Environmental Impact Assessments

Environmental Impact Assessments from add energy are essential in that respect.

Pollution from oil and gas operations may potentially cause substantial negative effects on other industries, e.g.the fishing industry.

In fact, emissions and discharges may have a negative impact even when no measurable effects have been found. That is if the emissions and discharges create insecurity among the consumers.

One basic target of professional and good environmental management is therefore to avoid emissions and discharges causing such spin-off effects. Environmental impact assessments are essential in that respect.

The impact assessment should involve

• all environmental effects from exploration, production and transport to production shut-down and the disposal of oil-field facilities.

The risk of accidental spills should be discussed thoroughly, as should all planned and possible emissions and discharges from the daily operations, e.g.:

• the discharges of produced water and chemicals
• emissions of exhaust gases
• waste treatment

The assessment should consider possible effects both on local and regional levels.

Such environmental assessments will contribute to an objective perspective on the question of new petroleum activities, or modifications to existing installations.

The results may also be actively used as a management tool to prioritize between mitigation measures during daily operations. The management may then operate in full confidence that their activities are kept within environmentally acceptable limits.

If you would like to know more about this solution and what value it could mean to you and your company, please call Kari Large in add energy on telephone +47 51 95 00 02 or via e-mail Kari Large.