Dominion E&P Honored with Prestigious Award
for Safety and Environmental Practices
NEW ORLEANS – Representing
the best in volunteerism and commitment to her community, New Orleans native
Sue Houston and New Orleans – Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE:D), was selected to receive the prestigious
2001 National Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) from the U. S. Department of
Interior’s Minerals Management Service.
Dominion E&P has been a SAFE Award finalist for the past
four years, one of only two companies to achieve this level of performance.
Dominion E&P won the National Safe Award this year for the moderate activity
category for the Outer Continental Shelf based on the company’s outstanding
safety record and performance at its offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
The award was established in 1983 to recognize those companies
that achieved outstanding environmental and safety results. Dominion E&P is
a repeat winner, having won the National award in 1998 as CNG Producing, a predecessor
company to Dominion E&P.
“Achieving this honor recognizes Dominion’s commitment
to high safety and environmental standards,” remarked Duane Radtke, Dominion
E&P president and CEO. “It acknowledges the hard work and dedication of our
employees, service providers and contractors in helping us achieve these results.
We believe the award to be indicative of the safety and environmental culture
at Dominion where excellence is both expected and delivered. We are proud to
have been honored by the MMS to receive such a notable award.”
Dominion is one of the nation’s largest producers of energy,
with a production capability of more than 3 trillion British thermal units of
energy per day. Dominion Exploration and Production, Inc. is Dominion's exploration
and production subsidiary with more than 4.9 trillion cubic feet equivalent
of natural gas reserves and more than 450 billion cubic feet equivalent of annual
production. For more information about Dominion, visit the company’s web site
at www.dom.com.
