Denbury seeks to continuously improve our HSE performance by focusing on training and preparedness with established measurement systems to monitor our results. Denbury has a long-standing commitment to setting and achieving high standards for protecting the environment. To accomplish our goals, we focus on the safety of our employees, implement high standards of environmental stewardship and ethical conduct, and work proactively to be a good corporate citizen by aligning our interests with those of our neighbors.

We are committed to eliminating all environmental incidents in our operations. Our commitment begins with our leadership and extends to our employees and contractors. Everyone is empowered and expected to work safely and protect the environment by recognizing and proactively addressing potential hazards and stopping any job they believe to be unsafe or which poses an environmental threat. The success of our HSE programs hinges on a commitment from our senior management and awareness, training and actions of our employees.

We track performance indicators designed to measure progress towards our environmental goals including spill prevention and regulatory compliance. These metrics are monitored and reported to the Board of Directors and all employees to reinforce their importance. The compensation of all Denbury employees is partially tied to the achievement of these goals to further reinforce the importance of safety in everything we do.

GRI:
G4-EN24
Spill Prevention

Denbury’s HSE policy emphasizes spill prevention and minimization with a focus on sound design and engineering standards to prevent spills from occurring.

Our operations are somewhat unique because the fields we operate often contain wellbores drilled, and subsequently plugged and abandoned, decades ago by prior operators. The carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (“CO₂ EOR”) process involves injecting CO₂ back into mature reservoirs to mobilize stranded oil. Therefore, it is important for the previously plugged and abandoned wells to maintain well integrity. To help ensure that all wellbores in a field are appropriately secured, we have developed an internal review process in order to evaluate wells. Wells that need additional work are designated for repair to help ensure their integrity. Denbury has experienced engineering teams that focus on this review program.

In an effort to learn from every opportunity, we encourage and support incident reporting at all levels. By studying the root cause of actual events, near misses and close calls, we can work towards removing and/or mitigating the circumstances that might have led to the unwanted event. Any identified corrective actions are implemented to prevent similar occurrences.

The Denbury Control Center is where we remotely monitor functionality of our CO₂ pipeline networks 24/7.

At Denbury, we focus on prevention of incidents through our project designs, planning, implementation and execution. However, we also remain prepared to respond quickly and effectively to an incident.

Denbury has a company-wide Emergency Response Plan that covers various types of emergencies, including spill response, well-control events, natural disasters, fire and pandemics. Emergency Response Plans, Facility Response Plans, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans are employed at our field locations, where applicable. Emergency response procedures are routinely communicated through orientations, drills, exercises and routine training meetings.

Denbury also has staff trained and experienced in emergency response procedures. We manage all incidents using the National Incident Management System (“NIMS”) and the Incident Command System (“ICS”). Each year, key employees are trained in ICS to be prepared to respond to any incident. Our first priorities in any incident are the safety of our personnel and the public and the protection of the environment.