Tenaris_HSE Report2009-2010
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Health, Safety andEnvironment Report
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Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Policy
Tenaris aims to achieve the highest standards o Quality, Health, Saety and Environment,
incorporating the principles o sustainable development throughout its operations.
Nothing is more important than the health and saety o everyone who works or us and
uses our products
All injuries and work-related illnesses can and must be prevented
Management is responsible and accountable or health and saety perormance
Employee engagement and training is essential
Working saely is a condition o employment
Excellence in health and saety supports excellent business results
Health and saety must be integrated in all business management processes
Quality is our main competitive advantage
The requirements and expectations o our customers must be satisfed
Quality management is integrated in all business processes
Management is responsible and accountable or quality perormance
Quality perormance must be assured throughout the supply chain system
Excellence in quality management is necessary or successul business results
We are committed to developing a long-term sustainable business
Minimizing the environmental impact o our operations
Making the most efcient use o natural resources and energy
Integrating environmental management in all business processes
Holding employees committed and responsible or environmental perormance
Establishing an open and transparent dialogue with related stakeholders
Tenaris identifes the health and saety o its personnel, the satisaction o its customers, the
protection o the environment and the development o the communities with which it interacts
as an absolute and integrated priority; the entire organization is oriented toward achieving
these goals openly and transparently.
Tenaris strengthens its management through constant training and updating o proessional
and management skills, paying attention to the evaluation and motivation o its employees,
adherence to the ethical principles established in its Code o Conduct and the maintenance
o an adequate balance between their quality o lie and its business needs.
Tenaris recognizes the importance o implementing this policy through its Quality, Health,
Saety and Environment management systems, covering the entire supply chain rom suppliers
to customers and the proper and efcient use o its products in accordance with their agreedspecifcations. Tenaris commits to comply with applicable legal requirements and all other
requirements relating to quality, health, saety and environment matters to which it subscribes.
Tenaris communicates this policy throughout its organization, engages and trains its
employees in the appropriate use o its Quality, Health, Saety and Environment management
systems and involves them in the regular setting, measuring and revision o objectives.
Tenaris undertakes to keep this policy updated, to implement and maintain its management
system, and continuously improve its Quality, Health, Saety and Environment perormance.
October 2008
Paolo Rocca
Chie Executive Ofcer
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Index
4 | Chairmans letter
6 | Company presentation
10 | Saety
16 | Environment
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Monterrey
Villa Mercedes
Louisville
AlgomaTubes
Cedar Springs
Texas Arai
Coiled Tubes(Donwhole and Subsea centers)
Counce
Tamsa
Comalcalco
TuboCaribe
Colmena
Confab
Siderca
Siat VA
Siat VC
Bakersfield
Conroe
Hickman
Prudential
Arcore
Costa Volpino
Sabbio
Dalmine
Piombino
Silcotub Calarasi
Silcotub Zalau
Nisku
Halifax
Onne
Warri
Aberdeen
Westwego
McCarty
HSE Report | Tenariss industrial map
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NKKTubes
Qingdao
Batam
SPIJ
Steel Making
Seamless Pipe Manufacturing Mill
Threading Facilities & Service Yards
Others (*)
Welded Pipe Manufacturing Mill
(*) Others Include: Sucker Rods, Couplings,
Gas Cylinders, Fittings, Industrial Equipments,
Coiled Tubes and Conduit Piping.
Darwin
Broome
Dampier
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HSE Report | Chairmans letter
This report ocuses on our saety and environmental perormance. Our perormance in these areas is critical to our
competitive position and we are committed to being industry leaders. Our challenge, as a company which has grown
through acquisitions and has industrial operations throughout the world, has been to integrate and apply best
practices rom each o our operations into a single, transparent management system. Increasingly, it will be to take our
perormance to the next level.
We have made good progress as we integrate our management systems and this is being reected in our indicators. In
2009, our operations were aected by the crisis as we adjusted our production levels to lower levels o market demand
and reduced inventory throughout the system. Production o steel bars was 43% down on the previous year. Inevitably,
the low and changing level o capacity utilization negatively impacted the energy efciency o our electric steelmaking
operations as well as our CO2 emissions per ton o steel produced, even when emissions were lower overall.
Our ultimate goal in saety management is zero accidents. We have made good progress in raising the level o employee
awareness and involvement in the implementation o risk assessments in the workplace and in standardizing saety
practices throughout our mills. However, even i our indicators are improving, we continue to have much work to do
to ensure that atal accidents do not occur.
