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Health, Environment and Safety Report
Sunoco’s commitment to excellence in Health, Environment and Safety (HES) is a fundamental
prerequisite for its success. The Company has three principal objectives: 1) provide a safe
workplace for the employees and contractors who work in its facilities, 2) reduce and eliminate
the incidents of environmental releases to the air, ground and water around its facilities, and
3) maintain an open dialogue with neighboring communities and the governmental and non-
governmental agencies that have a vested interest in Sunoco’s performance.
Each year, aggressive performance targets are established by the business units and Operations
Excellence Management Systems (OEMS) are deployed in refi ning and chemical plant
operations. Industry benchmarks are used to compare business unit performance in the areas of
employee and contractor safety.
In addition, the Company continues to invest major capital in pollution control equipment at
its refi neries under an agreement reached with the U.S. EPA in 2005 over certain provisions of
the Clean Air Act. Through the combination of outstanding operating performance and capital
investment, Sunoco recognizes HES excellence as a top priority.
Some Highlights For 2006 Include:
• The Refi ning and Supply business unit had its
third consecutive “best in history” employee
safety recordable rate at 0.30, representing
less than one injury during the year for every
300 employees throughout the refi neries.
• Contractors working in Sunoco refi neries and
chemical plants had their safest year ever
with safety recordable rates of 0.40 and 0.58,
respectively.
• The Retail Marketing business unit, comprised
of Company-operated convenience stores,
the retail heating oil business, and the
transportation and distribution of retail
gasoline, achieved a 23 percent improvement
in employee safety with a “best in history”
recordable rate of 1.20.
• Air permit exceedances were higher than
2005 by 10 percent. The increase was due
to end-of-run reliability issues at a catalytic
cracking unit at the Philadelphia refi nery. A
maintenance turnaround of the unit will be
completed in the fi rst half of 2007 that
will include equipment repairs and capital
improvements that are expected to
signifi cantly reduce emissions.
• In the Chemicals business unit, signifi cant
improvement was achieved in fi ve key HES
performance metrics representing the best
performance in its history in all categories.
• There were 16 water permit exceedances, the
lowest in the Company’s history.
• The number of product spill incidents,
decreased by 25 percent to 18 events. Over
96 percent of the product was contained and
recovered without signifi cant damage to the
environment.
• Employee safety in the Sun Coke business
was the best in its history and there were no
contractor recordable injuries during the year.
• The Eagle Point refi nery received the
Chairman’s Award for HES Excellence.
Sunoco’s complete 2006 Health, Environment and Safety Review and CERES Report will be published
in May 2007.