The Oil & Gas Industry and the Environment

Resources

 

- The oil and gas industry from Rio to Johannesburg and beyond: contributing to sustainable development (OGP and IPECA, 2002) (Report)
- Agenda 21
- The Global Environment Outlook (GEO3)
- WSSD Plan of implementation
- London Dumping Convention
- Environmental Management in oil and gas exploration
- Off-shore Oil and Gas Environment Forum OEF
- Stavanger meeting
- Environmental Management Navigator EM Navigator
- Glossary of selected oil & gas industry terms

ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS

API American Petroleum Institut http://api-ec.api.org
CONCAWE Oil Companies European Association for Environment, Health and Safety http://www.concawe.be
GRI Global Reporting Initiative http://www.globalreporting.org/
IPIECA International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association http://www.ipieca.org/
IUCN The International Union for the Conservation of Nature http://www.iucn.org
OGP International Association of Oil and Gas producers http://www.ogp.org.uk/
SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers http://spe.org/
The Global Compact http://www.unglobalcompact.org/

ACRONYMS

EIA Environment Impact Assessment
EMS Environment Management System
FCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
GEO Global Environment Outlook
GHG Green-House Gases
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
ISO International Organization for Standardization
MEA Multilateral Environment Agreements
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNEP United Nations Environment Program
WSSD World Summit for Sustainable Development