During 2009, we included among our strategic projects, a global energy-saving initiative which aims to reduce our specifc
consumption o electric energy and natural gas by 10% and 15% respectively over the next our years. We implemented a
similar initiative in our Italian acilities at Dalmine in 2006 with an emphasis on promoting the rational use o energy through
improvements in equipment and processes and training activities. The results o this program were recently recognized by
the European Commission.
The environment has been a key consideration in the design o our new rolling mill at Tamsa in Mexico which is expected
to come into operation beore the end o the year. We have identifed and selected technologies and applied design processes
which should lead to a high level o environmental perormance and energy efciency.
Working with the World Steel Association, we are promoting an industry-wide approach to reporting standards and
transparency on climate change issues. We are active participants in the Associations Climate Action program to collect
emissions data through a common methodology and we are committed to continue to reduce our emissions.
Chairmans letter
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We also contribute to the saety and environmental perormance o our customers through the quality and reliability
of our products and services and the development of new technologies. One clear example of this lifecycle approach
is our Dopeless technology which makes unnecessary pipe handling and cleaning operations relating to the use of
dope compounds on the rig and at the yard with consequent benefts not only to the environment but also to operating
efciency and saety.
As stated in our QHSE policy, the health and saety o our employees and the protection o the environment are clear andintegrated priorities at Tenaris, along with the satisfaction of our customers and the development of the communities
where we have our operations. We are committed to delivering a constant improvement in our perormance.
In closing, I would like to thank our employees and contractors for their commitment to safety and the environment
and all those who contributed to preparing this report.
Paolo Rocca
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HSE Report | Company presentation
A Tenaris employee in our mill in Kawasaki, Japan, carries out the stainless
steel marking process. We operate an integrated industrial system with
manuacturing and service acilities around the world.
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A global industrial system
Tenaris is a leading supplier o tubes and related services
or the worlds energy industry and other industrial appli-
cations. Our mission is to deliver value to our customers
through product development, manuacturing excellence,
and supply chain management. We minimize risk or our
customers and help them reduce costs, increase exibility
and improve time-to-market. Tenaris employees around
the world are committed to continuous improvement by
sharing knowledge across a single global organization.
We operate an integrated industrial system with manu-
acturing and service acilities around the world. Our
entire industrial system operates under a single quality
management system and we are in the process o imple-
menting a single HSE management system. Our Quality,
Health, Saety and Environment Policy outlines our com-
mitment to achieving the highest standards, and to con-tinuously improving our perormance.
Our global industrial system includes:
1 DRI (Direct Reduction) mill
4 EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) steel shops
15 Seamless pipe rolling mills
32 Welded pipe mills
54 Heat treatment lines (28 in hot rolling mills)
94 Premium threading lines,
and comprises numerous sites around the world as indi-
cated in the Tenariss industrial map. All locations named
in the map are manuacturing acilities; unnamed sites
are service yards and threading acilities.
Production
The ollowing table shows our production o steel
bars, seamless pipes and welded pipes during the pastfve years.
Our products
Our principal fnished products are seamless and welded
steel casing and tubing, line pipe and various other me-
chanical and structural steel pipes or dierent uses.
Casing and tubing are also known as Oil Country Tubular
Goods or OCTG. We also produce large diameter weld-
ed steel pipes or oil and gas pipelines. We manuacture
our steel pipe products in a wide range o specifcations,which vary in diameter, length, thickness, fnishing, steel
grades, threading and coupling.
Casing: Steel casing is used to sustain the walls o oil and
gas wells during and ater drilling.
Tubing: Steel tubing is used to conduct crude oil
and natural gas to the surace ater drilling has been
completed.
Company presentation
Steel
SeamleSS pipeS
Welded pipeS
Unit: thousand metric tons
2005
2,881
2,842
476
2006
3,107
3,013
642
2007
2,985
2,836
1,408
2008
3,085
3,005
1,547
2009
1,744
1,770
540
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HSE Report | Company presentation
Our HSE management system
Tenaris is committed to the continuous improvement o
its health, saety and environmental perormance. To
achieve this goal, the company relies on the implementa-
tion and improvement o an integrated Health, Saety
and Environment (HSE) management system.
Based on the principles o sustainable development, ourmanagement system ollows the guidelines o interna-
tional standards such as ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000.
We have launched a saety initiative as a global project
with the aim o standardizing the already existing saety
practices and saety inrastructure, taking internal and
external best practices as a reerence.
For the management o our HSE system, we have developed
an IT tool called Tenaris Saety and Environment (TSE).
