Product safety
BP’s position is clear: we aim to produce only quality products, that can be used safely and are accompanied by the necessary information.
We seek to ensure we manage products throughout their lifecycle, meeting legal requirements, performance expectations and customer needs, and communicating their potential HSE impacts. Our product stewardship framework forms an integral part of our licence to operate.
We provide assurance to our customers about the quality of our products by having a programme of analysis throughout the entire supply chain. This ISO 9001 externally-certified programme covers our import facilities, storage and distribution terminals and our retail service stations.
There were no major fuel quality incidents in the reporting period. Nevertheless, we carried out a product quality risk review in 2009 to identify opportunities to improve our product safety systems further.
We provide assurance to our customers about the quality of our products by having a programme of analysis throughout the entire supply chain. This ISO 9001 externally-certified programme covers our import facilities, storage and distribution terminals and our retail service stations.
There were no major fuel quality incidents in the reporting period. Nevertheless, we carried out a product quality risk review in 2009 to identify opportunities to improve our product safety systems further.
Opal®: our low-aromatic fuel
Since the 1990s, we have worked with the Australian government, communities, motoring organizations and small businesses to tackle the problem of petrol sniffing, which has been a serious issue in many remote indigenous communities. Opal®, a fuel that is low in aromatics to discourage people sniffing was developed by BP Australia and officially launched into the market in February 2005.At its introduction, Opal® was supplied to 37 remote communities in Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia. Supply has now been expanded to Queensland. The number of communities registered to receive Opal® fuel, as of April 2010, has reached 129.
While uniform legislation and mandated Opal® supply are not currently supported, the Australian government’s 2010 budget provides $38.5 million over four years to enhance the current voluntary roll out of Opal® fuel.
Beyond Australia, we exported Opal® fuel in late 2009 to a known petrol-sniffing region in Manitoba in an initiative carried out in partnership with the Canadian government.
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