Guidance

Oil and gas: environmental alert notices

Published environmental alert notices issued in order to raise awareness of any environmental issues on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED) regularly issues environmental alert notices in order to raise awareness of any environmental issues on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) so companies can respond appropriately. They are issued directly to Oil and Gas operators and published below.

  • Reporting of offshore installation movements (PDF, 52.3 KB, 1 page)

  • Partial relaxation with regards to the required range for fog signals on Offshore Installations (PDF, 137 KB, 2 pages)

  • Over report of oil discharges to sea during OPPC non-compliances (PDF, 125 KB, 4 pages)

  • Note to Duty Holders, particularly those who utilise ATEX call point activation switches (PDF, 71.3 KB, 2 pages)

  • Phase down of F-Gas in 2022 (PDF, 108 KB, 1 page)

  • MET Office out of hours incident reporting number change (PDF, 143 KB, 1 page)

  • Phase Down of F gas in 2020 (PDF, 80.3 KB, 2 pages)

  • Construction and commissioning of chemical storage tanks (PDF, 51.9 KB, 2 pages)

  • Note to Industry of the requirement to inform United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) (PDF, 36 KB, 3 pages)

  • Lower BOP annular and implications for capping stack (PDF, 104 KB, 2 pages)

  • OPEP Guidance revision (PDF, 26.7 KB, 1 page)

  • Investigation findings into EIA decisions, Marine Licences and survey consents (PDF, 92.8 KB, 1 page)

  • Incorrect co-ordinates being recorded on a PON1 (PDF, 83.5 KB, 1 page)

  • Environmental permits - Operator name (PDF, 24.2 KB, 1 page)

  • Inspection and monitoring of BOP control lines (PDF, 393 KB, 3 pages)

  • Bunkering Operations during the hours of darkness - PON1 reports (PDF, 103 KB, 1 page)

  • Incorrect calculation of oil on sand concentrations (PDF, 82.2 KB, 2 pages)

  • Energy Act 2008, Part 4a - Consent to Locate (PDF, 93.1 KB, 1 page)

  • F-Gas Regulations (PDF, 25.6 KB, 1 page)

  • Emergency Deposit Consents (PDF, 103 KB, 2 pages)

  • PON1 reporting requirements (PDF, 27.5 KB, 2 pages)

  • F-Gas reporting awareness (PDF, 36.2 KB, 2 pages)

  • Emergency chemical permit variations (PDF, 87.2 KB, 1 page)

  • Risk assessments for temporary equipment (PDF, 24.9 KB, 2 pages)

  • Oil sample handling (PDF, 85.6 KB, 2 pages)

  • Late submission of PON1s (PDF, 25.9 KB, 2 pages)

  • Composition of releases to sea (PDF, 12 KB, 1 page)

  • Procedures for environmentally critical tasks (PDF, 34.4 KB, 1 page)

  • Cargo offload systems (PDF, 69.7 KB, 1 page)

  • Bunkering of bulk products/chemicals (PDF, 10.5 KB, 1 page)

  • Lost or dropped objects from offshore installations (PDF, 10.7 KB, 1 page)

  • Oil pollution incident response training (PDF, 47.1 KB, 2 pages)

  • Inclusion of subsea infrastructure in OPEPs (PDF, 69.1 KB, 1 page)

  • New emergency chemical permit variations procedure (PDF, 56.1 KB, 2 pages)

  • Permit applications/non-compliances/investigations (PDF, 61.4 KB, 2 pages)

  • Emergency contact numbers (PDF, 56.4 KB, 1 page)

  • Closure of isolation valves (PDF, 53.5 KB, 1 page)

  • Environmental risk from drainage pump (PDF, 61.5 KB, 1 page)

Updates to this page

Published 5 July 2018
Last updated 6 December 2024 show all updates
  1. Publication of Environmental Alert 002/2024, Reporting of offshore installation movements.

  2. An Environmental Alert (001/2024) is added which advises a partial relaxation with regards to the required range for fog signals on Offshore Installations.

  3. A new environmental alert has been published by OPRED.

  4. Note to Duty Holders, particularly those who utilise ATEX call point activation switches to control systems with the potential for environmental release.

  5. Addition of Environmental Alert 001/2021

  6. Explanation of use for 鈥楰nown Third Party鈥 option on PON1 reporting form removed due to change in Guidance.

  7. Addition of Environmental Alert 001/2020

  8. Addition of Environmental Alert 001/2019

  9. First published.

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