Today the system is operational at most o our production
sites, covering 90% o our personnel working at those
sites. We will continue increasing system coverage, and
we will continue to improve the system, as we recognize
it as a powerul tool in helping us in our continuous im-
provement process.
Tenaris considers that energy efciency is critical or a
sustainable business. In 2009 we have launched a global
strategic project or energy saving and CO2 emission re-
duction, to be implemented at Tenariss main mills and
aimed at achieving a 10% reduction in specifc electricity
consumption and a 15% reduction in specifc natural
gas consumption, based on a years consumption fgures
(July 2008- June 2009) over a our year period.
Line pipe: Steel line pipe is used to transport crude oil
and natural gas rom wells to refneries, storage tanks
and loading and distribution centers.
Mechanical and structural pipes: Mechanical and struc-
tural pipes are used by general industry or various
applications, with ocus on segments such as automotive
components, hydraulic cylinders, gas cylinders andarchitectural structures.
Cold-drawn pipe: The cold-drawing process permits the
production o pipes with the diameter and wall thickness
required or use in boilers, superheaters, condensers, heat
exchangers, automobile production and several other
industrial applications.
Premium joints and couplings: Premium joints and
couplings are specially designed connections used to join
lengths o steel casing and tubing or use in high
temperature or high pressure environments. A signifcant
portion o our steel casing and tubing products are sup-
plied with premium joints and couplings.
Coiled tubing: Coiled tubing is used or oil and gas drilling
and well workovers and or subsea pipelines.
Other Products: We also manuacture sucker rods used
in oil extraction activities, industrial equipment o vari-
ous specifcations and applications, including liquid and
gas storage equipment, and welded steel pipes or electric
conduits used in the construction industry.
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As a key project o our corporate university, we continue
with the enhancement o our HSE training.
In 2009 we have started developing an HSE curriculum
or the Industrial School, establishing all minimum cours-
es and contents to be taken by anyone starting a career
within the HSE area o the organization, allowing or a
standard level o knowledge among our personnel aboutour mission, values, policy, procedures and tools. The
HSE curriculum has common courses or health, saety
and environment people and other specifc ones either or
health and saety or environment.
Courses developed or this ramework will then be used
or improving and complementing course content rom
other curricula in order to better integrate health, saety
and environment into other business areas.
TenarisUniversity is responsible or coordinating Tenariss
support or steeluniversity.org (www.steeluniversity.org),
the online learning portal developed by the World Steel
Association (worldsteel). steeluniversity.org provides a
comprehensive package o interactive, inormative and
innovative e-learning resources on steel technologies.
TenarisUniversity
Our corporate university TenarisUniversity
(www.tenarisuniversity.com) has the mission o building
and sustaining Tenariss competitive advantage by cap-
turing, organizing, enriching and transerring knowledge
assets. The main objectives are to implement a knowledge
management system, to help attract, develop and retain
Tenaris employees, to develop cutting-edge advanced tech-nical knowledge and to provide employees with required
competencies and skills.
TenarisUniversity was ounded in 2005. It oversees
1,200,000 training hours per year, with 160 innovative
proprietary e-learning courses available and 700 curricu-
lar classroom courses available. During 2009, 20% o the
training hours or all our personnel was dedicated to
health, saety and environment training.
TenarisUniversity has fve schools or salaried employees:
Industrial, Finance & Administration, Commercial,
Management and Inormation Technology; one Technical
School or hourly employees and 13 Regional Centers.
Within the Technical School, specifc HSE standardized
courses have been and continue to be developed. Theseare available in all technical careers. Almost 20% o the
training hours within the general common part o any
technical career is dedicated to HSE. Also, health, saety
and environment concepts are integrated into specifc
technical courses related to the activity being studied.
On-the-job training is part o development plans, with
strong saety participation on risk assessments and work
instructions contents development.
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HSE Report | Saety
A Tenaris employee undergoes a saety exam in our mill in Dalmine, Italy.
Awareness is signifcantly increased by adding saety risk assessment to
every operative step.
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Saety
Saety, our frst priority
Our aim is to achieve a goal o zero accidents in all o
our operations; we understand prevention as the most
powerul tool or reaching our objective.
The saety initiative delivered a comprehensive guide
containing agreed standards on dierent steps o saety
management, such as risk analysis, operative procedures,
inspections and events investigation. Pilot implementa-
tions were developed in Dalmine and have triggered the
project implementation phase that is now ongoing
throughout Tenariss mills.
