Report: Analysis of Santos' Environmentally Sustainable Practice

This report provides an analysis of Santos' environmentally sustainable practices within the oil and gas industry. It begins by outlining the initial environmental issues associated with gas and oil production, including air, soil, and water pollution, and their impact on biodiversity and the ecosystem. The report then introduces Santos as an Australian-based company and details their commitment to sustainability, including efforts to minimize air emissions and manage water resources through advanced technologies and recycling methods. It also references the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and how Santos' practices align with it. The report highlights the company's use of SMART goals for water management and discusses the techniques and tools they employ, such as advanced rig technologies and recycling in hydraulic fracturing, to meet their sustainability targets. The report concludes with a list of references.

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Initial Workplace Issues
The initial issues related to sustainable practices of Santos, Australia is pollution in
the environment during all stages of gas and oil production. The pollution creates huge
impact on the environment and it includes all sort of pollution, such that air, soil and water.
Other environmental impacts are greenhouse effect, poor water quality, acid rain and ground
water contamination. Even, companies such as Santos could also affect biodiversity and
contribute to the destruction of the ecosystem (Patin, 2012).
Company Information
Santos is Australia based independent, leading Oil and Natural Gas Producer
Company. The company provides energy for the domestic, business and industrial purposes
in Asia and Australia (Santos.com, 2017). It produces oil and natural gas, which includes
LPG, methane, ethane, CSG, shale gas, LNG and condensate. The company was established
in 1954.
Sustainable Work Practice
The company claims that sustainability is an important and integral part of Santos.
They want to be responsible to handle the environmental impact. The company aims at
minimizing volumes of the air emission and contributes to the improvement of the air quality.
The natural gas produces fewer amount of greenhouse gas. However, the company plants
trees every year to reduce air pollution and other associated effects.
As the company recognizes water as precious resources for the human society and
overall environment, the company has sustainable approach to water management, which
includes using the advanced rig technologies and recycling method, which ensures to reduce

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the total volume of water. However, the company has robust systems and processes ensuring
the minimization of the negative impacts in the water sources.
Environmental Regulations
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 provide the
legislative framework of protecting the international or national flora, fauna, heritage places
and ecological communities (Environment.gov.au, 2017). The company’s sustainable practice
ensures the maintenance of the act of Australia by well managing the water, air and climatic
effects related to natural gas production.
Target
The target employed by the workplace or management of the Santos to monitor the
success of the practice includes water management. The company is aware to manage water
bodies implementing the SMART goals. The target is specific, that is the company has
sustainable approach to water management. It is measurable and motivational as strong data
is available as an example of sustainable approaches of the company and it motivates other
natural gas company. However, the target is action and result oriented as specific purpose is
served. It is time-based as particular target is fulfilled in time or during the field action
(Haughey, 2013).
Technique
There are various tools or techniques applied by the company to meet the target. The
company uses advanced rig technologies for managing water well. It applies a recycling
method, which includes the recycled water in civil works or drilling activities. In the
hydraulic fracturing operation, the recycled water is used, which ultimately reduces the total
amount of water in the overall process.

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References
Environment.gov.au. (2017). Department of the Environment and Energy. Department of the
Environment and Energy. Retrieved 21 October 2017, from
http://www.environment.gov.au/epbc
Haughey, D. (2013). SMART goals. Project Smart.
Patin, S. A. (2012). Environmental impact of the offshore oil and gas industry (Vol. 1). East
Nortport, NY: EcoMonitor Pub.
Santos.com. (2017). Santos - Who We Are. Santos.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017, from
https://www.santos.com/who-we-are/