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This awareness briefing provides an overview of water management in the onshore development and production of oil and gas from shale.
This guidance clarifies currently used terminology in the water stewardship space and presents users with a streamlined water stewardship action scheme that synthesises water frameworks and disclosure standards for the energy sector.
The second edition of the Water management framework reflects the lessons learnt from members and stakeholders in the years since its original publication.
This infographic summarises the water and wastewater management uses in the oil and gas industry.
This fact sheet on provides a high-level overview of how companies in the oil and gas sector can define, assess and respond to water risks.
BP's Kwinana Refinery in Western Australia is located in an area that has experienced significant reduction in river flows.
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel.
Oil spill contingency planning is the process of developing a suitable spill response capability that is in compliance with the local regulatory framework and commensurate with the oil spill risks of an organization or facility. (Revision 2016)
This industry-specific document provides guidance on the prevention of food- and water-related diseases.
Ipieca has developed a new fact sheet on evaluating the opportunities and challenges of reusing produced water for the onshore oil and gas industry.
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) / Shell.
Oman -Since 2011, a third of produced water from the Nimr oil feed in Oman has been treated in a purposely built reed bed facility.
At Shell's Groundbirch venture, British Columbia, the local area is prone to water shortages. In order to minimise freshwater use, Shell and the City of Dawson Creek ...
In-house water risk assessment tool strengthens Repsol's water management performance
The guidance presents a systematic process for the onshore oil and gas industry to identify and assess potential measures to improve water efficiency via incorporating the principles of water stewardship, integrating water resource management
Statoil, an international energy company, expanding activities
within shale oil and gas in a sustainable manner
Shaping water management plans to meet local risks. Eni corporate worldwide oil and gas, petrochemical, refining and engineering operations.
ConocoPhillips undertakes the first pilot of the tool at the Surmont 1 Oil Sands development in Canada.
This guide presents a systematic process for the onshore industry to select water sources that best meet project needs within the broader context of local or regional water management.
In late 2013, Ipieca co-hosted a webinar and workshop with the Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) focused on water risk assessment tools, including the Ipieca Global Water Tool (GWT) for Oil and Gas, a customised version of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Global Water Tool, the GEMI Local Water Tool (LWT)
This manual describes typical 'best practices' and strategies used in petroleum refineries to manage water, including ways to reduce water usage. Improved water management in a petroleum refinery can potentially reduce the volume and cost of raw water used in refinery operations. Furthermore, improved water management may result in reductions in wastewater flow or contaminant load or both. Lower flow and contaminant load may result in lower wastewater treatment operating and maintenance costs. Optimized water management may also reduce the mass of contaminants in the treated effluent, thus improving the quality of a wastewater discharge and ultimately the environmental impact of a refinery's discharge.
The objectives and activities of OSPRI are explained in this short briefing paper.
This document introduces the principles of oil spill waste management, emphasising the need to incorporate a waste management plan as part of the oil spill contingency planning process.
This document is aimed at those persons responsible for ensuring that oil spill contingency plans are practised and verified, providing guidance on constructing an exercise programme that is suitable for meeting an organization’s or facility’s requirements.
This document identifies the principal health and safety issues when an oil spill occurs, their degree of severity and the practical steps to minimize the impact of the spill.
This document aims to help operators navigate the steps involved in implementing and maintaining a surveillance programme during a response to an oil spill.
This joint Ipieca-IOGP technical support document helps operators navigate the steps and good practices involved in planning for, and implementing, a monitoring and sampling programme.
Ipieca has released updated guidance on oil spill preparedness and response.
Most large, well-known oil spills have occurred in the marine environment rather than inland... (Revision 2016)
Responder training is an essential pre-condition for effective oil spill response, which requires personnel who understand... (Revision 2)
The Oil Spill Response Joint Industry Project (OSR-JIP) technical document (Revision 2016)
This report focuses on identifying capabilities and gaps associated with surveillance monitoring from aircraft, covering both surveillance platforms and sensors. The report then conducts an assessment of the capabilities of the technology for OSR and provides findings for enhanced use of the technology by the industry.
This report provides an assessment of satellite surveillance for oil spill response and focuses on identifying capabilities and gaps associated with surveillance monitoring from satellites. The report focuses on the surveillance capabilities of satellites, considering both the intrinsic capabilities and the practical and operational capabilities of sensors
Title Type Theme Published Download 
Water management in shale oil and gas Awareness brief Nature 01 Oct 2014 
Water stewardship Good practice guidance Nature 16 Dec 2024 
Water management framework Good practice guidance Nature 14 Jun 2021 
Water use across the oil and gas value chain infographic Infographic Nature 01 Jun 2021 
Water risk assessment in the oil and gas sector: an overview Fact sheet Nature 26 Aug 2020 
Water minimisation in refining Case study Nature 11 Aug 2015 
In-water surveillance of oil spills at sea Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 01 May 2015 
Contingency planning for oil spills on water Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 15 Apr 2015 
Food and water safety in the oil and gas industry Good practice guidance People 10 Nov 2023 
Reuse of produced water from the onshore oil and gas industry Fact sheet Nature 23 Mar 2020 
A natural filter for water - the Nimr reed beds Case study Nature 10 Aug 2016 
Preserving fresh water through collaboration Case study Nature 16 Mar 2016 
Repsol Water Management Case study Nature 11 Aug 2015 
Efficiency in water use Good practice guidance Nature 15 Oct 2014 
Assessing water risks in business development projects Case study Nature 18 Jul 2014 
Global mapping of Eni sites in water stressed areas Case study Nature 16 Jul 2014 
GEMI Local Water Tool™ pilot test Case study Nature 15 Jul 2014 
Identifying and assessing water sources Good practice guidance Nature 24 Mar 2014 
Ipieca-GEMI Water Risk Assessment Tools Webinar and Workshop: Outcomes Summary Workshop Nature 15 Feb 2014 
Petroleum refining water / wastewater use and management Good practice guidance Nature 28 Oct 2010 
Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative (OSPRI) Awareness brief Marine spill preparedness and response 22 May 2005 
Oil spill waste minimization and management Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 04 Dec 2025 
Oil spill exercises Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 10 Aug 2023 
Oil spill responder health and safety Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 10 Aug 2023 
Oil spill surveillance planning guidance Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 23 Nov 2021 
Oil spill monitoring and sampling Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 20 Nov 2020 
Oil spill preparedness and response: an introduction Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 12 Aug 2019 
Oil spills: inland response Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 09 Sep 2015 
Oil spill training Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 24 Feb 2014 
Oil spill risk assessment and response planning for offshore installations Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 08 Feb 2013 
An assessment of surface surveillance capabilities for oil spill response using airborne remote sensing Awareness brief Marine spill preparedness and response 16 May 2014 
An assessment of surface surveillance capabilities for oil spill response using satellite remote sensing Awareness brief Marine spill preparedness and response 16 Apr 2014