Implementation activities have been ocusing in our main
mills, covering today more than 50% o our sites, and
57% o our production lines. So ar, approximately 4,700
operators, technicians and experts participated in work-
place organization methodology (5 S) or risk assessmentsimplementations.
Given the nature o the project, the standardization o sae-
ty practices might not show an immediate impact on event
indicators. The projects ull potential will be reached when
behavioural changes have also been established and sus-
tained. Nevertheless, implementation activities throughout
Tenaris showed good qualitative results, helping to:
Increase the level of awareness of safety matters through
the extensive involvement o personnel in risk assessment
standardization activity.
Improve the safety conditions o the areas involved by
sustaining 5 S methodologyand inrastructure changes.
Improve risk visibility; better housekeeping has contrib-
uted to improving visual identifcation o risks.
Enhance compliance with safety measures on the job thanksto the execution o saety audits and results ollow-up.
The work instructions development project and its gov-
ernance guidelines aim at improving adherence to proce-
dures by developing and implementing a comprehensive
methodology that goes rom participative content-gen-
eration to training, adherence control and the setting up
o upkeep mechanisms. By adding saety risk assessment
and counter-measures to every operative step, awareness
is signifcantly increased.
Adherence to work instructions leads to standardized
work and thereore saety considerations are ollowed or
each activity and controlled on a routine basis.
Identifcation o unsae situations is a key way o avoiding
incidents. We have increased the number o sites using ourinternal IT tool TSE, and have also increased the number
o observations detected, showing rising employee aware-
ness o the importance o issuing deviations as a way o
preventing incidents.
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HSE Report | Saety
Many o these observations have their origin in inspec-
tions perormed by employees: line managers, supervisors,
operators, etc. Inspections perormed have increased
signifcantly in recent years. When comparing 2008 to
2009, inspections perormed and recorded increased by
50%, reaching a total o around 15,000 inspections in
2009. For each fnding identifed, corrective and preven-
tive actions are established. We encourage participationand perorming inspections as a way o early detection
o risky situations and or increasing the awareness o
our employees.
Continuous saety improvement, lower accident rates
Our injury requency rate has continued to decrease during
this period. When compared to the previous period, 2008,
the rate has decreased by 30% and by 43% i compared to
2005 (See graph 1.1).
Perormance during 2009 was also inuenced by decreased
activity and its distribution throughout our sites; as many
o them stopped activity or a long period during the year
as a result o the crisis.
The company suered seven atalities over the past fve
years, with three o them occurring in 2008 and the last
one at the beginning o 2009. The atality o a contractors
employee in 2009 happened while assembling a structure
in one o our Argentine mills.
The lost time injury requency rate has also decreased
during the last year, showing an improvement o 41%since 2005 and 32% comparing this period to the previ-
ous one (See graph 1.2).
Health
We are committed not only to providing a good quality
working environment but also ostering an increased
awareness o health among our employees.
We are in the process o defning best practices and
guidelines or health management regarding the medi-
cal structures at each site; medical controls and checks;
frst aid groups; and health awareness activities. Also, a
set o indicators to measure our employees health is
being defned, which will allow benchmarking and the
defnition o actions required.
Most severe sicknesses are revealed only ater many yearso hazard exposure. It is thereore important to move to-
wards proactive actions based on accurate risk assessment,
considering the results o monitoring activities. Industrial
hygiene processes are being reviewed to identiy and
measure the health hazards and to improve the necessary
controls. Standard sanitary protocols or common activi-
ties will be defned.
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Our aim is to achieve a goal o zero
accidents in all our operations;
prevention is the most powerul tool
or reaching our objective.
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Our TSE system is also a useul tool or health manage-
ment, allowing or the recording o health inormation
rom employees and the relationship between risk
assessment and medical controls as a way to prevent
work-related illnesses. We are supporting each site where
the system is already in use to help its proper and thorough
implementation, as we recognize that a systematic
approach is also needed in this feld.
First aid management is another important aspect: theo-
retical and practical training o a signifcant number o
line operators provides the ability to intervene quickly
and properly to handle the initial emergency situations,
until the arrival o medical sta.
Tenaris also carries out a major health promotion pro-
gram through awareness campaigns ocusing on alcohol,
smoking, drugs and Aids, or example, in order to
encourage healthy liestyle changes and through oer-
ing health checks at its acilities. During these checks,
some cases o serious diseases have been identifed at
the early stages, giving better chances or successul
treatment.
