Excellence Logging  
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Excellence Logging Group is a specialist energy services company 
providing surface data logging, light well intervention, and data & 
consulting services for customers in the oil and gas industry. We 
operate in more than 30 countries and employ over 1,400 people of 
55 nationalities. Our services provide our customers with the highest 
levels of operational safety in the delivery of technically advanced 
geological data, surface formation evaluation, drilling monitoring and 
production technologies. 
Excellence Logging is a young and growing company, operating 
in a dynamic industry. We are experts in those businesses where 
our expertise and focused competence make a material difference 
to customer performance. Being dedicated to innovation and 
continuously pursuing excellence in action through our people-driven 
organisation, we deliver superior service backed by our operational 
resilience, high standards, and a clear environmental, sustainability and 
governance (ESG) commitment. 
Formed in 2015 through the combination of a series of small- and 
medium-sized specialized companies—each with strong regional 
presence—Excellence Logging benefits from an experienced 
management team, and innovative research and engineering 
capabilities that provide a collaborative approach to exceeding 
customer needs. Our heritage lies in the individual companies from 
which our organization was created.
Introduction 
ABOUT THIS 
EXLOG REPORT
Our first ESG report is designed to give our investors, banks, 
customers, and other stakeholders details of our ESG-related 
activities together with specific financial information. The 
report has been prepared in accordance with the framework 
established by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board 
(SASB) for Oil and Gas Services.

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Excellence Logging seeks to provide the very best in 
service and technology to enable our customers to 
deliver energy—safely, securely and sustainably. We 
believe that our industry will prove resilient in meeting 
the hydrocarbon-based energy needs of today while 
simultaneously developing the decarbonized energy 
supplies increasingly needed for positive climate action 
and sustained economic growth in the future. 
As the energy transition accelerates, we are focused 
on reducing the carbon footprint of our oilfield services 
while monitoring, limiting and balancing our own carbon 
emissions with the most efficient offset measures 
appropriate to the geography and infrastructure where 
we work—making net-zero operations our ultimate goal. 
In parallel with this, we are targeting those sectors of 
the low-carbon energy market—including hydrogen and 
geothermal—that offer the greatest opportunities for our 
technology and expertise to be of value and application to 
customers and consumers.
We are therefore committed to the policies and systems 
that actively monitor all aspects of our ESG performance—
with specific concern for employee and contractor health 
and safety, care for the environment, respect for the 
communities in which we live and work, good ethical 
behaviour and strong business governance. We continually 
identify and assess the risks associated with our activities 
to be able to put the most appropriate management, 
mitigation and control measures in place. 
Our strategic direction is backed by the integral elements 
and policies of our management system. These support 
our goals to comply with all relevant health and safety 
standards in the countries in which we operate; protect 
the environment through best environmental practices; 
achieve and maintain excellence in all quality aspects of 
our operations; develop and sustain irreproachable ethical 
behaviour in every country in which we conduct business; 
and optimize security—including cybersecurity—to 
minimize exposure of personnel, assets and information  
to potential threats.
Strategic Direction
From the CEO
Welcome to the first Excellence Logging ESG report.
In the seven short years of our existence, we have seen the 
excitement of our initial growth severely challenged by the 
global Covid pandemic with its effects on energy demand 
and business resilience. The commitment of our workforce 
and the return of more favorable business conditions have 
now permitted us to look into the future and plan more 
extensively. We have the resources in place to develop 
our business, invest in new technology, and define our 
environmental, social and governance (ESG) ambitions.
Oil and gas companies are increasingly embracing the 
energy transition while practicing tighter capital discipline 
and transforming business models to boost performance. 
The longer-term outlook for our industry demands a 
global shift to a more sustainable future. While oil and gas 
supplies remain essential as energy transitions to more 
renewable and lower-carbon sources, we must manage 
our activities even more rigorously to meet accepted 
environmental goals, take needed climate action, and 
meet more ambitious sustainability targets.
We intend to encourage and support as many ESG 
initiatives as possible, but the size of our company means 
JOHN LECHNER
John Lechner has been 
Chief Executive Officer 
of Excellence Logging 
since April 2020, after 
joining the company as 
Chief Operating Officer 
in October 2019.
KEY ESG ACHIEVEMENTS
ESG principles and guardrails became 
fully embedded in the Excellence Logging 
culture during 2021 through building 
awareness and harnessing the involvement 
of everyone in our worldwide organization.
Key steps were taken to define strategies, 
collect data, and target initiatives. While 
several of these represent building blocks, 
others form the foundation on which we 
will build our future performance.
Key steps delivered 2021–2022: 
Excellence Logging ESG 
charter established 
ESG performance baseline 
established and audited
New policies defined on 
Diversity, Climate Change 
and Energy Usage
Compliance strengthened 
on Zero Accident Control 
training 
Cybersecurity levels, training 
and awareness reinforced
Air travel drastically reduced 
with promotion of remote 
meetings when possible
COVID-19 resilience  
effort and ability proven  
with active management  
of workforce 
Field initiatives launched  
in Argentina, Colombia, 
Congo, Tunisia and Italy 
First major contract  
secured with full ESG 
performance targeted
the things we undertake must necessarily start from 
small beginnings. Our overriding commitment, however, 
is to make a meaningful contribution wherever we live 
and work around the world. The global footprint and 
large scale of our industry represent a force for  
long-term good through the societal impact of ESG 
actions on education, employment, health and safety.
Against this background we launched our ESG actions 
and initiatives in 2021. Our approach is fully described 
in our ESG Charter, which is included in this report. 
By its very nature, this first report largely contains the 
framework to which we will work. A number of early 
results and key achievements, however, are already 
visible and offer us the ability to focus on the metrics 
that matter. At the same time, we have an increasing 
portfolio of ESG actions and projects to which our 
employees, managers, and operating teams are 
enthusiastically contributing. 
In closing, we are committed to avoiding inflated claims 
on what we achieve, and to justifying our results with the 
facts, figures and evidence that show we can make a 
difference. I look forward to communicating our progress 
versus these ambitions to you in future reports. 
FOCUSED COMPETENCE: 
THE EXCELLENCE LOGGING WAY
Our combination of highly experienced 
energy professionals and innovative 
technologies is proven to create value. Our 
global network of bases and resources 
means we are positioned to deliver quickly, 
safely, and efficiently—regardless of 
location, regardless of project complexity.
