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Health, Safety, & the Environment

Our Dedication to HSE

The transportation, delivery and handling of petroleum products involves some health, safety and environmental risks. Tropic Oil, a division of Parkland USA, has developed comprehensive programs and emergency response procedures to help mitigate these risks. We also closely measure our performance managing these risks on an ongoing basis.

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Drive to Zero

Tropic Oil features Parkland’s ‘The Drive to Zero’ campaign, which prioritizes zero spills and zero injuries.

“Drive to Zero is not a slogan—it’s a goal to achieve no injuries and no spills. With a personal commitment to safety and our focus on caring for people and the environment, together, we can achieve Zero!”

- Dave Gurney, VP, Operational Excellence, Parkland USA

Our risk mitigation programs include:
  • Ongoing health and safety training and orientation for all employees
  • Root cause analysis and mitigation for all reported incidents
  • Extensive training for employees involved in handling dangerous goods
  • Environmental risk mitigation including:
    • Replacement of underground steel steel tanks with double-walled fiberglass tanks or above-ground tanks
    • Daily tank inventory balancing procedures
    • Regular test wells around underground tanks
    • Third party environmental liability evaluation on contemplated acquisitions, which includes soil testing and testing of any underground tanks and piping
Traffic sign with Drive To Zero Parkland written on it by Parkland.
Drive to Zero

Tropic Oil features Parkland’s ‘The Drive to Zero’ campaign, which prioritizes zero spills and zero injuries.

“Drive to Zero is not a slogan—it’s a goal to achieve no injuries and no spills. With a personal commitment to safety and our focus on caring for people and the environment, together, we can achieve Zero!”

- Dave Gurney, VP, Operational Excellence, Parkland USA