Sustainable Development and Waste Management in Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Industry_ Crimson Publishers

 Sustainable Development and Waste Management in Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Industry by O Aboul Dahab* in Examines in Marine Biology & Oceanography_ Journal of Marine Biology

 

Abstract
The present work summarizes and delineates the sources and types of wastes associated with oil and gas offshore drilling and production industry. The work is prepared using descriptive approach in addition to the information obtained from several site visits to different offshore rigs and platforms belonging to different oil and gas companies working in the Arabian Gulf area during the period from 2002 to 2010. It highlights the importance of developing and implementing waste management plans and actions to optimize the use of oil and gas offshore resources. It also demonstrates the waste management hierarchy which can be applied to minimize the negative impact of the offshore oil and gas industry to help in achieving environmental protection and sustainable development in this highly important economic sector.

Introduction
Sustainable development is development that lasts. A specific concern is that those who enjoy the fruits of economic development today may be making future generations worse off by excessively degrading the earth’s resources and polluting the earth’s environment. The general principle of sustainable development adopted by the World Commission on Environment and Development-that current generation should “meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”-has become widely accepted. In considering what we pass on to future generations, we must take account of the full range of physical, human, and natural capital that will determine their welfare and their bequests to their successors.

Offshore oil drilling and production industry wastes include petroleum hydrocarbons, salt, heavy metals, production chemicals, drilling fluids, produced water, nuclear radiation in addition to air pollutants and acoustic impacts [1]. These wastes have potential negative impact to present and future human welfare therefore they must be managed to achieve sustainable development in this economically important industry.

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