By focusing on innovative technology and 
operational excellence, we continuously 
strive to provide superior services.

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Excellence Logging seeks to make a positive 
impact on sustainable development in its 
industry and community through the application 
of its technologies, operations, processes and 
practices to the projects on which it works.
The Excellence Logging ESG Charter expresses this 
ambition and establishes the framework of measurable 
targets as the company works to respond to climate 
change and other major global development challenges.
Our Charter is built on industry standards and practices  
in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development 
Goals (UNSDG) and is further underpinned by the 
Excellence Logging Management System. This structure 
reflects our belief that sustainability ambitions must go 
beyond business as usual to provide a defense against 
inflated claims of impact or effect. Linked in this way, the 
UNSDGs, which are long term by definition, provide a 
strategic axis for us to demonstrate continuous progress in 
our operations, standards, services and products.
Five pillars make up our Charter: 
CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY USAGE
SOCIAL COMMITMENT 
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY, HEALTH & SECURITY
GOVERNANCE & BUSINESS ETHICS
Our chosen pillars are directly mappable to the UNSDG. 
This framework provides the basis for a defined Excellence 
Logging ESG project portfolio that demonstrates the impact 
we can make. Our target is to contribute in a meaningful 
manner to each of the projects within this portfolio. 
We are committed to avoiding inflated 
claims on what we achieve, and to 
justifying our results with facts.
Management sets the strategic guardrails for the portfolio, 
and measures our progress within the scope of each of the 
five modules. We have begun by selecting those projects 
that have greatest impact around the world, with these 
projects serving as the foundation on which we can build.
Project selection is based on the impact we expect the 
project to make within an initial five-year period. Further 
projects will be added to our ESG leadership portfolio by 
targeting specific projects in a given geographic region 
that contribute to sustainability initiatives. 
A first assessment of our position took place late in 2021 
and this established the baseline for each of the ESG 
pillars as defined in the guidance documents of Ipieca, 
the global oil and gas association dedicated to advancing 
environmental and social performance across the energy 
transition. Our overriding commitment is to make a 
meaningful contribution wherever we live and work  
around the world.
*to be benchmarked with EcoVadis survey which took place at the same time with a score of 54%.
Overall ESG score:* 
56%
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The Excellence Logging  
ESG Charter 
For each pillar, action 
plans are defined in 
those areas in which 
Excellence Logging 
seeks to increase 
the impact made.
ENVIRONMENT
Actions to measure energy 
and water consumption, waste 
management and recycling 
Plans to be established 
at location levels
CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY
Overall approach to be 
defined versus company 
global ISO certifications
Monitoring of wellsite 
operations under Excellence 
Logging control
SOCIAL COMMITMENT
Actions within local 
communities to be 
identified and planned
Diversity and employee 
retention initiatives to 
be implemented
SAFETY, HEALTH  
& SECURITY
IT security and assessment 
of IT recovery to be defined
ERP in place with 
reinforcement and 
assessment to be planned
GOVERNANCE & 
BUSINESS ETHICS
Policies and standards 
to incorporate Ipieca 
areas of relevance
Energy Consumption 
Policy to be defined
SOCIAL  
COMMITMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE  
& ENERGY
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY, HEALTH  
& SECURITY
GOVERNANCE & 
BUSINESS ETHICS
71
47
38
59
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LINKING THE CHARTER TO THE EXCELLENCE 
LOGGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
To ensure consistent management of ESG performance, 
our ESG Charter is linked to the policies and control 
processes that make up our Management System.
This safeguards the management of sustainability-related 
factors with employees and partners being required to 
abide by our policies when they are performing their 
duties. Ultimately the chief executive officer and executive 
management team ensure that the right policies are in 
place at all times. Health, Safety, Environment, Quality, 
Business Ethics, Security and Business Continuity are all 
integral elements of the Excellence Logging Integrated 
Management System.
Policies are revised regularly to ensure they are coherent 
with corporate strategy. They provide the framework for 
setting attainable objectives and performance is monitored 
to improve the effectiveness of the Excellence Logging 
Management System.
Excellence Logging benefits from the individual heritage 
of each component company, with its specific geography, 
technology, or technical expertise. No action can be 
too small, and in many ways we are all champions of 
our own performance. We believe that we can bring the 
same energy and creativity that enabled the company to 
become a technology leader to our ESG ambitions—and 
that we will be seen as ESG innovators in the countries in 
which we live and work.
18 management policies and statements underpin 
the Excellence Logging ESG Charter. In addition, 
Cybersecurity and Quality, which are not ESG Pillars, 
are included in response to ISO standards.
ESG PILLAR
POLICY
All
Social Responsibility 
Statement from the CEO
Environment
Environment Protection Policy
Waste Management Policy
Climate 
Change & 
Energy
Climate Change & 
Energy Use Policy
Safety, Health 
& Security
Health & Safety (H&S) Policy
STOP Policy
Driving Policy
Covid Policy
Security Policy
Drug Alcohol & Tobacco Policy
Governance 
& Business 
Ethics
Business Ethics Policy
Improper Payment Policy
Supply Chain Policy
Social 
Commitment
Human Resources  
(Social Commitment) Policy
Diversity Policy
Cybersecurity
IT Security & Data Integrity Policy
Quality
Quality Policy
The Excellence  
Management System
Excellence Logging is a new company created in 2015 
by the merger of several companies, each with their own 
policies and standards. A primary focus over the first seven 
years of the company’s history has been the convergence 
of these processes across all of our operations. 
Sustainability Accounting  
Standards Disclosure
With the launch of our ESG initiative in the second half 
of 2021, no year-on-year numbers related to emissions 
reduction, water usage, chemical waste management or 
ecological impact have yet been established. Our goal is 
to use the baseline established in 2022 to set our 2023 
targets and drive our ESG goals.
NOTE
EXLOG is still acquiring 
and aggregating data 
for this disclosure 
section. Topics and 
figures will be added 
and updated over time.
EXLOG scientists  
and engineers work  
to develop new  
technologies at the 
Colombes, France, 
product development 
center. 
