BPA is ‘Keeping the UK moving 24/7/365’ by ‘managing pipelines and terminals safely and sustainably’.
To support this aim, BPA commits to providing a high standard of security to all employees, contractors and visitors, to safeguard assets and property (including physical and electronic data and the intellectual property of BPA and its clients), and to meet the standards to which we subscribe. The BPA security policy establishes a framework to manage business risk and complies with the law and regulatory guidance. This Security Policy, together with the supporting Manual and Guidelines governs BPA’s entire Security System.
In applying this policy, BPA shall:
- Establish and maintain a minimum acceptable standard of physical security for BPA’s whole business
- Ensure that all employees and contractors work together to achieve and maintain a pro-security culture and take responsibility for security within their working environment
- Maintain a consistent approach to protection of employees, visitors and contractors from real and perceived security risk in the workplace and on business travel, and which complies with local and national security and safety requirements inclusive of shareholder companies
- Maintain suitable and effective physical security arrangements for the assets operated by BPA, inclusive of fixed sites and cross-country pipelines. Such arrangements shall support both the effectiveness of security operations and the continuity of business operations
- Conduct security risk assessments for all operations and sites, using the results to drive continuous improvements and agree physical and procedural improvements with BPA and our clients
- Keep all BPA’s intellectual property, information and digital assets secure by incorporating security controls into how people, business processes and technology are managed
- Ensure crime prevention and detection measures are designed-in to new builds and refurbishments
- Ensure that all security breaches are reported and are fully investigated
- Ensure employees are appropriately trained and updated on security requirements, awareness and lone working
- Actively identify, gather and share intelligence from certified security and government sources and shareholders that identifies risk, enables risk control, and ensures that the business continues uninterrupted
- Ensure periodic reviews of security assessments, surveys, data, policies and procedure are carried out and an annual management review of the overall security system is carried out.
John Armstrong
Director and General Manager, BPA
For and on behalf of the BPA Board
July 2025