The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regulates environmental aspects of the UK offshore E&P industry. The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department (SOAEFD) and The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CERES – formerly part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) provide the DTI with specialist scientific support. The UK … Waste Management – UK Regulaitons

The option of transporting drill cuttings from the rig has a number of attractions. Unlike the use of WBM or CRI, the skip and ship option can in principle be applied to any drilling operation from platform or MDU. Rig upgrades required to allow this containment option are minimal and may be implemented quickly and … Waste management – Transport of cuttings to shore for disposal