Environmental Aspects of Natural Gas Mid-stream Operations (an overview) June 2004 Presentation by Bruce Kosugi OGC SCEK Fund Workshop June 10, 2004
For Discussion What are Mid-stream Operations? How do they interact with the environment (Aspects)? Discussion
Mid-Stream Operations Gathering Processing Transmission
Gathering
Processing NN
Transmission
The System
Aspects Environmental Aspects are related to: –Water –Soil –Air –Habitat
Water Effluent Quality and Quantity Thermal Conditions Water Use
Soil Maintaining Soil Structure and Quality Avoiding Contamination Reclamation
Air Acid Rain Ground Level Ozone/Smog Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Toxics Particulates Noise Greenhouse Gases
Habitat Planning and development of projects (pipelines, facilities) Protecting sensitive habitat, avoiding sensitive time periods
Discussion