Table of Content

No. Content Page

1. Introduction

2. Management approval and commitment

3. Objective and purpose

4. Waste categorization

5. Applicable regulations, restriction and requirement

6. Infrastructure requirements

7. Waste management options

8. Source reduction analysis

9. Waste management methods

10. Develop and implement plan

11. Review and update plan

12. Conclusion

13. References
Waste Management Across the Oil and Gas Life Cycle

7. Perform Source Reduction Analysis

Source reduction is activities designed to reduce the volume, mass, or toxicity of products
throughout the life cycle. It includes the design and manufacture, use, and disposal of products with
minimum toxic content, minimum volume of material and a longer useful life. Pollution Prevention
(P2) and Toxics use reduction are also called source reduction because they address the use of
hazardous substances at the source.

In term of volume, opportunities to achieve significant waste volume reductions for some E&P
wastes are limited because their volumes are primarily a function of activity level and age of state of
reservoir depletion. For instance, the proportion of discharged produced water typically increases as
the reservoir is depleted. Thus, the volume of drilling muds generated is generally a function of the
number of wells drilled and their depth.

Process modification may be possible through more effective use of mechanical components such as
more effective drill bits, rather than chemical additions. Gravel packs and screens may significantly
reduce the volume of formation solids and sludge produced.

For toxicity, substitution of products that result in generation of less toxic wastes should be
investigated. Some examples are the selection of mud and additives that do not contain significant
levels of biologically available heavy metals or toxic compounds and the use of mineral oils in place
of diesel oil for stuck drill pipe.

After all waste reduction options have been considered, the next step is to evaluate reuse of the
waste material. The reuse may be in the same, alternative, or downgraded service, or the return of
unused materials for reissue or reuse in other industries.

After all waste reduction and reuse options have been considered, the next step is to evaluate
recycling and recovery of the waste material either in-process, on-site or with outside contractors.

Other effort should include is efficient planning so that all commercial chemical products are used
on the site or returned unused to vendors. Plus, consideration of bulk chemical purchases to
eliminate drums, and use of drains and sumps to collect and segregate spills.
8. Develop and Implement Plan

Waste management plan need to be improved whenever the plan does not reach the intended
target anymore. It needs to be developed before being implemented again.

The first step is to procure or build any additional plant or facilities. These additional plant or
facilities can overcome last problems that occur during the waste management. Any problems that
cannot be handled before can now be managed properly with the use of new facilities.

Some methods or procedures are not suitable to be used with certain wastes. So, in order to hinder
that problem, we need to develop or revise the procedures for waste handling and facility
operations. Some procedures need to be developed and improved while some need to be revised
because different situations for different procedures.

Next is to develop and execute the deployment plan. The deployment plan outlines the scope,
approach and execution planned for the deployment of the project deliverables. The plan includes,
where relevant, information about system support, issue tracking, escalation processes, roles and
responsibilities before, during, and after deployment. The deployment plan describes each step of
the deployment process at each deployment location, whether there is one site or multiple sites, or
one deployment or a phased deployment planned. The deployment plan defines all of the work
steps for complete deployment, and who does them.

Waste management plan also fail to follow as planned because of problems done by some parties
and personnel. These parties are not robot and of course they tend to make mistakes. So, to
improve their working styles, we must provide communications and training to affected parties. We
can have communications with them and share problem if they had one. They also need to be
trained more effectively so that the problems at the plant or facilities can be reduced.

After that, we need to review and resolve any new resource commitments with management. We
need to have a discussion with the management regarding the new resource commitments so that
everything can be reviewed and resolved together. Any new resource commitments can be used to
manage waste more efficiently.

Lastly is to obtain management approval and commitment to implement plan. Everything that needs
to be done should confront the management first. This is because to avoid any bigger mistakes and
problems to occur later on. After getting the approval then we can proceed with implementing the
intended plan.
References

Wikipedia. (2018). Source Reduction. Retrieved from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_reduction

University of Washington. (2019). Execution – Deployment Plan. Retrieved from

http://www.washington.edu/asa/project-management-draft/project-management-
resources/templates/execution-deployment-plan/

Environmental Quality Committee. (1993). Exploration and Production (E&P) Waste Management
Guideline.