Andy Anderson Relief Portrait Plaque, Aera Energy Annual Environmental, Health, and Safety Award
Hi Paula,
Hope this email finds you well. Wanted to say thanks again and the relief was beautifully executed. The link below is a short overview of the event. (Below see Aera Energy's website article 'Honoring Aera's Commitment to Safety'.)
Take care,
Whitney
~ Whitney Grande
VP - Environmental Health and Safety
Aera Energy, LLC
Hi Paula,
Many thanks for the new pics as we had a wonderful event yesterday and was received so very well. Andy was surprised and he thought the clay looked great. The organization loved the sentiment behind the award and are all looking forward to the final piece.
Again, many thanks!
Whitney~ Whitney Grande
VP - Environmental Health and Safety
Aera Energy, LLC
Bakersfield, California
Andy Anderson relief portrait award plaque is completed in clay and is presently being molded for bronze casting. It is 16″ high by 10″ wide relief portrait of Andy Anderson who retired from his position of Senior Vice President of Operations at Aera Energy. Once it is cast in bronze it will be an annual Environmental, Health, and Safety Award in his honor that will rotate to the different Aera facilities. Each year a bronze name tag of the winner will be attached to the lower portion of the plaque. Andy was presented with a photograph of the clay relief portrait at his retirement celebration on September 1st and he loved it!!
Honoring Aera’s commitment to safety
https://www.aeraenergy.com/aa-safety-award/
Valley Wells Middle Team receives prestigious Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Excellence Award
Aera’s President and CEO Erik Bartsch (far left) and former Senior Vice President of Operations Andy Anderson (center) present the Valley Wells Middle Team at Aera-Belridge with the inaugural 2022 Andy Anderson EHS Excellence Award
When Aera’s Senior Vice President of Operations Andy Anderson retired in 2022 after a 40-year career in the oil and gas industry, he left behind a longtime tradition of passion, commitment and resolve to protect people and be a good steward of the environment. Now Aera has created an award to honor his legacy and continue the tradition.
Anderson recently joined Aera’s President and CEO Erik Bartsch to present the Valley Wells Middle Team with the inaugural 2022 Andy Anderson Environmental Health and Safety Excellence Award, selected out of 18 nominees.
The team stood out for its leadership in environmental health and safety, commitment to continuous improvement and an exceptional safety record despite operating in one of the most work-intensive and regulated process safety facilities at Aera. The team of 18 also is responsible for a surveillance regimen that includes more than 1,500 pieces of equipment every day.
Aera’s President and CEO Erik Bartsch (left) and former Senior Vice President of Operations Andy Anderson (right) with the inaugural 2022 Andy Anderson EHS Excellence Award
“Emulating the qualities demonstrated by Andy Anderson, the Valley Wells Middle Team’s passion, commitment, and resolve to protect people and be a good steward of the environment is what made them standout in 2022,” said Aera’s Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety Whitney Grande. “We’d like to say congratulations to the winning team, as well as to all our nominees, and look forward to a great year of EHS performance in 2023.”
Thanks to Andy’s commitment and others like him, safety is and will continue to be Aera’s number one priority as the company innovates to support California’s energy transition while continuing to produce the oil and gas people need every day.