TOPIC
ACCOUNTING METRIC
UNIT OF MEASURE
2020
2021
2022
Activity
Total headcount
Number
1,161
1,266
1,422
Activity
Total man-hours
Number 
(thousands)
2,275
2,274
2,810
Workforce  
Health & Safety
Lost Time Incident Frequency (LTIF)
Rate
0.00
0.09
0.14
Workforce  
Health & Safety
Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR)
Rate
0.18
0.18
0.36
Business Ethics 
& Payment 
Transparency
Amount of net revenue in countries 
with the 20-lowest ratings in 
the Transparency International 
Corruption Perception Index
Reporting 
Currency (millions)
9.1
7.6
8.5
Business Ethics 
& Payment 
Transparency
Description of the Management 
System for corruption and bribery
See Page
N/A
N/A
21
Management of the 
Legal & Regulatory 
Environment
Description of corporate position 
related to government regulations 
and/or policy proposals that 
address environmental and social 
factors affecting the industry
See Page
N/A
N/A
15 
16 
17
Critical Incident 
Risk Management
Description of the management 
systems used to identify and 
mitigate catastrophic risks
See Page
N/A
N/A
19 
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PEACE, JUSTICE AND 
STRONG INSTITUTIONS
Excellence Logging has strong 
anti-corruption policies in place, 
and we enforce strict supplier 
and customer due diligence to ensure fair and just 
business practices are followed. We engage with 
local communities and unions to achieve consent 
for matters of local importance. These and other 
aspects of business conduct are expressed in the 
company’s Code of Conduct, first issued in 2017. A 
formal training program has been established and 
all employees, contractors, suppliers and business 
partners are required to become familiar with the 
required conduct. Records are kept of training and 
acceptance of the Code’s requirements.
GOOD HEALTH  
AND WELLBEING
We at Excellence Logging care 
about our employees and want 
to create both a healthy, happy 
working environment and improve our employee 
satisfaction. Wellbeing is strongly linked to higher 
personnel performance and organizational success. 
One example of this is the experience gained during 
the Covid pandemic, which provided valuable insight 
into to how communication could enhance individual 
wellbeing. As a result, ideas and suggestions on how 
to mitigate stress, anxiety and depressions were 
assembled and circulated throughout the company 
using the Employee Newsletter.
GENDER EQUALITY
Excellence Logging is 
committed to diversity and 
equality in all areas and all 
levels of its operations. Diversity 
means those attributes which may differ from 
person to person, including gender, age, ethnicity, 
and cultural background. To measure our progress 
in meeting this commitment, formal guidance 
on hiring practices has been established and 
the process by which workforce diversity will be 
monitored has been defined. In setting the ESG 
gender-diversity baseline, the percentage of female 
employees was reported as 20% overall, and 17% 
within the senior management group.
RESPONSIBLE  
CONSUMPTION AND 
PRODUCTION
We have environmentally sound 
and efficient chemical and waste 
management systems in place and seek to ensure a 
sustainable supply of products and services through 
developing solutions that ensure we work faster, more 
efficiently and in as safe a manner as possible while 
promoting positive climate action. Among the examples 
that exist, the deployment of new technologies in 
surface data acquisition systems has eliminated 
the use of the vast majority of paper logs and prints 
through their replacement by digital data that can 
be rapidly transmitted. This has reduced shipping 
of suppliers and consumption of paper and inks.
DECENT WORK AND 
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A key goal wherever we work is to 
provide a safe and decent working 
environment that fosters productive, 
healthy local employment and workforce and supplier 
development on competitive terms. Currently, the 
company has operations in more than 30 countries. 
With an organization built on the strong foundations 
of a group of well-established specialist companies, 
Excellence Logging believes that culture and history can 
encourage superior working environments that benefit 
employer and employee while promoting a favorable 
climate for future development.
AFFORDABLE AND  
CLEAN ENERGY
As the energy transition 
accelerates, we are focused on 
reducing the carbon footprint of 
our oilfield services appropriate to the geography 
where we work while balancing our carbon emissions 
with the most efficient offset measures to make  
net-zero operations our ultimate goal. In parallel 
with this, we are targeting those sectors of the 
clean energy market—specifically hydrogen and 
geothermal—that offer the widest opportunities for 
our technology and expertise to be of value and 
application to customers and consumers.
United Nations  
Sustainability Goals
LINKING THE CHARTER TO THE  
UN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
In addressing sustainability in a broader 
perspective, we have identified six UN Sustainable 
Development Goals (UNSDGs) where we believe 
Excellence Logging has a direct impact.
Accordingly, UNSDGs 3, 5, 7, 8, 12 and 16 have been 
linked to the five Excellence Logging ESG Charter Pillars of 
The Environment; Climate Change & Energy Usage; Social 
Commitment; Safety, Health & Security; and Governance 
& Business Ethics. Future Excellence Logging ESG actions 
will bring opportunities to address other UN goals with 
the company’s ESG Charter framework. The materiality 
of these topics enables us to identify and prioritize 
sustainability issues across our company. For example, 
in our Social Commitment module, actions and ambitions 
are targeted in areas of employee health and safety; labor 
practices; employee engagement, diversity and inclusion; 
and human rights and community relations. Other topics 
such as the energy transition; waste and hazardous 
materials management; greenhouse gas emissions; 
and ecological impacts are linked to a combination of 
modules that include Climate Change and Energy Usage 
as well as the Environment.
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INDUSTRY MAP
EXLOG’s initial focus on 
six UNSDGs has been 
guided by the IPIECA oil 
and gas industry map 
of oil and gas industry 
activities. 
EXLOG ESG  
CHARTER PILLARS
Environment
Climate Change & Energy
Social Commitment
Safety, Health & Security
Governance & Business Ethics

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Excellence Logging 
Technology
LOWER-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
With new digital technologies, however, further reductions 
become possible. 
The XView platform is the core acquisition system of 
Excellence Logging surface data logging services. It is the 
first layer of data acquisition allowing wellsite crews to 
deliver standard services as well as acquire and process 
critical parameters at the wellsite. XView technology 
also allows advanced modules to be added for specific 
customer demands for ease of deployment and to make 
the overall system highly adaptable. 
