Safety Alert
Environmental Alert 002/2023
Environmental Alert 002/2023
- OPRED
- Safety Alert
- OPRED Environmental Alert 002/2023
- Environment
- Environmental protection
- Pollution reporting
- Upstream oil and gas
- Marine waters
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Summary
OPRED clarifies reporting of oil discharged to sea when produced-water permit limits are exceeded. Worked calculations distinguish excess oil mass from total discharge for average-concentration and load breaches. The alert also explains maximum-concentration reporting, retains total-discharge reporting through EEMS, and announces planned IRS guidance and calculation updates.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Pollution reporting.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Marine waters.
OPRED Environmental Alert 002/2023. Themes: environment.