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Tools used by the industry for management of environmental issues.
What I think is the best tool for environmental management in the oil and gas sector projects is Environmental Impact Assessment and Effective Monitoring. Conducting a baseline study; Predicting the impacts on the environment throughout the phases of the project; Putting in place appropriate measures for mitigation; and Implementing an effective follow-up procedure
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The Best tool is to have strict regulatory enforcement of environmental regulations right from the very design phase upto selection of technology , process units and pollution control devices , permitting upto construction phase , start up , and finally operations phase where effective monitoring programs should take place and follow on site visits to ensure that each industry is in compliance with existing environmental rulings and it does not stop here ; there's always room for improvement by working closely with each industry's HSE and Top Management so as to confirm that all operations meet or exceed local sustainability objectives .
A well made policy is the best tool for Environmental management in oil and gas sector orojects
Effective implementation of Environmental Management System with a true spirit along with effective periodic monitoring to achieve environmental compliance objectoves
There is a better way to move forward. By ensuring that their front line has a high degree of internal competence in S&E, companies can avoid a lot of dysfunction — and make a step change in safety performance. However, to get to this new model, companies need to drive change in two areas. First, they need to be clear about accountabilities. There are three categories of employees whose new responsibilities should be spelled out:
• Frontline workers, who are directly involved in operating the revenue-generating asset
• S&E advisors, who are assigned to (and co-located at) work sites
• Central S&E staff, who coordinate safety and environmental issues across the entire organization
In the mode advocated, the frontline workers alone are responsible for ensuring safety the advisors don’t play a role in this task. Instead, the advisors’ job is to coach, provide guidance, and drive continuous improvement. The job of the central S&E staff is to stay on top of regulations and develop best practices, and be an expert resource for the S&E advisors. Ideally, many such experts can be located on-site, close to operations. But in a world of scarce resources, it often find that companies are reluctant to distribute their central S&E expert resources because this scarce asset becomes monopolized and underused by one location, leaving the rest of the organization in deficit. Proactive networks in which S&E professionals share experiences and expertise across the organization solve this problem, but they must be carefully established and diligently managed.
The second change, necessary for the first to work, involves building new capabilities. This means giving frontline workers (at all levels, not just management) the tools and training necessary to execute S&E
activities as an integrated part of their daily work. Within S&E, it means developing credible, experienced, independent advisors who understand how to coach the frontline workers and how to get them to challenge their own assumptions. This takes some doing. Typically, those in S&E either have spent their whole careers in the function (in which case they have only a limited knowledge of operations) or are long-tenured operations people who have been transferred to S&E at a late stage of their careers, without a great deal of functional knowledge. Either way, there are gaps to fill.
The best tool for environmental Management in any sector is the preparation of Site Specific Environmental Management Plan and its implementation.
Disseminating information on good practice through the development of industry guidelines, codes of practice, checklists etc. And also abiding by International Standards of Organisation laid down standards on Environmental Management System.
Environmental policy and the implementation of the environmental management system.
There is not a specific tool for environmental management projects in oil & gas industry, but there is a combination of tools and factors that if one does not operate the effect will be damaged for the industry.
The application of the quality management systems in accordance with the continuous improvement technique is a major factor for the success of the oil & gas industry.
