Environment Report 2013

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2013

Contents

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Foreword

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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

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Offshore Emissions of Methane and Volatile Organic Compounds

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Offshore Fuel Gas Used and Flared

Waste Generated Offshore

6.10 Disposal of Operational Waste 6.11 Disposal of Backloaded Cuttings Appendix A: Well Flow Status Survey

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Appendix B: Glossary

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