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We are committed not only to providing
a good quality working environment but
also ostering an increased awareness o
health among our employees.
reduction on injuryrequency rate
2008-2009.
30%reduction on lost timeinjury requency rate
2008-2009.
32%
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HSE Report | Saety
Saety indicators
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TSE deployment at our facilities:
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New employees take a saety course in one o our mills. During
2009, 20% o the training o all our personnel was dedicated
to HSE training.
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HSE Report | Environment
We are committed to reducing air emissions level in our processes.
Signifcant investments are ongoing in Campana, Argentina, or the
improvement o our environmental perormance.
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Environment
Our objective is to develop a business which is sustainableover the long term, as clearly stated in our QHSE Policy,
through the minimization o the environmental impact o
our operations and products, and by making the most e-
fcient use o natural resources and energy.
During 2009, Tenaris has aced, like most companies with-
in the industry, a complex context which has orced the
company to reduce activity substantially at many sites and
this situation has impacted on some o our environmental
efciency indicators.
Today Tenaris is carrying out an expansion project at our
Mexico steel mill, where a new rolling mill is being
deployed. Through this project, the plant is expected to
increase its output capacity by 450,000 tons o the 2" to 7"
range. For our main investments, we have defned a proc-
ess or identiying, selecting and implementing the bestavailable technologies to assure an improved environmental
perormance and greater energy efciency. The environment
has been a major project theme, defning low emission
processes, waste water and emission treatment systems as
required; and applying energy efciency criteria in process
design, involving mainly urnaces, motors, compressors
and other types o equipment.
For this project our target is to obtain the Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifcate or
the industrial and all auxiliary buildings. We have already
perormed the initial LEED assessment and completed the
registration phase, which is a declaration o intent to cer-
tiy the project. We are now preparing all the inormation
and assessments required by the process. The expected due
date or submission o the application or review by USGreen Building Council is February 2011.
Our production process and the environment
Our our steel mills use electric arc urnaces (EAF), using
recycled steel (scrap) as a raw material in combination with
mineral-based metallic charge. One o our mills, Siderca
in Argentina, also produces the direct reduced iron then
used in our steel mill. Both the electric arc urnace and the
gas-based direct reduction processes are efcient ways o
producing steel with lower rates o CO2 emissions.
Our steel sites use mostly scrap as raw material. Scrap is
recycled rom external and internal sources. Even though
the amount o scrap we use annually varies or market rea-
sons, in general it has remained at around 60% o our total
metallic charge during the past years (See graph 2.1).
Energy management
In 2009, Tenaris launched a global strategic project or
energy saving; the project is a our-year plan to be
implemented at Tenariss main mills, aiming to achieve a
10% reduction in specifc electricity consumption and 15%
reduction in specifc natural gas consumption, based on the
consumption fgures or a year (July 2008- June 2009)*.
(*) The objective includes those mills which account or 95% o the total Tenariselectricity consumption.
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HSE Report | Environment
The plan is based on the one implemented in
Dalmine in 2006. Dalmine implemented a Master Plan
or energy eiciency improvements, promoting the
rational use o energy, planning improvements o
existing equipment and processes and strengthening
training activities.
The main results when comparing the periods June2005 July 2006 with June 2008 July 2009 (without
considering power plant consumption) were a 14%
reduction in speciic electricity consumption and a 6%
reduction in speciic natural gas consumption, also
showing a reduction o 34 Kton/year in CO2 emissions
(direct and indirect). These results have been achieved
thanks to an investment plan o more than USD 6
million, a reinorced maintenance plan and a major
educational campaign.
Dalmine Energy Efciency Plan was given the Motor
Challenge Program award, an annual recognition rom
the European Commission or companies that have
distinguished themselves in improving their efciency in
energy consumption through motor driver systems. The
award ceremony took place during the 6th International
Conerence on Energy Efciency in Motor Driver Systems- EEMODS09.
The implementation o the projects at each o our main sites
mainly includes assessments o energy reduction possibili-
ties; investments; cultural change activities; and the imple-
mentation o a system called Tenaris Energy Monitor or
tracking consumption o natural gas, electricity, water and
compressed air. We are applying best available energy
techniques in the expansion project in Tamsa, which are also
being exported to all Tenaris engineering. Over the long term,Tenaris is dedicated to projects or recovering energy rom
exhaust umes, looking or improvements in combustion
chambers through high emissivity coatings, and improving
EAF perormance through the control o energy ows.
Looking at igures or this reporting period, speciic
electricity consumption per ton o product increased in 2009.