The rapid development and implementation of digital 
technologies across the energy space, however, brings 
greater opportunity to reduce emissions, limit footprint, 
and increase safety. SkyView is Excellence Logging’s 
digital platform that interfaces with XView systems to allow 
customers to connect remotely to wellsite operations and 
visualize ongoing operations in real time. It also offers 
real-time operational support and data quality control 
as well as advanced technical support and remote data 
interpretation. Taken together, this means that deployment 
to the wellsite of both customer and Excellence Logging 
personnel can be reduced.
Crew training offers similar opportunities. In a  
people-intensive service business, the continuous training 
of active personnel or the onboarding of newly hired 
personnel is key to service quality success. While  
in-person training is sometimes unavoidable, remote 
training can be used to reduce travel and carbon 
footprint. Virtual XView training classes have therefore 
been developed and have already been implemented to 
remotely train operators assigned to XView jobs.
Virtual XView machines can be activated any time and 
remain active to allow trainees to follow the training and 
practice applications. Since the implementation of this 
approach, more than eight virtual classes and training 
sessions have been held with over 40 staff participating. 
Excellence Logging XView acquisition technology has 
also been extended to offer an online display function 
that provides instant up-to-date access to drilling, master 
and coring logs from any rigsite location. A new drill-bit 
tracking option has also been added to automatically 
adjust log scrolling while the bit is moving in the wellbore. 
Last but not least, the XView monitoring module allows 
logs to be displayed and synchronized at bit depth with 
real-time parameters, even on the rig, for safer, more 
efficient operations. As a result, the need for paper prints 
to be made can be eliminated, saving time, materials and 
logistical planning.
New Energy 
Technologies
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
The success of geothermal exploration relies on the 
capacity to provide long lasting high temperature 
pressured water to the surface for home heating or to 
produce electricity. In this respect, an understanding 
of the hydrodynamic and geological contexts as well 
as the chemical interactions of reactive brines with 
the surrounding rocks is necessary. By bringing its 
technology and leveraging its expertise in the field of 
geothermal energy, Excellence Logging is increasingly 
involved in many geothermal projects in Europe, Turkey, 
and Asia.
Excellence Logging surface data logging technology 
helps by detecting fractures linked to fluid mobility by 
studying cuttings. Excellence Logging also evaluates 
and maps variations in pH, salinity and alkalinity together 
with the temperatures of the produced and recirculating 
waters to monitor and minimize possible reactions that 
may generate problematic tubing scaling and potential 
well production destabilization. 
The expertise that Excellence Logging has gained over 
past operations in complex settings enables geothermal 
projects to operate within recommended local regulations 
and monitors the impact of recovered subsurface rocks 
on health hazards. This is a necessary step of geothermal 
well management in and around populated areas.
Geothermal energy and natural 
hydrogen usage are an economic 
reality and have begun to play a vital 
and growing role in the global energy 
transition. Drilling wells for geothermal 
energy or to access natural hydrogen 
requires specific answer products. 
Excellence Logging has developed and adapted 
surface data logging formation evaluation 
technologies to address the challenges of these 
low- or zero-carbon energy resources by being able 
to log high-temperature geothermal wells as well 
as operate in natural hydrogen environments. 
NATURAL HYDROGEN
The energy transition from fossil to low-carbon fuels 
has picked up momentum over the past 10 years. 
One significant source is hydrogen, which as the most 
energy-rich gas is expected to play a determinant 
role as a clean energy carrier. Hydrogen can either be 
manufactured at some cost, or produced naturally from 
subsurface reservoirs. 
Natural hydrogen has been observed in various 
geological settings. It is found in hydrothermal systems, 
mid-oceanic ridges, ophiolites and the continental 
crust. Current research debates on the origin of 
subsurface hydrogen and its generation mechanisms 
that include radiolysis, chemical redox reactions with 
water and iron, mineral decomposition of ultramafic 
rocks, and ammonium decomposition. Excellence 
Logging is at the forefront of the energy transition and 
provides optimized surface data logging services for 
natural hydrogen exploration projects. 
An increasing number of regions for natural hydrogen 
exploration have been targeted in Europe, Australia, the 
United States, Brazil, and Mali. Mali is the first country 
to have explored for hydrogen and produces it today. 
The reservoirs contain more than 95% pure hydrogen 
and are thought to be recharged through both fractures 
and the matrix rock. 
The natural hydrogen produced currently provides 
electrical power to the Bourakébougou village without 
any greenhouse emissions. In Mali, one customer 
has already chosen Excellence Logging to perform 
advanced gas monitoring in the drilling of natural 
hydrogen wells.
95%
Reservoirs contain over 
95% pure hydrogen.
Applied engineering and 
product applications 
are performed in EXLOG 
facilities worldwide. 
HYDROGEN
Hydrogen is the most 
energy-rich gas in 
its role as a clean 
energy carrier.
With mounting pressure on the oil and gas industry to 
retain public and government confidence through the 
energy transition, we are committed to technology with 
positive ESG impact—both in oilfield applications and in 
the development of new, lower-carbon energy supplies.
Our approach to technology development begins in 
research and development with a systematic approach 
to reduce personnel footprint, lower maintenance and 
improve durability. 
In oilfield applications, we focus on reducing the carbon 
footprint of our services while balancing our emissions 
with the offset measures most appropriate to the 
geography where we work. In new energy applications, 
we target those sectors of the market—including 
hydrogen and geothermal—that offer the greatest 
opportunities for our technology and expertise to be  
of value.
Excellence Logging is at the forefront 
of the energy transition with 
optimized services for geothermal 
and hydrogen exploration projects.

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EXLOG IN ACTION
MEASURING CARBON 
FOOTPRINT OF MUD LOGGING 
OPERATIONS IN COLOMBIA
In 2022, EXLOG in Colombia began to measure the 
carbon footprint of its surface data logging operations. 
This has been designed so that our program will 
link ground transportation and air transportation 
providers to provide the external information for our 
measurement. The first year’s objective is to define 
the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baseline, so that 
reduction goals can be set in future years. Over time, 
we intend to achieve more sustainable operations with 
lower GHG emissions. 
REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT OF 
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
The use of specialized technology at the wellsite has 
an impact on the environment well beyond oilfield 
operations. Carbon emissions, for example, begin in 
equipment manufacturing through shipping and final 
deployment. At the same time, different customers 
have different approaches to the services they require 
requiring service providers such as EXLOG to offer 
a range of technology options. To avoid duplication 
of systems and efforts, EXLOG has developed a fluid 
logging portfolio that has been designed on the same 
hardware and software platform to cover customer 
needs from standard services to advanced techniques. 
This avoids deploying multiple fluid logging systems 
at the wellsite, not only to limit transportation carbon 
emissions through standardization and operational 
flexibility, but also reduce carbon footprint reduction 
at the manufacturing stage by streamlining equipment 
production. The same principle has been adopted in 
other EXLOG services lines, where technologies have 
been harmonized across the legacy companies that  
built today’s operations.
RETHINKING RECYCLING MATERIALS
Rags are intensively used during well intervention 
operations. In order to reduce waste, a program 
began in 2021 to recycle and reuse such rags. 
Consumption dropped by almost 15% between 
the beginning and end of the year and a number 
of positive environmental impacts were realised in 
addition to the basic cost saving. Deliveries from the 
recycler, for example, are combined with deliveries 
to other rag consumers, saving transportation carbon 
dioxide emissions. The rags used are now made of a 
more ecologically friendly material, while the washing 
processes consume as little water and energy as 
possible, using bio-degradable detergents. Water is 
re-used several times, residual heat recovered, and the 
dirt and oil removed from the recycled rags disposed 
of in an environmentally acceptable manner.
ESG PILLAR:
The Environment
Excellence Logging has a formal environmental policy that defines 
its environmental management systems, the environmental impact of 
its products and services, and its approach to climate change.
Through this policy, Excellence Logging is committed to protecting the 
environment using products, techniques and services that respect sound 
environmental practices. Specific plans have been established for the most 
significant impacts of waste management, energy usage, reuse of materials,  
air pollution and transportation.
Our objectives take account of suitable environmental practices in carrying out 
safe and efficient waste management, using approved standards of care and 
diligence to avoid contamination of any kind resulting from our activities and 
preserving air, water, animal and plant life as much as possible. Excellence 
Logging follows the guiding principles of ISO 14001:2015 in its environmental 
management system and evaluates environmental factors and impacts in a  
risk-based analysis. 
As a central aspect of our overall environmental performance, we are committed 
to an efficient and safe waste management program. We seek not to produce any 
more waste than necessary through the 3R concept of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, 
while impeding uncontrolled discharge of waste into the environment and 
disposing of unavoidable waste in an environmentally acceptable manner. We are 
also committed to supporting our customers in reducing methane emissions in 
well abandonment, reducing the volume of fresh water utilized in operations, and 
ensuring that no contaminated water is discharged into the environment. 
ENERGY EFFICIENT INITIATIVES
In addition to our offshore and field work locations, Excellence Logging has multiple 
offices and workshops. One of our main goals is to continuously reduce the energy 
consumption of these facilities. We began to monitor resource consumption in 
2021 and introduced basic initiatives to control and improve energy performance, 
such as adapting inside temperatures and controlling lights to save energy.
A significant portion of our carbon footprint that lies within our direct control 
is related to transportation of personnel and equipment. By optimizing our 
planning in close cooperation with transportation suppliers, we can consolidate 
and increase efficiency of the transportation methods that we employ. Key 
performance indicators that we will measure in this initiative include vehicle type, 
fuel usage and number of trips. 
We must manage our activities rigorously 
to meet accepted environmental goals.

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ESG PILLAR:
Climate Change 
and Energy Usage
Excellence Logging is committed to assessing the company’s 
climate-related risks and opportunities, evaluating the significance of 
these, and addressing them through risk mitigation, new technology 
development and management through the energy transition.
The mechanism for this is being developed as a five-year plan where each geographic 
region of the company defines and implements meaningful solutions that contribute 
to overall goals—sharing solutions globally across the company to leverage individual 
local success.
Excellence Logging’s objectives require each region to contribute to sustainable 
development initiatives in climate change and energy usage. These initiatives include 
building collaborations or partnerships with NGOs, universities, institutions and 
international organizations that address climate-related risks and opportunities as well 
as nature-based solutions such as reforestation and enhanced forest management. 
They also include implementation of future technology and research investment 
and seizing opportunities minimizing the impact of climate-related risks. We are 
quantifying the GHG reduction benefits that might be achieved while ensuring all 
vehicles in our fleet are fitted with the emission reduction technology.
Our goals are to promote a culture whereby personal responsibility for energy 
efficiency is second nature; to comply with all relevant statutory regulations to 
promote energy efficiency; to aim for continuous improvement in energy management 
through communication, consultation and ownership; to reduce the volume of 
emissions caused by energy consumption; and to use fuels as efficiently as possible.
EXLOG IN ACTION
OFFSETTING CO2  
EMISSIONS IN ARGENTINA
Since 2021, EXLOG Argentina has been measuring 
the carbon dioxide emissions of a 37-vehicle fleet 
that includes trucks, pick-ups and cars. During the 
first year of the program, we recorded 291 tons of 
CO2 emitted by the fleet. The data are acquired from 
tracking devices installed in each vehicle, which are 
reported to a database and then aggregated and 
analyzed online.
The second part of this initiative is to offset our 
carbon emissions. To support this, we are partnering 
with ReforestArg, an NGO dedicated to reforesting 
Patagonia areas through volunteer efforts where fires 
have occurred. So far, we have planted 968 new trees, 
with each new tree expected to offset 0.3 tons of CO2. 
GEOTHERMAL OPERATIONS  
IN INDONESIA
EXLOG Indonesia is providing surface data logging 
on an integrated services contract for a geothermal 
survey in Indonesia. This is a challenging project 
because the operations are in a remote area, close 
to one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. The 
technology being used has been developed to work in 
the high temperatures of geothermal areas.
ENERGY SAVINGS IN EXLOG 
Companies in the energy industry are well-placed to 
focus on the reduction of their environmental impact. 
By measuring our own energy consumption, water 
management, greenhouse gas emissions, and safety 
data across operations and supply chains, we can 
set an example to every part of our company. Within 
our organisational regions, pilot projects have been 
launched in a number of countries. These projects 
offer the variation and opportunity to focus on the 
metrics that matter in setting future goals.
