Surface water management plan missing and no consolidated chemical inventory held on site - October 20, 2017

Site inspection excerpt:

The surface water management operating procedure OP-EN-08 was not evident on site and the staff on site were unfamiliar with this. We were assured by the wellsite supervisor that surface water checks were taking place and records were available to demonstrate this. However, the operator had devised a checklist as part of the Emissions Monitoring Plan and had committed to using this during operations. No checklists in this format were available for review.


The surface water management operating procedure OP-EN-08 also commits to holding a consolidated inventory of materials on site at all times. There needs to be a joined up approach to managing the site inventory and producing a consolidated list. This is particularly important in the event of any incident on site where the emergency responders would need to know immediately what was currently on site and where it was.

Type:

Environmental Permit Breach

Field:

Unconventional

Stage:

Exploration

Region:

Yorkshire

Company:

Third Energy

Action:

Company given warning.