This result is consistent with the act that during the crisis
efciencies decreased, as several processes were maintained
while operating with a signifcant decrease in production.
This impact is not so relevant when considering natural gas
consumption, where fgures show a similar efciency com-
pared to 2008 (See graph 2.2 and 2.3).
When considering only those mills with steel processes,
looking at the overall energy intensity rate, fgures show
a slight increase which is the same as shown by the CO2emission indicator or the same mills (See graph 2.4).
reduction inspecifc electricity
consumption.*
10%reduction in
specifc natural gasconsumption.*
15%
(*) Four-year plan objective in Tenariss main mills.
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Climate change
We are committed to improving our perormance and
lowering our CO2 emissions per ton produced seeking
any possible upgrade at every step o the process, both
direct and indirect.
The CO2 emissions data collection program rom the
worldsteel was launched in April 2008. A common meth-odology has been agreed to measure CO2 per ton o steel.
The program measures the current level o emissions rom
the production o steel worldwide. Tenaris actively
participates in this initiative or the steel industry and has
proudly received recognition under the worldsteel Climate
Action program or reporting the emissions o all our
acilities covered by the scope o the program. Validation
has already been carried out by an independent expert
group within worldsteel. Tenaris is committed to continuing
to participate and work to reduce its CO2 emissions.
Tenaris tracks CO2 emissions rom all its industrial sites,
applying worldsteel methodology but expanding it to all
its tube producing acilities (See graph 2.5).
Speciic emissions, both direct and indirect, show a
decreasing trend. For 2009 we have fgures very similarto those or 2008 (See graph 2.6).
Air emissions
Steelmaking, seamless pipe rolling and heat treatment are
processes which produce relevant emissions in terms o par-
ticulate material, nitrogen and a lower quantity o sulur
oxides. Also, fnishing processes may be related to VOC
emissions when varnish is applied.
We measure emissions and are committed to reducingtheir level in our processes. Signifcant investments are
ongoing today at many sites; many others are planned
or the coming years.
The main investment plans or 2009 were implemented at the
steel mill in Siderca, with many others in dierent areas at
our Dalmine acility and also at some o our USA sites. We
also have ongoing R&D projects aimed at defning improve-
ments in our steel processes to decrease emission levels.
Siderca investments
Signifcant investments have been made at the Siderca
acility or the improvement o the emission treatment
system o the steel mill. In 2008, the frst phase o a our-
year plan began, dedicated to increasing the umes uptake
capacity in primary and secondary emissions systems and
to strengthening the mill structure and services providedto support the revamped systems. The next phases will
ocus on urther improvements in primary and secondary
emission systems and on increasing treatment capacity.
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Waste and by-product management
The steel industry produces large amounts o waste and
by-products. Our goal is to recycle internally or exter-
nally as much o our by-products and waste as possible,
and to seek new ways o reducing the generation and
disposal o waste. Recycling helps to reduce waste land-
fll and CO2 emissions, bringing about a more sustainable
use o natural resources.
We are investing eorts in R&D projects to fnd opportu-
nities to recycle our by-products internally within the steel
mill, as we can see that these issues will become critical in
the near uture.
We recently started tracking a recycling indicator at all sites,
with the objective o strongly encouraging this practice. As
shown in the graph 2.7, recycling or reuse o waste rom
Tenaris industrial sites is around 28%; the fgure rises to
86% when we look at by-products and reaches 68% when
we look at both combined.
Waste reused or recycled depending on the site includes
or example: wood, nylon and plastic, paper and glass.
O all by-products slag is by ar the one with the highestvolumes o production. It is reused in construction
applications, mainly roads. Based on production levels,
we then have scale mills which are mostly recycled in
cement industries or within the steel industry on sinter
processes as well as direct reduction fnes and sludges.
We also use the material efciency indicator calculated
using worldsteel methodology which is applied to
sites with steel process. With this methodology we can
see gradual improvements in recycling rates at those sites
(See graph 2.8).
Our acilities use lubricant and hydraulic oils, which are
signifcant in terms o quantity consumed. As shown inthe graph 2.9, specifc consumption o these substances
has decreased since 2005.
Water management
In our steel making and seamless tube production acili-
ties, water management is a signifcant issue in terms o
intake and discharge. Water is mainly used or cooling
processes in the seamless tube steel mills; welded pipes
acilities have a much lower consumption o water.
