Santa Maria Energy's Commitment

At Santa Maria Energy, we consider the health and safety of our workers and the protection of the environment to be our highest priorities. We are committed to employing the safest practices and conducting our operations in harmony with the environment and the local community.

Our Environmental Policy

To manage the acquisition, development and production of oil and gas in the most environmentally safe and sound manner possible. We will accomplish this core objective through our unwavering, organization-wide commitment to the highest standards, practices, procedures, processes and regulatory compliance levels available.

We believe the exploration and production of our country's vital energy resources can and should be accomplished with effectively zero environmental impact. Some of the techniques we use to meet this goal, include:

• Continuous review of operational aspects which have environmental impact and Company’s compliance with all laws, regulations and other environmental requirements
• Use of best available control technologies and latest inventions to reduce impacts on environment
• Development of processes to ensure timely and effective communication both with employees and interested parties outside the organization
• Established emergency preparedness and response procedures
• Employment of dedicated team of environmental specialists to evaluate and design environmentally responsible projects

Safety is Everyone's Responsibility

Health and Safety in our business must be a part of every operation and every employee's responsibility at all levels

Accident prevention is of primary importance at all levels of our Company and in all phases of operation and administration. No business is so important that it will be pursued at the sacrifice of safety. Every effort must be made to provide safe and healthy working conditions and to establish and insist upon safe practices at all times by all employees.

Fundamental Elements of our Health & Safety Policy

• Solid management commitment to maintaining and enhancing the ongoing integrity of our Health and Safety Program
• Established policies to reward those that continue to work safely and discipline employees who fail to carry out their duties in compliance with safety programs
• Develop a system to communicate with our employees concerning safety matters and to encourage feedback
• Ongoing identification and evaluation of jobsite hazards
• Comprehensive training and retraining programs for our employees and business partners
• Established methods for continuously investigating and correcting unsafe or unhealthy workplace conditions