Correlation of environmental aspects and impacts the legislation for the exploration of oil onshore in the RN

Abstract

In this paper, was developed an inventory of environmental aspects and impacts, according to ISO 14001 standards, of the oil exploration activity in terrestrial areas, and conditioned by their degrees of risk correlation in the activity of oil exploration and environmental laws in the studied areas. The data matrix was obtained in Rio Grande do Norte’s fields, where the production is concentrated in mature fields and long operating times. The results attributed elements to support environmental management system, which identified the main aspects and risk levels, and the main related noise generation. Data were applied to a matrix for qualifications of severity, frequency and degree of consequences. The elements considered as critical were correlated with federal, state and municipal laws, defining a basic tool for the management of their level of attendance. And giving a direction to new projects that use this tool for environmental management programs sizing.