For the expansion project in Tamsa, the new acility is
designed to have a closed water circuit as in the rest o
the plant; but in this case also including the sanitary waste
water. This ow is to be added in the production water
circuit ater proper treatment, allowing a reduction in the
subsurace water abstraction or the whole site.
Waste andby-products reused
or recycled.
68%
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Tenaris sites have dierent water systems, which result in
relevant dierences in the amount o water consumed per
ton o product produced, absolute cubic meters consumed
and also type o water used. The situation o each site
depends on amount and quality o water available.
When we look at our main steel mills, the situations are
totally dierent. Most o them have closed loop water sys-tems and make-up water has dierent sources, depending
on local availability. Siderca has the largest consumption
due to its open water system. The site prioritizes the use
o lower quality surace water, taken rom Paran de las
Palmas river, a great deal o eort being made to minimize
subsurace water abstraction, which is in general a much
more valuable resource.
Tenaris actively participates in the worldsteels water
management project. One o the projects objectives is to
provide benchmarking and best-practice exchange on wa-
ter management, not only in terms o the technologies
used but also the management strategy.
Our products and services, looking at the downstream with
a lie cycle approach
A dope-ree solution or operational and HSE beneftsDopeless technology is a dry, multi-unctional coating,
which is applied through a controlled, industrial environ-
ment ensuring consistent quality and operational reliability,
enhanced corrosion protection and eliminating the need to
apply dope in the feld.
With this solution, connections become rig-ready, avoiding
the possibility o operational problems associated with
imprecise application o running compound, providing
ease o handling, preparation and installation to reduce
risks and costs. It also guarantees the appropriate amount
o lubricant and ensures the consistency o the coating and
connection perormance, lasting throughout the strings
entire lie cycle.
Dopeless eliminates the need to clean and remove storage
compounds rom connections prior to installation. Thisprovides operators a saer and cleaner workplace or their
rig crew. Some o the largest customers are in the North
Sea, CIS and Latin America. Growth in other important
oil & gas regions is expected or the current year.
Supported by an integrated global network o feld serv-
ices, repair shops and technical support teams, Dopeless
technology is the leading, dope-ree solution or
demanding onshore and oshore oil and gas operations.
More than seven years o feld experience show the
technologys successul perormance in dierent
applications.
**********
With Dopeless technology, operators
provide saer and cleaner workplaces or
the rig crew.
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Recycling o thread protectors
Pipes are oten supplied with plastic thread protectors to
prevent thread damage during transportation and stor-
age. Plastic protectors are removed when the pipes are
used onsite. In some places where we operate, we have
developed programs or recycling protectors, thus helping
to reduce waste.
Some o our mills have acilities or producing plastic
thread protectors. We send recovered protectors there to
be cleaned and reused i possible, or shredded ater clean-
ing and then recycled or producing new protectors.
Sometimes we also look to third party companies or help
in the recycling o plastics and metals.
Rig Ready
This service, which entails the cleaning o the connections
in order to take o all the storage grease that the connec-
tions usually have, takes place in our service yards, oering
environmental benefts or our customers. This guarantees
that all grease waste is correctly managed, in a center
equipped especially or this task.
Material Optimization Service
Mature oilfelds usually present problems related to high
water cut, low cumulative production and corrosion
ailures generating high levels o workover activities. To
help our customers, Tenaris oers tailor-made solutions
applied to each operative system with the overall
objective o reducing feld operative costs while increas-
ing efciency and reliability.
Activities may include: diagnosis o the causes o the
main problem in the ield: mechanical, corrosion,
operative practices; identifcation o corrosive agents,
mechanisms and causes o corrosion; specialized train-
ing; integration o teamwork to fnd synergic solutions
and defnition o indicators to track improvements,
among others.
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Environment indicators
2.1 Scrap use
% scr chrg
Methodology: Vus r
ccu s o scrrsn n h c chrg.
70
60
65
55
5007
62
0805 06
58
57
62
09
66
2.2 Electricity consumption
mWh/ ro
Methodology: sur n
mWh/ rouc, ccus crc owr consuon h s r on o rouc.
Facilities included: dn,arcor, Cos Vono, Sbbo,pobno | Src, S Va, S VC |ts, Conb (ubs), agotubs,NKKtubs, Scoub Crs,Scoub Zu | tuboCrb,Conro, Hckn, Counc, RubcConu, Co tubs.
1.00
0.800.90
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
005 06 07 08
0.85
0.75 0.71
0.90
09
0.85
2.3 Gas consumption
K3/ rouc
Methodology: sur nK3/ rouc.
