Environment Report 2019

and their mitigation

ENVIRONMENT REPORT 2019

The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

of the UK's total emissions

to 139 million cubic metres in 2018

3. Permitted Offshore Emissions and Discharges

Environmental Performance Benchmarking

The amount of waste generated offshore decreased by 22% in 2018

3 million tonnes of CO₂ was emitte by flaring in 2018, 7% less than 2017

Total greenhouse gas emissions comprise

Introduction T he oil and gas industry on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) strives to continuously improve its environmentalperformanceandefficiencyinamature basinwhileproductionisincreasinglytechnicallychallenging. Over recent years industry has increased production, improved efficiency and reduced the associated costs of oil and gas operations while maintaining environmental performance and focus on potential risks to the environment. The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED), part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), regulates the industry’s offshore emissions and discharges. UKCS operators must apply for a permit for emissions to air or discharges to sea, and these must be reported to OPRED through the Environmental Emissions Monitoring System (EEMS). As part of the permit application, companies must assess the potential environmental effects and any mitigation measures. The emissions and dischargesmonitored include produced water, chemicals, drill cuttings, greenhouse gas emissions, gas flared and vented, and the amount of waste generated by upstream oil and gas operations. Accidental chemical releases make up less than 0.45% of the total chemicals disharged offshore Accidental oil releases represented of total production in 2018 73% of chemical discharges were PLONOR Average concentration of oil in produced water was 16.1mg/l of the UK's total emissions 3 %

Average centration of roduced water as 16.1mg/l

74% of CO₂ emissions

Carbon intensity is 21kt CO₂e per mmboe

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came from power generation

Environmental Performance Benchmarking Permitted Offsho

Accidental Oil and Chemical Releases

73% of chemical discharges were PLONOR

74% of CO₂ emissions

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of all accidental chemical releases fell into the low risk or PLONOR categories 95% All emissions and discharges are strictly controlled and permitted by the industry’s environmental regulator – The Offshore Petro eum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning

0.00002%

came from power generation

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Accidental oil releases represented

Accidental chemical releases

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of the UK's total emissions

make up less than 0.45% of the total chemicals disharged offshore

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