Guidance on oil and gas: environmental policy
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Information and minutes for OSPAR, REACH and research groups and
forums for offshore oil and gas. From: Department for Business,
Energy & Industrial Strategy Contents Overview EU Environmental
Issues Register Overview From this page, you can access information
and minutes with regards to the following stakeholder groups that
were formed to feed into and help shape environmental policy:
OSPAR Offshore Industry Committee...Request free trial
Information and minutes for OSPAR, REACH and research groups and forums for offshore oil and gas. From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ContentsOverview From this page, you can access information and minutes with regards to the following stakeholder groups that were formed to feed into and help shape environmental policy:
You can also visit the EU Environment Register, below, to find out about EU proposals for environmental legislation that have or may have impacts on the offshore oil/gas industry. OSPAR Offshore Industry Committee (OIC) OSPAR is the common name for the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, to which the UK is one of 16 contracting parties. The Offshore Activities Strategy emphasises the importance of a goal-setting approach to regulation and the use of internationally recognised environmental management systems (EMS). It is pursued within OSPAR by the OIC, which aims to:
Visit the OSPAR Commission website for further information OSPAR - Risk Based Approach For The Management Of Produced Water The OSPAR Recommendation 2012/5 requires Contracting Parties to implement a risk-based approach (RBA) for the management of produced water (PW) discharges from offshore installations. General guidance relating to the Recommendation can be found in OSPAR Agreement 2012/7. Guidance for the United Kingdom Risk Based Approach Implementation Programme can be found below and included in Annex 1 and 2 are copies of the OSPAR Recommendation 2012/5 and OSPAR Agreement 2012/7. Please note Annex 3 will not be updated in the guidance and operators should not be concerned if a previously approved amendment to the schedule is not reflected in the tables in Annex 3.
United Kingdom Risk Based Approach Programme PDF, 900 KB, 61 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.
Following the OSPAR Commission meeting in Cascais, the Commission published its background document on the ‘Establishment of a list of Predicted No Effect Concentrations (PNECs) for naturally occurring substances in produced water’ (OSPAR Agreement 2014/05). The new document supplements the information contained in Appendix 5 to the OSPAR Guidelines in support of Recommendation 2012/5 for a Risk-based Approach to the Management of Produced Water Discharges from Offshore Installations (OSPAR Agreement 2012/7). A copy of the new publication (OSPAR Agreement 2014/05) can be found below and the United Kingdom Risk Based Approach Implementation Programme guidance has been amended to take account of the OSPAR publication, and to incorporate a number of additional minor changes.
OSPAR RBA Predicted No Effect Concentrations (PNECs) Background Document PDF, 1.33 MB, 87 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. Technical note updating the dilution factors for the UK risk-based approach to the management of produce water discharges from offshore installations. Offshore oil and gas environmental research programme This programme is now closed, but download the inventory below for an overview of completed projects supported by the programme and associated reports. Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research Programme funded projects MS Word Document, 118 KB This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. UK Offshore Forum This was a tripartite forum that brought together government, the offshore oil and gas industry and environmental non-governmental organisations to consider environmental issues connected with oil and gas activities. EU Environmental Issues Register The EU Environmental Issues Register provides an overview of EU proposals for environmental legislation that have or may have impacts on the offshore oil/gas industry.
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