Overview
From this page, you can access information and minutes with regards to the following stakeholder groups that were formed to feed into and help shape environmental policy
You can also visit the EU Environment Register, below, to find out about EU proposals for environmental legislation that have or may have impacts on the offshore oilgas industry. OSPAR Offshore Industry Committee OIC
OSPAR is the common name for the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, to which the UK is one of 16 contracting parties. The Offshore Activities Strategy emphasises the importance of a goal-setting approach to regulation and the use of internationally recognised environmental management systems EMS. It is pursued within OSPAR by the OIC, which aims to
Visit the OSPAR Commission website for further information
OSPAR - Risk Based Approach For The Management Of Produced Water
The OSPAR Recommendation 20125 requires Contracting Parties to implement a risk-based approach RBA for the management of produced water PW discharges from offshore installations. General guidance relating to the Recommendation can be found in OSPAR Agreement 20127. Guidance for the United Kingdom Risk Based Approach Implementation Programme can be found below and included in Annex 1 and 2 are copies of the OSPAR Recommendation 20125 and OSPAR Agreement 20127. Please note Annex 3 will not be updated in the guidance and operators should not be concerned if a previously approved amendment to the schedule is not reflected in the tables in Annex 3.
United Kingdom Risk Based Approach Programme
PDF, 900 KB, 61 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Following the OSPAR Commission meeting in Cascais, the Commission published its background document on the Establishment of a list of Predicted No Effect Concentrations PNECs for naturally occurring substances in produced water OSPAR Agreement 201405. The new document supplements the information contained in Appendix 5 to the OSPAR Guidelines in support of Recommendation 20125 for a Risk-based Approach to the Management of Produced Water Discharges from Offshore Installations OSPAR Agreement 20127. A copy of the new publication OSPAR Agreement 201405 can be found below and the United Kingdom Risk Based Approach Implementation Programme guidance has been amended to take account of the OSPAR publication, and to incorporate a number of additional minor changes. OSPAR RBA Predicted No Effect Concentrations PNECs Background Document
PDF, 1.33 MB, 87 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Technical note updating the dilution factors for the UK risk-based approach to the management of produce water discharges from offshore installations. Offshore oil and gas environmental research programme
This programme is now closed, but download the inventory below for an overview of completed projects supported by the programme and associated reports. Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research Programme funded projects
MS Word Document, 118 KB
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. UK Offshore Forum
This was a tripartite forum that brought together government, the offshore oil and gas industry and environmental non-governmental organisations to consider environmental issues connected with oil and gas activities. Visit the National Archives for minutes of UK Offshore Forum meetings that took place between 1999 and 2009
EU Environmental Issues Register
The EU Environmental Issues Register provides an overview of EU proposals for environmental legislation that have or may have impacts on the offshore oilgas industry. Visit the National Archives to see older editions of the EU Environmental Issues Register.