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Oil and gas operators require reliable environmental information on which to base development decisions in order to comply with regulations. They are responsible for managing the impacts of their operations on the surrounding environment, which requires knowledge of the prevailing environmental status and the ability to detect environmental change. The oil and gas industry has worked for a long time to meet the challenge of providing environmental protection. Much has already been achieved but the industry recognises that even more can be accomplished.



Key issues:

* Industrial pollution control and industrial risk management
* Tailor-made risk assessments and risk evaluations
* Pollution Prevention and Control directive (IPPC 96/61/EC) and Seveso II
* (96/82/EC)
* Environmental Impact Assessments of offshore industry activities
* Post spill (oil or chemical) environmental recovery monitoring
* Long-term environmental impacts of oil & gas exploration and production
* Addressing the New Risk Agenda in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
* Overview of the oil and gas exploration and production process
* Potential environmental impacts
* Pollution Prevention
* Waste treatment and disposal techniques
* Oil spill contingency planning
* Regulatory frameworks, institutional factors and infrastructure
* Evaluation and Risk management
* Implementation and monitoring