ECO-EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN BLOCKS WHERE QGEP IS THE OPERATOR HELP TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS OF THE COMPANY’S OPERATIONS. THE AMOUNT INVESTED DURING THE YEAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES TOTALED BRL17 MILLION.
Since it was founded, QGEP has operated responsibly and transparently, maintaining an open dialogue with its stakeholders. The Company seeks to go beyond compliance with legal requirements, adopting solutions that reduce the environmental impacts of its operations as much as possible, through development of joint actions with the communities located in their areas of influence, in order to promote social and environmental growth.
The impacts of QGEP activities are detected before the Company begins an operation. This is done by executing environmental studies that are drafted according to relevant laws. After this process, where plans of action and mitigation measures are formatted, activities are conducted according to the guidelines of the Integrated Management Policy and monitored using the Integrated Management System (SGI).
In 2013, the Company invested BRL17 million in environmental protection activities in the BM-J-2 and BS-4 Blocks, as shown in the table below.
GRI G4-EN31Global Compact 7Global Compact 8Global Compact 9In Block BM-J-2, the Beach Monitoring Project (Projeto de Monitoramento das Praias – PMP), Fisheries Catch Monitoring Project (Projeto de Monitoramento de Desembarque Pesqueiro – PMDP), and Fishing Compensation Plan (Plano de Compensação da Atividade Pesqueira – PCAP) initiatives were developed in 2013. Because BS-4 is located 130 kilometers from the coast, at a water depth of 1,550 meters, under normal operating conditions there are no impacts on protected areas that require monitoring, due to its distance from the coast. For this Block, QGEP submitted projects to Ibama for Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring of Gravel and Drilling Fluid, the Pollution Control Program, and the Environment Education Program for Workers.
In 2013, QGEP acquired a share in eight exploration blocks in the 11th Round of ANP Bidding and it is the operator in five of these. Environmental studies in these new locations have not begun yet, with these documents set to be delivered to the environmental agency in the first half of 2015; this will be done in accordance with applicable laws.
| INVESTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES ON
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (BRL) |
BM-J-2 | BS-4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waste management | 702,953.35 | 674,819.00 | 1,377,772.35 |
| Emergency plan/audits | 10,637,067.12 | 3,137,670.00 | 13,774,737.12 |
| Fauna preservation and monitoring plans | 1,307,074.46 | 101,420.00 | 1,408,494.46 |
| WASTE | CLASSIFICATION (NBR 10004/2004) | METHOD OF TREATMENT | QUANTITATIVE (KG) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosol | I | Industrial landfill | 21.0 |
| Printer cartridges | I | Reprocessing | 21.0 |
| Industrial effluent | I | Blending | 12,512.0 |
| Treatment station | 108,550.0 | ||
| Fluorescent light bulbs | I | Decontamination | 84.0 |
| Aluminum tin | IIB | Recycling | 80.0 |
| Uncontaminated wood | IIB | Reuse | 3,231.0 |
| Uncontaminated metal | IIB | Recycling | 11,888.0 |
| Cooking oil | IIA | Recycling | 139.0 |
| Uncontaminated paper/cardboard | IIB | Recycling | 2,232.0 |
| Batteries | I | Reprocessing | 95.0 |
| Uncontaminated plastic | IIB | Recycling | 1,649.0 |
| Chemical products | I | Industrial landfill | 304.0 |
| Blending | 5,226.0 | ||
| Electronic waste | I | Reprocessing | 162.0 |
| Contaminated waste | I | Industrial landfill | 4,213.0 |
| Blending | 11,517.0 | ||
| Infectious waste | I | Autoclave | 28.0 |
| Non-recyclable waste | IIA | Landfill | 9,995.0 |
| Oily waste | I | Treatment station | 53,181.0 |
| Contaminated drum/container | I | Reuse | 1,915.0 |
| Tetra Pak | IIB | Recycling | 428.0 |
| Uncontaminated glass | IIB | Recycling | 830.0 |
| TOTAL | 228,301.0 | ||
| WASTE | CLASSIFICATION (NBR 10004/2004) | METHOD OF TREATMENT | QUANTITATIVE (KG) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerosol | I | Refurbishment | 70.0 |
| Uncontaminated rubber | IIB | In storage | 81.0 |
| Drilling fluid | I | Co-processing | 90,101.0 |
| Water-based drilling fluid | IIA | Co-processing | 152,708.0 |
| Bulk cargo (barite, cement, proppant, calcite, sand) |
IIA | Co-processing | 4,750.0 |
| Fluorescent light bulbs | I | Decontamination | 117.0 |
| Aluminum tin | IIB | Recycling | 40.0 |
| Madeira | IIB | Reuse | 10,045.0 |
| Metal | IIB | Recycling | 25,233.0 |
| Cooking oil | IIA | Recycling | 774.0 |
| Uncontaminated paper/cardboard | IIB | Recycling | 3,152.0 |
| Batteries | I | Reprocessing | 307.0 |
| Uncontaminated plastic | IIB | Recycling | 2,661.0 |
| Chemical products | I | Co-processing | 1,910.0 |
| Food waste transferred onshore | IIA | Landfill | 232.0 |
| Infectious waste | I | Thermal disinfection | 50.0 |
| Incineration | 1.0 | ||
| Contaminated waste | I | Controls | 26,477.0 |
| Electronic waste | I | Reprocessing | 126.0 |
| Non-recyclable waste | IIA | Landfill | 10,794.0 |
| Oily waste | I | Treatment station | 121,604.0 |
| Re-refining | 2,400.0 | ||
| Contaminated drum/container | I | Processing | 2,100.0 |
| Co-processing | 1,857.0 | ||
| Tetra Pak | IIB | Recycling | 361.0 |
| Uncontaminated glass | IIB | Recycling | 268.0 |
| TOTAL | 458,219.0 |
