Environment Report 2013

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2013

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Appendix B: Glossary

Backloaded

The process of returning wastes or unused materials back to shore by supply vessel

bopd

Barrels of oil per day

CH CO

Methane

4

Carbon monoxide

Cumulative and in combination effects

Refers to the potential for multiple developments in the same area to have an impact on the environment that might be greater than the sum of the effects of the individual developments

DECC

Department of Energy and Climate Change Rock fragments arising from the drilling of a well

Drill cuttings

Drill cuttings pile

Previously permitted discharge of drill cuttings has resulted in accumulations, or piles of cuttings, on the seabed underneath some offshore installations. The management of these piles is subject to OSPAR Recommendation 2006/5 which is reviewed every five years An ecosystem is a dynamic complex of plant, animal and microorganism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit A strategy for the integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use

Ecosystem

Ecosystem approach

EEMS EMS ESAS

Environmental and Emissions Monitoring Systems

Environmental Management System European Seabirds at Sea database Million Standard Cubic Feet Per Day

MMSCFD

NCP

National Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution from Shipping and Offshore Installations

NORM

Normally Occurring Radioactive Materials

NOx

Nitrogen oxides

OPEP

Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

OSPAR

Oslo and Paris Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the north east Atlantic Water that exists in subsurface formations and is brought to the surface during oil and gas production The process by which some waste streams, for example drill cuttings and produced water, can be pumped back into the reservoir or to deep rock strata. Not all installations have this capability and it is dependent on suitable geology

Produced water

Re-injection

SO

Sulphur dioxide

2

UKCS

UK Continental Shelf

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