Kuala Lumpur, 12 May 2010 - UMW Petrodril (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (UPSB), a member of the UMW Oil & Gas Group (a wholly-owned subsidiary of UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd and a Permodalan Nasional Berhad affiliate) has recently achieved the remarkable safety record of 1 million manhours with Zero Lost Time Incident (LTI) through its hydraulic workover units UP Gait II & UP Gait III.

UMW Petrodril, whose primary business is the provision of hydraulic workover units and related services, has been undertaking this business since 2000. As the first company to be acquired by UMW Oil & Gas division in 2002, UPSB has come a long way to becoming a strong contributor to UMW Oil & Gas Group. Their expertise in providing Hydraulic Workover Units (HWU) makes them a highly coveted organization in the field. The workover units provided by UPSB are highly capable of performing a wide range of workover activities, suited for working over wells located on small satellite jackets or large integrated platforms. To keep pace with market requirements, UPSB is constantly upgrading their Hydraulic Workover Units to ensure their efficiency, versatility and effectiveness in tackling the challenges of the evolving workover operations. UPSB is also the only Petronas-licensed HWU service provider.

In his speech during the ceremony, UMW Oil & Gas President En. Zulkifly Zakaria said that the achievement of this one million safe-man-hour is the result of both Petronas Carigali’s guidance and encouragement, and UMW Petrodril’s serious involvement in promoting Health, Safety and Environment in the workover rig operations. The commitment undertaken by both parties to pursue HSE awareness and various safety campaigns in the place of work has proven to be very successful. “I believe with the strong commitment from the top management, we will continue to improve on our HSE performance and ensure that we maintain the target for Zero LTI and Zero TRCF in near future,” he added.