In Colombes, France, our teams have decreased 
electricity usage by 20% year-on-year in 2020 
and a further 14% in 2021.
In thirteen countries in which we operate, 
electricity consumption is now being monitored 
with air conditioning and heating settings set to 
28 and 19 deg C respectively.
In nine countries we have been begun regularly 
monitoring water usage to establish a baseline to 
set future consumption targets once a full year’s 
consumption has been measured. 
ESG PILLAR:
Social  
Commitment
Excellence Logging develops focused competence and a culturally sensitive 
working environment as enablers for employees to optimally support the 
company’s business activities and culture. Further, the company is committed 
to the development of diversity and inclusion in all functions and positions.
Our goals are to provide every employee with an essential role to play in promoting the 
company as the leading surface data logging, data & consultancy and well intervention 
services company. This over-arching goal extends to the implementation of clear roles, 
responsibilities and requirements within the organisation. This includes engagement 
programs to develop employees’ understanding and commitment to a high level of client 
service delivery as well as the identification and anticipation of talent gaps, the promotion 
of internal career advancement, and the recognition and reward of merited employee 
performance. Employee wellness is promoted through effective health benefit plans while 
ensuring our personnel work in compliance with relevant local legislation. In addition, we 
seek to guarantee social cohesion and actively contribute to the economic development  
of the countries in which we operate, particularly through recruiting and training.
Our objectives are to ensure all our employees are properly trained and certified in 
accordance with our certified competency program; to make sure the diversity program  
is monitored and improved all the time; to recruit and develop nationals where we 
operate; and to ensure all our employees are working in the best environment to protect 
their health and security. The human resources organization has the responsibility to 
function as the guardian of fair and equitable treatment of employees and ensure that 
the workplace environment is conducive for employees and managers to conduct our 
business to the highest ethical standards. 
Excellence Logging is committed to diversity and equality in all areas and all levels of 
its operations. Diversity means those attributes that may differ from person to person, 
including gender, age, ethnicity, and cultural background. Our goals are to promote a 
culture whereby personal responsibility for diversity is second nature and to aim for 
continuous improvement through communication, consultation, and ownership. We 
recognize and respect that the strength of our business is built on the understanding  
of individual strengths and differences.
Our objectives are to work towards an anti-discriminatory environment, based on 
open discussions with employees, customers, suppliers, and others on perceptions of 
discrimination and by ensuring that our practices reflect relevant legislation and good 
practice. We understand that there can be workplace issues and concerns for people  
of different cultures, and we seek to provide a working environment that is culturally  
sensitive and supportive for all employees. 
EXLOG IN ACTION
EMPLOYEE WELLBEING DURING 
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The Covid pandemic has had economic 
ramifications through higher rates of stress, 
anxiety, and depression on people around the 
world. Beyond supporting our personnel around 
the world and enabling operations to be conducted 
in accordance with customer restrictions and 
global health requirements, the internal company 
newsletter was used to circulate wellness 
suggestions, drive communication and provide 
tips to help personnel manage their environment 
and their physical and mental health. 
The foundation for this was based on the company’s 
belief that the incorporation of healthy habits during 
working hours, such as stepping away for fresh 
air, checking in with a friend or a colleague, and 
reducing meeting times is a positive in uncertain 
times. Ideas to help employees take care of their 
mental well-being were developed as the basis of  
the initiative and communicated via regular webinars. 
These included finding ways to connect with 
others to share experiences and exploring 
ways to pass the time when confined through 
art and craft, yoga, writing and meditation.
The positive effect of physical activity was also 
emphasized by encouraging employees to keep 
active through dance, exercise or workouts. And to 
combat anxiety, depressions or moodiness, personnel 
were encouraged to try mindfulness, set realistic 
goals, play games or complete puzzles.
Through our people-driven 
organization, we deliver 
superior service backed by 
our operational resilience, 
high standards, and a clear 
environmental, sustainability  
and governance commitment.
We cannot reduce usage if we  
do not measure consumption.
We seek to guarantee social cohesion and 
actively contribute to economic development.

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ESG PILLAR:
Safety, Health  
and Security
Safety is a critical piece of any company’s social framework. 
Excellence Logging conducts business in a way that protects 
both the occupational health and the safety of people.
Maintaining clean, safe and secure work environments is one of the main 
pillars of our ESG Charter. We believe this to be fundamental to best-in-class 
service and industry practice. The company’s actions are defined by an 
extensive occupational health and safety management system that includes 
certification and audit, emergency training, accident monitoring, employee 
illness and stress management together with the steps required to maintain a 
healthy working environment. 
Health and safety values cannot and will not be compromised. No job is so 
important, and no task so urgent that the necessary steps and preparations 
cannot be taken to perform safely. Everyone is encouraged to identify risks 
and opportunities.
We are determined to provide the necessary resources to achieve our goals 
and will support initiatives for continuous improvement of the Excellence 
Logging Management System.
Our goals are to prevent work-related accidents and illnesses; minimize  
or suppress the health and safety risks associated with our activities; 
respect all applicable local legislation and regulatory requirements; involve 
management in health and safety activities; and engage employees in health 
and safety matters.
Our objectives are to carry out evaluations of risks; identify appropriate 
measures to be implemented; communicate mitigation steps to those 
persons that could be impacted; communicate assessed risks to appropriate 
management levels; empower every individual to intervene if there are any 
concerns that health or safety are being jeopardized; deliver programs to 
continue increasing health and safety awareness and competence levels 
within all layers of the organisation; and build a positive safety culture across 
the organization.
From the perspective of quality, our goal is primarily intended to enhance 
customer satisfaction. This is done through the standards and processes 
necessary for operations, continuous improvement, conformity to customer 
requirements and to applicable legal requirements.
An important aspect of this is the identification and mitigation of the 
cybersecurity risks associated with the use of our IT systems. By integrating 
cybersecurity awareness deep within our corporate culture, we strive to provide 
our customers with service excellence that includes the pledge that data 
security is a top company priority. 
