Waste  

 

Our basic approach is to treat all waste as a resource, to be dealt with in the following order of priority:

• reducing and preventing waste

• re-using

• recycling

• energy recovery through incineration

• deposition in landfills.

Prevention is not primarily about waste, but about making better use of resources. We can prevent waste by choosing products which have a long economic life, which are recoverable or which are produced from recovered materials.

The content of hazardous substances in waste can be reduced by selecting alternative products which pose less of a health and environmental hazard.

We cooperate with our suppliers on educating and training personnel in waste handling.

Waste volumes in 2007

The total registered volume of hazardous waste generated from operations in Exploration & Production Norway (UPN) in 2007 amounted to 102 000 tonnes, giving a recovery rate of 76 per cent.

Aproximately 89 per cent of hazardous waste derived from drilling, and comprised oily drill cuttings, used drilling fluids and oily brine. The recovery rate was 76 per cent.

We use two measures for waste: the recovery rate and the degree of improper sorting.

The waste recovery rate specifies how large a proportion of the waste is recovered rather than sent to landfills. Such recovery can take the form of material recycling or energy utilisation. Our goal is a waste recovery rate of 80 per cent.

The degree of improperly sorted waste specifies how large a proportion of non-hazardous waste is sorted in relation to residual waste and waste which is improperly sorted or wrongly registered.

Non-hazardous waste covers conventional waste from catering and operations. It is sorted and recovered.

Hazardous waste is waste which can cause serious pollution or harm to people, animals and the environment. Part of this waste can also be used as a resource through energy recovery.