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Running head: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF OIL AND GASEnvironmental Impact AssessmentName of the student:Name of the university:Author note
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1ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF OIL AND GASThe environmental assessment consists of certain rules and policies that help to reachinto a decision regarding the proposed actions that should be taken in case of theenvironment1. It is a valuable tool as it helps to analyse the level of requirements regardingthe environment. United Kingdom is a leading producer of oil and gas. In UK ContinentalShelf, a large resource regarding the oil and gas has been present. This assessment isnecessary to create an effective opportunity regarding the same and it is the duty of the localauthority to examine the various aspects of the environmental policies.According to Department of Energy and Climate Change, environment impactassessment helps the researchers to analyse the facts whether a proposed plans or formula issuitable for the environment or not. In case of the oil and gas industry, there is a massivechance of environmental risk present. The risks can be occurred regarding the marinepollution or compositional changes regarding weathering process. The process of refining gasand oil involves cracking and breakdown regarding the heavy fraction. Impacts can be takenplace regarding the coastal and marine ecology or climate change and the same can becreated effect on the sustainable development2. 1Glasson, John, Riki Therivel, and Andrew Chadwick.Introduction to environmental impact assessment.Routledge, 2013.2Smith, L. Graham.Impact assessment and sustainable resource management. Routledge, 2014.
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2ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT OF OIL AND GASPre-application engagement is another wing of the environment assessment. Anenvironmental statement is prepared for the assessment that helps to understand the currentsituation, and it becomes easy to determine relevant decision for the same. it has been statedthat the assessment programs are helpful for the betterment of the proposed plans so that itcan be applied in a systematic way.
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