Environment Report 2016

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2016

3.5 Waste According to the EU Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) 40 , waste means “any substance or object that the holder discards or intends or is required to discard”. As with the creation of any product, oil and gas production generates and disposes of waste. As illustrated in Figure 14, waste originates at various points in the life cycle and can be found in different states – solid, liquid, hazardous and non-hazardous (inert) materials.

Figure 14: Waste Generated Offshore by Source

Exploration

Production

Decommissioning

Cuttings

Cuttings

General Waste

General Waste

General Waste

Food Waste

Food Waste

Food Waste

Special Waste

Special Waste

Special Waste

Clinical Waste

Clinical Waste

Clinical Waste

Scrap Metal

Radioactive Waste

Scrap Metal

Explosives

Radioactive Waste

Asbestos

Radioactive Waste

To shore

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