BP Refinery Kwinana: A world- first wins environmental excellence accolade

20/09/05
State Development Minister Alan Carpenter last night presented BP Refinery Kwinana with a Golden Gecko Award for Environmental Excellence for the company's $9million Reducing Particulate Emissions project.
Mr Carpenter said the project had produced significant environmental benefits in terms of reduced air emissions, improved aesthetics and reduced metal loadings on the environment.
"BP Kwinana is the first company in the world to apply a filter on a residue cracker and its reduction in emissions sets a dramatically higher and cleaner benchmark for the global refining industry to meet," the Minister said.
"Instead of using existing technology to meet current standards for particulate emissions, BP and Pall Corporation co-designed a filter to reduce emissions significantly below current and predicted future standards.
"The filter has been in continuous operation since June 2004 and has reduced particulate emissions by a massive 72 per cent."
Mr Carpenter said it was pleasing that major resources companies in Western Australia remained committed to achieving environmental excellence, despite the enormous production and supply pressures to fuel global commodity demands.
The Golden Gecko Awards are an initiative of the Department of Industry and Resources and are the highest environmental accolades achievable in the WA mineral and petroleum industries. Further information on the awards can be found at http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/goldengecko
Minister's office: 9222 9699