EXLOG IN ACTION
KEY 2021 SAFETY FIGURES
EXLOG finished 2021 with a Lost Time Incident 
Frequency (LTIF) of 0.09 and a Total Recordable 
Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.18. These figures are the 
same as in 2020. Considering that we started a lot 
of new projects in 2021, and that some field crews 
were not in practice for a while during the Covid 
pandemic, this performance exceeds expectations. 
EXLOG STOP CARD SYSTEM
EXLOG operates a safety card system to develop HSE 
awareness and prevent serious incidents and injuries. 
The system includes stop cards to halt operations 
when a dangerous situation is observed. This 
requires the operation to stop and a safety meeting 
to be held before operations continue. In 2022, 16 
stop cards were recorded worldwide. One example 
in Argentina led to a rig crew being notified of a leak 
by an EXLOG employee on the rig during drilling. The 
area was secured by blocking the pressurized section 
of the pipe before line pressure was relieved. After 
repair, the area was observed to be free of leaks and 
operations were resumed.
CYBERSECURITY
We operate in a global industry with vulnerable 
assets and the more we rely on technology to collect, 
store and manage information, the more vulnerable 
we become to severe security breaches.
Human errors, hacker attacks and system 
malfunctions can cause great financial damage 
and potentially jeopardize our reputation. We are 
therefore developing resilience in cybersecurity by 
identifying, correcting and communicating the risks 
associated with the use of our IT systems.
For these reasons, a number of security measures 
were reinforced in 2021 and a series of actions were 
defined to help mitigate such security risks. These 
were outlined in the EXLOG IT Cybersecurity policy  
and communicated to all employees through the 
company management system and through the new 
quarterly newsletter.
The recommended measures included regarding 
customer data to be a key asset, reporting 
cybersecurity attacks and suspicious emails, 
protecting company and personal assets and 
changing logins and passwords on a regular basis. 
By integrating cybersecurity awareness deep within 
our corporate culture, we strive to provide our 
customers with service excellence that includes the 
pledge that data security is a top company priority. 
The standards and processes of Excellence Logging apply 
whenever the company has direct management control of 
activities. Whenever activities are not directly managed by 
Excellence Logging, related risks must always be managed at the 
appropriate level. This is particularly important when working in 
partnerships or when collaborating with local communities.
Excellence Logging seeks to make a positive impact on sustainable 
development within its industry and its community through the 
application of its technologies, operations, processes and practices 
to the projects on which it works.
The Excellence Logging ESG Charter expresses this ambition and 
establishes measurable targets as the company works to respond 
to major global development challenges.
Health and safety values cannot, 
and will not, be compromised.
The risks associated with our activities are directly related 
to the sustainability of Excellence Logging as a company.
They may have impacts on the health and safety of our people, the 
environment in which we work, the security of our business and even 
our ability to operate. If risks are badly managed, they can affect or 
materially impair our operation and negatively affect our reputation.
Risk management is facilitated through horizon scanning. This is the 
systematic examination of potential threats, opportunities and future 
developments, which may have the potential to create new risks or 
change the character of risks already identified.
Excellence Logging risk mapping is conducted by the executive 
management team together with nominated representatives from 
the HSE, Quality, Legal and IT security organizations. Excellence 
Logging also draws upon the experience of government agencies, 
private sector lawyers, information agencies and insurance and risk 
management experts.
The horizon scanning process leads to the corporate risk map, which 
is presented in the standard event category matrix format defined in 
the company integrated management system. This map is updated 
annually under the responsibility of the chief executive officer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT
Excellence Logging is committed to 
identify risks as part of our emergency 
and crisis response planning that 
defines escalation procedures and risk 
mitigation plans.

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ESG PILLAR:
Governance and 
Business Ethics
Excellence Logging is committed to developing and sustaining strong governance 
and irreproachable ethical behaviour in every country in which we conduct business.
Integrity drives everything we do, and is critical to upholding our reputation in the 
marketplace. Issues like corruption and business ethics are more important than 
ever in our industry, and are issues for which we adopt a zero-tolerance approach. 
We seek to actively contribute to the economic development of the countries where 
we operate—particularly through recruiting and training local staff—while ensuring 
that our business decisions and actions comply with applicable laws, regulations, 
and practices as well as our own standards. We deal fairly and honestly with all 
stakeholders and address diversity and inclusion at all times.
Excellence Logging maintains a permanent awareness of the specific processes and 
associated risks applicable for embargoed countries; avoidance of bribery and conflict 
of interest in any form; anticipation of the need to protect individuals and the company 
from illegal or damaging actions; never to solicit or maintain business in illegal ways; 
and act immediately should this policy be violated. We seek to govern and manage 
sustainability issues when engaged in business partnerships including joint ventures 
and consider advocacy and lobbying on sustainability issues in a fair manner.
Our management systems and due diligence procedures for assessing and managing 
corruption and bribery risks are as set forth in our Code of Conduct together with 
specific policies on anti-bribery, corruption and tax evasion. Other procedures cover 
sanctions, contract management, delegation of authority, knowledge of customers. All 
policies, systems and procedures are connected to an irregularity reporting process 
that ultimately leads to the Excellence Logging chief compliance officer. It is clearly 
specified in our Code of Conduct that Excellence Logging is committed to respect 
the human rights principles enshrined in international agreements. We act according 
to laws in the jurisdictions we operate, in particular we condemn all forms of child and 
forced labor wherever we do business. Excellence Logging pursues a company culture 
that respects and promotes human rights. 
In managing our business, we are committed to ensuring that an effective and efficient 
supply chain is driven by a consensus process to provide product and services that 
meet business and customers’ requirements while adopting an irreproachable ethical 
behaviour in every country in which we conduct business. We seek to apply the same 
standards to our contractors and suppliers as well apply to ourselves. Only by adhering 
individually to the highest legal, moral, and ethical standards can Excellence Logging 
progress and maintain the respect of all stakeholders. We are determined to provide 
the necessary resources to achieve our goals and will support initiatives for continuous 
improvement of our Governance and Business Ethics standards and policies.
Integrity drives everything we do.
Typically, events that lie in the green or yellow areas 
of the matrix represent local emergencies that can be 
handled by Excellence Logging management in country. 
These may include accidents to people and equipment, 
flooding, fires and similar emergencies. Excellence 
Logging locations worldwide are required to have 
emergency response plans in place that provide not 
only for the immediate response but also for escalation 
to higher management levels that ultimately lead to the 
corporate Crisis and Emergency Plan. 
