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THE ENERGY SECTOR
Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-
Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam in encouraging
more youth to participate in entrepreneurship.
Supporting the i-Usahawan programme, a youth
entrepreneurship development initiative by
the Ministry of Energy, six start-up companies
signed their first ever contracts with BSP. This
is hoped to be a first step for these budding
entrepreneurs that will enable them to move
onto bigger, more technically challenging
contracts in the future.
In support of youth development and in lauding
His Majesty’s Titah to boost the nation’s rice
self-sufficiency, BSP, through LiveWIRE Brunei,
its entrepreneurship arm and Social Investment
Flagship programme, allocated funds to support
the Agrobiz Padi Agropreneur scheme. Some 10
hectares of paddy fields located at the IBTE Agro-
Technology Campus in Kampong Wasan have
been designated as a training ground for the
future “agropreneurs” to acquire the knowledge
and practical skills needed to be successful
commercial farmers. Reaching its first milestone,
the planting of the first paddy cycle commenced
in November this year and the first harvesting
has taken place in February 2020.
Safety Always a Priority
Working on high-risk onshore and offshore
operations can be complex. That is why Safety
has, and will always be, the number one priority
for BSP. As the Oil and Gas industry has
developed over the years, so have BSP’s safety
standards. BSP’s main objective is to ensure there
is no harm to people and that at the end of their
shift, everyone goes home safely.
One of the key facets of BSP’s safety culture is
the practice of open intervention, to prevent and
stop an unsafe practice or behaviour. BSP’s Safety
Day, held annually, encourages more than 25,000
employees and contractors to take time out of
their busy schedules to have deeper conversation
on safety. This is followed up with commitments
and action plans to create a safer work place and
inculcate more positive safety behaviours.
The commitment to safety continues well after
Safety Day. Throughout the year, BSP leaders
regularly conduct “Go and Engage” visits
to sites, driving a culture of reaching out to
frontline team members, to show care and to
have conversations about dilemmas and risks
that colleagues encounter in their tasks.
Fit for Future – Fuelling Brunei’s
Future for Decades to Come
As BSP starts this new decade, BSP’s Fit for
Future strategy outlines BSP’s desire to continue
operating its oil and gas assets sustainably,
safely, reliably and responsibly and to grow
Bruneian talent and businesses. With a wealth
of talented people working for the company and
championing the “I am BSP” mindset of being
accountable, focussed and collaborating, BSP
will continue to achieve new successes so it
can continue to support the nation’s aspirations
to realise Brunei Vision 2035.
Future agropreneurs under the Agrobiz Padi
Agropreneur scheme
Forty-two exemplary students who were officially awarded with the prestigious BSJV scholarship in
2019. This is the highest number of recipients ever recorded since the programme’s inception