Ccu s 3 o gs consuor nusr uross r on orouc. Gs consu n owrns s no ncu.
Facilities included: dn,arcor, Cos Vono, Sbbo,pobno | Src | ts |tvs | Conb (ubs) | agotubs| NKKtubs | S VC | ScoubCrs, Scoub Zu | tuboCrb |Rubc Conu.
05 06 07 08
0.230.22
0.200.19
0.30
0.20
0.25
0.15
0.10
0.05
0
09
0.19
2.4 Energy intensity
GJ/s
Methodology: sur n GJ/s wors hooogy.
Boundaries: s rocss s,ncung ohr rocsss on s.
Facilities included:Src, Scoub Crs, ts,dn.
25
15
20
10
5
007 0805 06
21.120.2
19.319.6
09
20.4
Values are calculated in metric tones.
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Environment indicators
2.5 CO2 emissions sites with steel production
CO2/s
Methodology: sur n
CO2/ s wors hooogy.Direct emissions: CO2 ssonsr o s roucon n ohrrocsss ncu h s.
Purchased electricity: usrCO2 ssons r o crcyroucon, usng wor vrgsson cor o CO2/mWhgnr.
Indirect emissions: ohr usrCO2 ssons r o roucono rw rs n us.
Boundaries: s n ohrrocsss on s, ncung owrgnron s kng ss ony.
Facilities included: Src,Scoub Crs, ts, dn.
1.60
1.20
1.40
1.00
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0
Other upstream emissions
Energy upstream emissions
Direct emissions
05 06 07 08
0.40
0.41
0.52
0.41
0.40
0.49
0.35
0.30
0.60
0.35
0.28
0.60
09
0.36
0.26
0.67
Purchased electricity
Direct emissions
05 06 07 08
0.42
0.56
0.40
0.51
0.29
0.48
0.25
0.49
09
0.24
0.50
Methodology:
Waste: ncus ws rouc
h s, ncung hzrousws. For rus/rcyc, w nc uny rocss nrn or xrn oh s or rusng or rcycng hr.
By-products: ncus sc ,sg, dRi fns n sugs ncrc rc urnc uss rcyc/rus. inrn scr s no ncu.
a rcngs r ccucorng ons rus/ rcyco gnr ons n h s cgors n ss.
d s bs on h ro Juy odcbr 2009.
Facilities included:Src, Scoub Crs, ts,
dn | S Va, S VC, Conb(ubs), Hckn, Conro, Counc,Rubc Conu, Co tubs,ago, tubocrb, NKKtubs,arcor, Cos Vono, Sbbo,pobno, Scoub.
2.7 Waste reused-recycled
%
100
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0Ws rus
or rcycBy-roucs
rus rcycto rusor rcyc
Methodology: sur n
CO2/ rouc.Direct emissions: CO2 ssonsr o s roucon n/orohr rocsss ncu h s.
Purchased electricity: usrCO2 ssons r o crcyroucon, usng wor vrgsson cor o CO2/mWh gnr.
Boundaries: a ub n s roucngss, ncung rocsss h s. For ss whou s kng rocsss,gs n crcy consuonconrbus o h ncor.
Facilities included: Src, ScoubCrs, ts, dn | S Va, S VC,
Conb (ubs), Hckn, Conro, Counc,Rubc Conu, Co tubs, ago,prun, tuboCrb, NKKtubs, arcor,Cos Vono, Sbbo, pobno, Scoub.
2.6. Tenaris tube and steel sites CO2 emissions
CO2/ rouc
1.20
0.80
1.00
0.60
0.40
0.20
0
28
86
68
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2.9 Lubricant and hydraulic oil use
s/ rouc
Facilities included: tnrss
ub n s roucon ss.
1.10
0.901.00
0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.30
0.40
0.10
0.20
005 06 07 08
0.95
0.85 0.82
0.98
09
0.81
Methodology: (qu s
rouc + by-roucs) / (qus rouc + by-roucs +ws). wors hooogy.
Waste: r sn o nfn ncnron.
By-product: r sn orus or rcycng rocsss.
Boundaries: s n ohrrocss on s ncung owrns.
Facilities included:Src, Scoub Crs, ts,dn.
2.8 Material efciency
%
100.0
90.0
95.0
85.0
80.0
75.0
70.005 06 07 08
97.297.7 98.2 98.2
09
98.4
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A Tenaris employee assists in a Dopeless operation in Nisku,
Canada. Dopeless technology is the leading dope-ree solution
or demanding onshore and oshore oil and gas operations.
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