Environment Report 2018

7. Glossary

BAT BEIS boe BREF

Best Available Technique

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

barrels of oil equivalent

BAT Reference

Bunding

A retaining wall for safety or environmental purposes.

Bq

Becquerel

CEFAS

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

CFC

Chlorofluorocarbons

CH

Methane

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CHARM

Chemical Hazard and Risk Management model

CO

Carbon monoxide Carbon dioxide

CO

2

CO

e

CO

equivalent

2

2

A natural gas liquid with a low vapour pressure that generally occurs in association with natural gas.

Condensate

CRC DLE ECE

Carbon Reduction Commitment

Dry Low Emission

Environmental Critical Elements

EEMS ENVID

Environmental Emissions Monitoring System

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Environmental Impact Identification

EOR

Enhanced Oil Recovery

EU ETS F-gases Flaring

EU Emissions Trading System

Fluorinated gases

The controlled burning of natural gas in the course of oil and gas pro- duction operations.

Fuel Gas

Gas used in power generation offshore. Emissions due to weeps, seeps and leaks. Gas Chromatography – Flame Ionisation Detector

Fugitive emissions

GC-FID

GHG

Greenhouse gases

GIS

Geographic Information System

HFCs

Hydrofluorocarbons

HMCS

Harmonised Mandatory Control Scheme

HSE IED

Health and Safety Executive Industrial Emissions Directive

IOGP

International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

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