At the corporate level, the internal and external risks events 
that could materially impair the company, its reputation 
and/or its ability to operate are identified and mapped.  
RISK 
ASSESSMENT
The corporate risk map 
tracks the top threats 
to the organization, 
evaluates their severity, 
and guides response 
plan actions.
EXLOG IN ACTION
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
EXLOG pursues an active supply chain management 
system to ensure that technology components and 
general supplies are always available. Many of the 
company’s 1,500 individual suppliers have worked 
with EXLOG in the last two years, during which close 
working relationships and strong levels of mutual 
respect have been developed. Nevertheless, a tiering 
system has been introduced that partitions the supply 
chain into three distinct tiers. This enables EXLOG to 
ensure sustainability of supply and to apply the same 
ESG standards to its supply chain as it applies to itself.
Organizing the supply chain in this manner helps 
stimulate the necessary communication between 
company and supplier, ultimately leading to a level of 
supply chain management that can evaluate supply 
chain risk management and yield the best possible 
performance for both parties. Levels of tiering reflect 
how far away each individual supplier may be from 
the final product or service being delivered by EXLOG. 
Tiering the supply chain is a typical engineering and 
manufacturing company process.
Tier 1 suppliers are the most important for the 
business. They are usually the only suppliers that 
EXLOG will communicate with directly and are the 
major focus of supply chain management. Acquisition 
systems, gas sensors, winch equipment, power packs 
and downhole equipment materials all fall within Tier 1 
supplies. Tier 2 suppliers include those companies who 
supply the Tier 1 organizations. For example, a gas 
chromatograph supplier will source its components 
from Tier 2 suppliers. In other words, Tier 2 suppliers 
are essential to the success of EXLOG’s Tier 1 
companies. In the same way, Tier 3 suppliers are 
essential to the success of Tier 2 companies. The raw 
materials needed to manufacture a Tier 2 component, 
such as a printed circuit board, would usually be 
supplied by a Tier 3 supplier.
To ensure compliance with EXLOG ESG standards, 
a compliance matrix has been developed. This is 
defined within the company’s Management System 
and relates required levels of performance to a set 
of standards dependent on the tiering level within 
which an individual supplier falls. Performance is 
evaluated on factors that include criticality, export 
control requirements, standard terms and conditions, 
auditing requirements, quality control and annual 
pricing reviews. More than 900 companies are 
currently active within the EXLOG supply chain.
LIKELIHOOD (FREQUENCY)
Rare
Unlikely
Possible
Likely
SEVERITY 
(CONSEQUENCES)
Low
1
2
3
3
Medium
5
6
7
8
High
9
10
11
12
Very High
13
14
15
16
This is an annual exercise. External risks vary from severe 
threats to company personnel to natural catastrophes 
and global pandemics. Internal threats on the other hand 
include major operational failures, loss of key customer 
business and breaches of compliance that can severely 
restrict operating capability. The corporate plan caters for 
the escalation of local emergencies that extend beyond 
the control of the local level as well as global threats that 
may not be evident at the local level.
Crises are associated with highly complex problems, the 
solutions to which may have severe consequences for 
any organization. Exceptional demands are placed on 
managers and their support teams, which can make the 
running of the business in parallel with managing a crisis 
difficult to achieve. For this reason, Excellence Logging 
has developed emergency and crisis management 
scenarios at multiple levels of the organization and these 
plans are discussed with response team members to 
ensure readiness and familiarity with required actions.
The global Covid pandemic that began in late 2019/
early 2020 provided a company-wide environment in 
which to test and practice the methodologies that form 
part of the corporate plan. In particular, recording data 
on the spread of the pandemic among those employees 
affected and communicating the recommended 
mitigation measures to the global workforce while 
providing medical support where required proved the 
robustness of the process. It also provided management 
group board members with the tools to meet and operate 
multiple times per week to agree the actions to take to 
ensure personnel safety and guarantee the company’s 
ability to operate. 
In 2021, as the corporate plan was rolled out across 
Excellence Logging worldwide, scenarios were reviewed 
across the organization, and table-top exercises 
designed to develop response plans.
Air travel represents 
a significant risk and 
makes up a large part 
of our environmental 
footprint. Offshore 
survival training and 
remote operations 
deployments mitigate 
risk and reduce field 
personnel travel.

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Excellence Logging is a young and growing company, 
built from of a series of specialist companies in 
different geographies across the world. Each of 
these foundations provides a springboard for the 
development of growing operational excellence backed 
by a strengthening international culture. The company’s 
ESG Charter is a key part of this development.
The charter is a three-fold approach, integrating seamlessly with the company’s 
management system and linking to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
First, its pillars provide the means for us to measure and target environmental, social 
and governance performance. Baseline assessments have shown strengths in the 
areas of Governance and Business Ethics and in Safety, Health and Security, while 
weaknesses have been recognized on the Climate Change & Energy, Environment, 
and Social Commitment axes. Action plans have been defined to address these 
areas. Measurement of energy and water consumption, more effective waste 
management and recycling, and better monitoring of wellsite emissions during 
operations form part of these plans. 
Second, we have chosen to select the best-in-class ESG projects across the 
company to help communicate our approach and demonstrate success by example. 
This provides the basis for an ESG project portfolio that clearly shows the impact 
that can be made. Our goal is to contribute in a meaningful manner to each of the 
projects within this portfolio for which management has set strategic guardrails and 
will measure progress against the five pillars over a five-year period. 
Third, a key Excellence Logging belief is the desire to live where we work and assume 
an active role in the sustainability of the community in which our business operations 
are conducted. This ambition is defined within the perimeter of health, safety and 
the environment, and involves activities from education to community interaction. In 
Argentina, for example, Excellence Logging enables geological sciences students 
to perform professional internships with the company in order to promote the 
introduction of students to the oil and gas industry. In countries where malaria is 
present Excellence Logging provides self-test kits and guidance to its employees and 
to their families.
Above all, we are committed to avoiding inflated claims on what we achieve, and to 
justifying our results with the facts, figures and evidence that clearly demonstrate we 
are making a difference where we live and work. 
Excellence 
Logging in Action

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