Environment Report 2019

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2019

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

4

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

Carbon Reduction Commitment

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DLE ECE

Dry Low Emission

Environmental Critical Elements

EEMS ENVID

Environmental Emissions Monitoring System

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

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