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People's safety

Our commitment to safety makes people the protagonists

We pay special attention to people and their values, behavior, and attitudes to reduce accident rates in all of our operations.

"Whatever their job and wherever they work, everyone at our company is responsible for ensuring their own safety, as well as contributing to individual and collective health and environment performance. When in doubt, always choosing safety is their responsibility, and this decision will always have the backing of Senior Management."

Josu Jon Imaz
Repsol CEO
Josu Jon Imaz

Life-saving rules

We are aligned with one of the leading international occupational safety standards through the adoption of the IOGP (International Association of Oil & Gas Producers) Life-saving rules. Its globally standardized use allows us to compare our performance with other industry benchmarks, identify areas for improvement, and adopt good safety practices.
These rules:

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Are used by the leading companies in the sector

Which allows the use of a common language in safety.

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Facilitate operational integration

In complex and multicultural environments.

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Are clear and universal

Regardless of country or environment, which facilitates compliance.

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Are in constant dissemination

With the help of communication and training materials.

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Managing human factors

In operations, there are daily challenges and limitations in the relationship with the environment, work teams, and production facilities, and it is people's performance that makes the work environment safe. Understanding which factors can be acted upon is crucial to proactively avoid any type of incident and to provide a more efficient and safer service to society.

Guide on improving human performance in safety

We are making available to our entire value chain a guide on improving human performance in safety, which we have prepared with the aim of showing the unique vision towards which the energy industry is heading, together with the principles to be adopted.

Improvement Guide |PDF| 35 MB
We have the goal to be excellent in safety

We firmly believe that being excellent is possible and to achieve it we work with the stakeholders involved in the life cycle of our activities on continuous improvement and the definition of health and safety management programs and systems.

  • We emphasize the importance of improving the Safety Culture to support decision-making at each level of the company. Regardless of their post or geographical location, all employees and people who work with us are responsible for their safety and for contributing to the safety of the people around us.
  • We inform and involve the company's and collaborating companies' employees in the assessment of risks and impacts, and the associated controls prior to undertaking any activity.
  • We promote the creation of the environment of trust necessary for safety information to flow transparently in our activities and in this way we can identify and correct risk scenarios.
  • We carry out our activities with operational discipline by duly authorized and qualified professionals, fulfilling the plans and procedures defined for the activities and implementing corrective actions in a timely manner when deviations occur.

As key stakeholders, the performance of our product and service suppliers is essential to achieve our company's objectives.

  • We establish the processes and tools for selecting, monitoring, reviewing, and improving the products and services delivered to us. The Division of Procurement and Contracts is responsible for rating suppliers and contractors including safety criteria in the rating questionnaires and audits and evaluating their performance in terms of safety management.
  • We analyze matters of mutual interest or concern throughout the life cycle of the activities, services, and products.
  • We confirm that the company has clearly identified and communicated the relevant risks that must be known, addressed, and managed by the stakeholders.
  • We ensure that our Company's products and services meet our customers' safety and environmental performance expectations.
As well as training, we learn from our day-to-day work
Continous improvement
We treat human error and non-compliance as elements of analysis and organizational learning, ensuring that the correction and sanctioning processes do not penalize communication and reporting.
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Raising awareness among our contractors and suppliers: essential pillar
We share our safety culture, ensuring that contractors who work at our facilities have the necessary safety training to carry out their work.

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Updated as of February 2026.