Construction of a sustainability indicators system for offshore oil and gas production units

Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.5894/rgci-n353

L. A. L. Gaudencio, Rui de Oliveira, W. F. Curi

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Production units located in the Brazilian marine environment are responsible for the production of 95.7% of oil and 78.8% of natural gas of Brazil causing economic, environmental, and social impacts motivating us to construct a system of indicators as a tool aimed to improve the sustainable management practice of these production units. To date, one of the tools most used by the oil industry is the sustainability report, oriented by guidelines from international organizations. However, these reports have a corporate character being unable to help the sustainability management of production units’ activities. The indicators were selected based on a systemic approach, using current knowledge on sustainability indicators, together with the survey of aspects relevant to the operation and management of offshore oil and gas production units. This paper describes the proposed indicators and presents the hierarchical structure of the system, built on the economic, environmental, social, and operational dimensions. The application of the proposed system of indicators, based on multicriterial and multiple decision-making analyses, validates a complex decision process, providing improved sustainable management of offshore production units by identifying points for which the necessary measures and actions can be implemented. Keywords: offshore oil and gas production; sustainability indicators; multicriteria and multiple decision-making analyses.

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海洋油气生产单位可持续发展指标体系构建

位于巴西海洋环境的生产单位负责巴西95.7%的石油和78.8%的天然气的生产，造成经济，环境和社会影响，促使我们构建一个指标体系，作为旨在改善这些生产单位可持续管理实践的工具。迄今为止，石油行业最常用的工具之一是可持续发展报告，该报告以国际组织的指导方针为导向。然而，这些报告具有法人性质，无法帮助生产单位活动的可持续性管理。这些指标是根据系统的方法选择的，使用了目前关于可持续性指标的知识，并对海上油气生产单位的操作和管理有关方面进行了调查。本文描述了拟议的指标，并提出了建立在经济、环境、社会和运营维度上的系统的层次结构。基于多标准和多重决策分析的拟议指标系统的应用，验证了一个复杂的决策过程，通过确定可以实施必要措施和行动的要点，改善了海上生产单位的可持续管理。关键词:海上油气开采;可持续性指标;多标准和多决策分析。

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Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management Environmental Science-Water Science and Technology

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期刊介绍： Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management / Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes articles dealing with all the subjects related to coastal zones and their management, namely focused on coastal oceanography (physical, geological, chemical, biological), engineering, economy, sedimentology, sociology, ecology, history, pollution, laws, biology, anthropology, chemistry, politics, etc. Published papers present results from both fundamental as well as applied, or directed research. Emphasis is given to results on interdisciplinary contributions, on management tools and techniques, on innovative methodological or technical developments, on items with wide general applicability, and on local or regional experiments that can be a source of inspirations to other regions. Journal of Integrated Coastal Zone Management is focused on coastal environments what means that embraces a wide area that extends from an indefinite distance inland to an indefinite limit seaward. Paleoenvironments, ancient shorelines, historical occupation, diachronically analysis and legislation evolution are some subjects considered to fall within the purview of the journal as well.