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    • Environment

    GASCO is committed to protecting the environment, and has strived to reduce any adverse environmental impact of its operations.

    The volume of gas flared by GASCO has been reduced by 73% since 1998, when 25.5 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscfd) was flared. By 2000, the figure for flaring had been reduced to 18.2 mmscfd. This was mainly due to the Bab Cover Gas Automation and operational changes at Ruwais. By the beginning of 2003, the figure for flaring had fallen to 8.2 mmscfd, as a result of the Ruwais Upgrading Project.

    GASCO continued its efforts to reduce gas flaring with the introduction flare seal project at Asab in 2003 and the flaring in 2003 was 8.0 mmscfd. Introduction of similar work in other sites is in progress and the flaring in 2004 was 6.9 mmscfd.sites is in progress and the flaring in 2004 was 6.9 mmscfd.

    Concerns about soil and ground water pollution have led to a major exercise of drilling deep disposal wells at Buhasa and Asab to dispose off high salinity and waste water streams. Ground water monitoring has continued at Asab, Bab and Bu Hasa and a project is being developed for the Buhasa site to remove hydrocarbon contaminants from the desert.

    In 2001, work began to identify ways to reduce emissions to the atmosphere. Habshan Plant staff currently monitor the sulphurdioxide level in ambient air on site and at the town of Beda Zayed, 25kilometres from Habshan. Results show that the levels of SO2 are well within the World Health Organisation limits. GASCO is also participating in the ADNOC real-time air emission monitoring projects. The aim of this project is to obtain air data from sites on a regular basis and to compare this data with air quality objectives.

    Halon causes damage to the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere and GASCO has phased out its use as a fire-extinguishing medium at Asab, Bab Buhasa and Ruwais. Halon was removed to the ADNOC recovery facility in Mussafah and was replaced with Inergen an environmentally friendly product. Similar work is in progress for Habshan.

  • Environment Booklet (Download): English / Arabic