Environment Report 2019

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2019

Figure 43: Mass of Accidental Chemical Releases by Hazard Category and Number of Releases

1000

300

Unattributable

High

Medium

900

Low

PLONOR

Number

250

800

700

200

600

150

500

400

NUmber of Releases

100

300

Mass of Chemical Releases (Tonnes)

200

50

100

0

0

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Source: OPRED, May 2019; OGUK Figure 44 shows the breakdown by cause for the period, with outlier releases shown cross-hatched. Asset integrity breaches were the cause of most releases in each year of the period except 2013, when more were attributable to operational integrity breaches.

Figure 44: Accidental Chemical Releases Breakdown by Direct Cause

900

Unspecified Operational Asset

800

700

600

500

400

300

Mass of Chemical Release (Tonnes)

200

100

0

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Source: OPRED, May 2019; OGUK

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