Course Objective:

This Course provides participants with in-depth understanding of the basic concepts of Waste and Waste Management

Course Outline:

1. Introduction
2. Definitions
3. Objectives
4. Pollution Prevention road map
5. Prescriptive approach vs. Descriptive approach
6. Environmental Management System (EMS)
7. How the extent of waste elimination depends on the economics of alternatives
8. ISO 14001
9. Identification
   1. Area of coverage
   2. Wastes in area operation
10. Characterization
    1. Regulated waste material
    2. Ignitability
    3. Corrosively
    4. Reactivity
    5. Toxicity
    6. Environmental sensitivity
    7. Categorization and ranking
11. Inventorisation
    1. Criteria
    2. Waste inventory database
    3. Updating the inventory
    4. Atmospheric emissions mass& energy balances
    5. Aqueous discharges
    6. Disposed to land
12. Minimization
13. Treatment and disposal
    1. Secure landfills
    2. Land farming
    3. Incineration
    4. Deep well disposal
    5. Annular injection of mud’s and cuttings
14. Handling and reporting
15. Integrated waste management plans
16. EP wastes of special interest
    1. Produced water
    2. Drilling mud waste
    3. Drill cuttings
17. Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
18. Contingency planning
19. Auditing
20. Attachment
    1. Typical wastes, main components and environmentally significant constituents from E&P activities
    2. Current and future trends for standards effluent criteria for special waste facilities
    3. Points to be considered for waste minimization
    4. Secure landfill requirements
    5. Examples of options for special wastes minimization and disposal
    6. Checklist of E&P Forum – Interim guidelines for the planning of down hole injection programs for oil-based mud wastes and associated cuttings from onshore wells