Cobalt International Energy (Cobalt) is committed to operating world-wide in a safe, responsible manner respecting the environment, our employees, contractors, and the communities where we operate. Everyone who works for Cobalt, either directly or indirectly, is expected to understand, promote, and assist in the implementation of this policy and all related Cobalt health, safety, security and environmental (HSSE) requirements.

Cobalt is committed to:

• Complying with all health, safety, security, and environmental laws and regulations;
• Communicating and confirming our HSSE responsibilities and performance to our employees, contractors, and other stakeholder groups;
• Ensuring that everyone working with Cobalt understands their roles and responsibilities with regard to HSSE;
• Actively managing relationships with our contractors to ensure their understanding of our expectations and their performance against our requirements;
• Following relevant standards, good technical practices, and principles of risk management to ensure Cobalt’s activities are conducted in a safe and responsible manner with minimal impact to the environment;
• Maintaining a rigorous preventive medicine program to ensure that everyone working for Cobalt is fit and capable for the conditions in which they work;
• Maintaining a secure working environment to protect our employees, our contractors and the company's assets from risks of injury, property loss or damage resulting from hostile acts;
• Measuring, auditing and reporting HSSE performance and maintaining an open dialogue with stakeholder groups and with the communities where we operate;
• Undertaking appropriate reviews and evaluations of our operations to measure progress and to ensure compliance with this policy.
  

Joseph H. Bryant, CEO

HSSE Management System