Year: 2006

Publication type: Events

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Soil contamination resulting from oil industry operations represents a challenge for the sector which goes beyond the actions of the environmental divisions of companies. Although ARPEL, through the Environment, Health and Safety Committee (CASYSIA), had considered this issue through Guidelines on Best Practices, Workshops, and Direct Technical Assistance, the issue has evolved in technical, management, technological, training, economic, social and regulatory aspects that are to be considered as a whole to favor the sustainability of the business, and warranted a Workshop for the exchange of experiences and information.
A Workshop took place on the occasion of the annual CASYSIA meeting held in Fortaleza, BRAZIL on October 25-26 under the sponsorship of PETROBRAS, where 8 case studies from different ARPEL Member Companies were presented. After the presentations, a session of working groups was held where participants identified existing gaps to consider environmental site assessment and remediation with a scientific approach, on a cost-effective basis and based on risk management.