Dean
BP America, Inc.
630- 821-3212
scott.dean@bp.com

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