Environment
Identifying and spreading good environmental practice wherever the upstream industry operates.
Environment
Identifying and spreading good environmental practice wherever the upstream industry operates.
Environment Committee
Objectives
The objectives of the committee are to co-ordinate and represent the Exploration and Production (E&P) industry on environmental issues of international significance.
In particular, these include:
- To monitor and provide input on developments of relevance to the industry to international bodies/authorities/regulators
- To develop and advocate industry positions
- to identify strategic and emerging issues; and
- to address common concerns and share and develop knowledge of the environmental impact of the E&P industry, and improve operational practices based on that knowledge
Work areas
Committee activities include:
- Ensuring continued access to new and known hydrocarbon sources
- Environmental management and reporting
- Gaseous emissions management
- Monitoring regulatory developments and developing advocacy positions
In terms of regulatory advocacy, the Committee works with a variety of organisations including OSPAR, Barcelona, Abidjan, Cartagena Conventions, International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Structure
The following Subcommittees and Expert Groups set up under the Environment Committee:
- Arctic Expert Group
- Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Working Group (jointly with IPIECA)
- Biodiversity Expert Group
- Chemicals and Produced Water Subcommittee
- Environmental Data Subcommittee
- Microplastics Expert Group
- Regional Seas Subcommittee
- Sound and Marine Life Subcommittee
- Waste Expert Group
Contact
IOGP Environment Director: Harvey Johnstone hj@iogp.org
Environment Committee Manager: Gabrielle Galea gga@iogp.org
Related content
IOGP has released an important update on the manufacture of the dispersant COREXIT™. February 2025
IOGP Environmental Performance Indicators – 2022 data is now available. The report is accompanied by a standalone executive summary, and a supplementary document focused on the environmental performance of activities within Europe.
IOGP has published Seabed and overburden integrity monitoring for offshore CO2 storage (IOGP Report 657)
September 26, 2023 — IOGP, together with industry associations the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), and Ipieca, have released a recommended practices guide to help operators select and deploy methane detection and quantification technologies.
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