API E5 : 1997

ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT: WASTE MANAGEMENT IN EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS

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1 POLLUTION PREVENTION
    1.1 Introduction
    1.2 API's Management Practice for Pollution Prevention
    1.3 Media
    1.4 Understanding Operational Impacts
    1.5 Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization
2 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Summary of a Ten-Step Plan for Waste Management
    2.3 Training
    2.4 Waste Tracking
    2.5 Auditing
3 WASTE GENERATION IN EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
    3.1 Introduction
    3.2 Exploration
    3.3 Drilling
    3.4 Completion and Workover
    3.5 Field Production
    3.6 Gas Plant Operations
    3.7 Transportation Pipelines
    3.8 Offshore Operations
4 ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS
    4.1 Introduction
    4.2 The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
    4.3 The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    4.4 The Clean Water Act (CWA)
    4.5 The Clean Air Act (CAA)
    4.6 The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
    4.7 The Comprehensive Environmental Response,
          Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
    4.8 The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90)
    4.9 Other Federal Acts
    4.10 Other Regulations and Agreements
5 WASTE MANAGEMENT METHODS
    5.1 Introduction
    5.2 Source Reduction
    5.3 Recycling and Reclaiming
    5.4 Treatment
    5.5 Disposal
6 IDENTIFYING MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR SPECIFIC WASTES
    6.1 Introduction
    6.2 Produced Water
    6.3 Drilling Wastes
    6.4 Workover and Completion Wastes
    6.5 Tank Bottoms, Emulsions, Heavy Hydrocarbons and
          Produced Solids
    6.6 Contaminated Soil
    6.7 Used Oils and Solvents
    6.8 Dehydration and Sweetening Waste
    6.9 Oily Debris and Filter Media
    6.10 Gas Plant Process and Sulfur Recovery Waste
    6.11 Cooling Tower Blowdown, Boiler Water, Scrubber
          Liquids and Steam Generator Wastes
    6.12 Downhole and Equipment Scale
    6.13 Stormwater/Rigwash
    6.14 Unused Treatment Chemicals
    6.15 Asbestos
    6.16 Used Batteries
    6.17 PCB Transformer Oil
    6.18 NonPCB Transformer Oil
    6.19 Empty Oil and Chemical Drums
    6.20 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
    6.21 Geological and Geophysical Operation Wastes
    6.22 Recompression and Facility Utility Wastes
APPENDIX A - Guidelines for Developing Area-Specific Waste
             Management Plans
APPENDIX B - Waste Management Planning Aids
APPENDIX C - Summary Waste Table
APPENDIX D - Summary of Environmental Legislation and
             Regulations
APPENDIX E - Acronyms
APPENDIX F - Reference Materials
APPENDIX G - EPA Publication: (EPA 530-K-95-003), May 1995 -
             Crude Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and
             Production Wastes: Exemption from RCRA Subtitle
             C Regulation
Figures
1 Media Pathways
Tables
1 Ten-Step Plan Summary
2 Overview of Waste Management Methods
3 API Metals Guidance Maximum Soil Concentrations
4 Example of E&P Waste, Disposal Technique and Applicable
    Constituent Criteria
A-1 Ten-Step Plan for Preparing a Waste Management Plan
B-1 Iron Sulfide Scale and Iron Sponge
C-1 Summary Waste Table
D-1 Summary of Key Legislation and Regulations