ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2013
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Contents
1.
Foreword
5
2.
Offshore Oil and Gas Production and the Environment 6
2.1
The Effect of Human Activities on the Environment 6
2.2
The Effect of Oil and Gas Activities on the Environment 6
2.3
Environmental Protection
7
2.4
How Environmental Management Works
7
3.
Key Environmental Challenges
8
4.
Management of Environmental Issues by Oil & Gas UK 9
4.1
Forums and Work Groups
9
4.2
Consultation Responses
12
4.3
Environmental Seminar
12
4.4
Environmental Legislation Website
12
4.5
Working With Our Regulators
13
4.6
Working With Other Stakeholders
13
5.
Data Provision and Management
14
6.
Trend Data
15
6.1
Produced Water Discharge
15
6.2
Chemical Discharges
16
6.3
Oil Discharges
17
6.4
Oil and Chemical Spills
18
6.5
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offshore
18
6.6
Emissions Offshore of Nitrogen Oxides,
Carbon Monoxide and Sulphur Dioxide
20
6.7
Offshore Emissions of Methane and Volatile
Organic Compounds
21
6.8
Offshore Fuel Gas Used and Flared
22
6.9
Waste Generated Offshore
22
6.10 Disposal of Operational Waste
23
6.11 Disposal of Backloaded Cuttings
24
7.
Appendix A: Well Flow Status Survey
25
8.
Appendix B: Glossary
29
