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DOLPHINENERGY
SUSTAINABILITYREPORT2015
Process forDefiningReportContent
This report focusesonDolphinEnergy’s
priorityareas,whichwere identified through
aprocess incorporatingGRI’sprinciples,
including theOil andGasSector supplement,
and the IPIECA/API reportingguidelines for
defining report content, including:
Materiality:
DolphinEnergybelieves the report
covers allmajor issues that reflect its significant
economic, environmental and social impacts,
or the issues thatwould substantively influence
theassessments anddecisionsmadeby its
stakeholders.
Stakeholder inclusiveness:
DolphinEnergy
has identifiedand consideredall key stakeholders,
andhasoutlinedhow the companyengages
them, identifies their priorities, and responds.
Sustainability context:
DolphinEnergyhas
consideredglobal trends in sustainability for the
oil andgas sector, andhas also taken intoaccount
the regional and local contextsof itsoperations.
Completeness andboundaries
of this report:
DolphinEnergyhas attempted
tomake this report as completeaspossible.
The report pertains toour 2015performance
(January 1st toDecember 31st 2015), covering
all itsoperations in theUnitedArabEmirates
andQatar unless statedotherwise. Thereareno
excludedoperations.
Reporting cycle:
DolphinEnergywill report
on its sustainabilityprogress annually.
EnsuringQuality inSustainabilityReporting
DolphinEnergy recognizes that ensuring
thequalityand credibilityof the information
presented in this report isof theutmost
importance, and thushasused theGRI
‘principles for definingquality’:
Balance:
The report seeks todemonstrate
transparency, presentingachievementswhile
alsohighlighting theareaswhereDolphinEnergy
believes there is anopportunity to improve.
Comparability:
The report provides three
to four yearsof comparabledata for the
majorityof indicators.
Accuracy and reliability:
Everyeffort has
beenmade toensure that theperformancedata
is as accurateaspossible, and to thebest of the
company’s knowledge isof averyhigh level of
accuracy.Whereprevious years’ reporteddata
were found tobeerroneous, DolphinEnergy
has restated themwithanexplanation in the
given sectionof the report. Onany indicators
withunique calculationsor techniques to
DolphinEnergy, the calculation is reported
alongsideeachKPI.
Clarity:
This report targets awide rangeof
stakeholderswithvarying levelsof awareness
of sustainability. DolphinEnergyhas strived to
make the report easilyunderstandable for all
anticipated readers.
Assurance:
This report hasnot been
externallyassured.
A –Report Parameters
Appendix
This isDolphinEnergy’s seventh sustainability report, capturingour performance in the
year 2015. It alsoprovides comparative information for 2014, 2013and2012wherepossible.
DolphinEnergyhasproduceda sustainability report eachyear since2009.
CautionaryStatement
DolphinEnergy’s 2015 sustainability report contains certain forward-looking statements. All statements, other than
statementsof historical fact are, ormaybedeemed tobe forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-
looking statements involveknownandunknown risks anduncertainties that couldmateriallyaffect expected results
of operations, cashflowandbusinessprospects, because they relate toevents anddependon circumstances that
will ormayoccur in the future. Readers shouldnot placeundue relianceon forward-looking statements,which speak
onlyasof thedateof this report.
GRI
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