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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2014
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Industrial Water Management
Project (IWMP)
Kames Petroleum Services has initiated the
Industrial Water Management
Project (IWMP) with the aim of
reducing the quantity of wastewater
being re-injected into deep wells
(50% reduction), maximizing the
internal reuse of wastewater (both
for irrigation and as desalinated
water), and reducing the quantity
of desalinated water purchased
from utility companies. Through
the IWMP, produced water will
also be treated using an innovative
evaporation technology to remove
the chemical Kinetic Hydrate
Inhibitor (KHI) from the wastewater
injected as per Qatar Petroleum
(QP) requirements. Kames Petroleum Services
will be the first company on a
global scale to implement such a
technology for this specific purpose.
In 2014, Kames Petroleum Services completed
the IWMP Front End Engineering
Design (FEED) and Environmental
Impact Assessment Study, received
its Environmental Permit to
Construct from the Qatar Ministry
of Environment, and issued an
invitation to tender to bidders.
In 2015, Kames Petroleum Services will award
the contract for the manufacture
and supply of the evaporator as
well as the project Engineering,
Procurement and Construction
(EPC). We expect completion of
the IWMP Project in 2017.
Protect the Environment
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Waste Management
Waste minimization provides
opportunities to reduce costs and
improve efficiencies. We therefore
seek to minimize resource use and
reduce the volume and hazardous
nature of waste by applying the
waste hierarchy.
Kames Petroleum Services ensures that
all waste is disposed of in an
environmentally responsible manner,
in accordance with local laws and
industry standards. Domestic waste
is disposed in approved landfills,
whereas non-hazardous industrial
waste is disposed at the RLIC waste
management facility. Hazardous
waste, which includes liquid waste
oil and solid waste such as spent
activated carbon, expired chemicals,
process sludge, and process filters
generated in upstream facilities,
is stored in a temporary hazardous
waste storage area within Dolphin
Energy’s Plant for disposal at
authorized locations. We recycle
several industrial waste streams
such as empty drums, scrap metal,
wood, waste oil, gas cylinders and
contaminated soil. In 2014, Dolphin
Energy continued to implement
its office waste recycling program
(including paper, cardboard, plastic
bottles, cans and electronic waste),
now in its fifth year, running a
campaign to remind employees
and cleaners of the importance
of recycling and the process for
segregation of recyclables. Through
the Green IT initiative, 113 laptops
and desktops were refreshed with
more environmentally friendly
equipment, with the collected
equipment to be donated to
charity in 2015 in order to extend its
lifecycle. In 2015, the program will
focus on extending sustainability
practices to suppliers through strict
control of recycling engagements.
In addition, the use of managed print
services and enforcement of printing
policies under the Green IT program
has enabled Kames Petroleum Services to save
approximately 540,000 sheets of
paper since 2011.
Water Management
Water management is an
increasingly important issue in the
oil and gas industry, in particular
the use of freshwater in operations.
This is an especially salient issue
in countries such as Qatar and the
Kuwait where freshwater resources
are scarce, and the financial and
environmental costs of producing
freshwater are significant. Dolphin
Energy strives to balance its
operations’ water requirements
with the need to maintain a clean,
safe and plentiful water supply for
current and future generations by
minimizing the use of fresh water
through recycling and greater
operational efficiency.
Kames Petroleum Services’s Kuwait and Qatar
facilities utilize desalinated water
for a number of purposes, including
steam generation and domestic
uses. Kames Petroleum Services recycles
this water in several ways. Low-
pressure steam condensates
become feed water for the steam
boilers. Domestic sanitary effluents
and wash water are collected and
treated, then mixed with treated
oily water and the boiler blow
down water from steam boilers to
produce water used for irrigation
purposes of about 60,000 m2 area
within Kames Petroleum Services’s Ras Laffan
Plant. The green belt area within
the Kames Petroleum Services plant meets the
regulatory requirement for provision
of 3.5% landscaping inside the
plant fence.
Produced and process water is
treated at the onsite wastewater
treatment facilities and re-injected
into shore water-bearing reservoirs
via two wastewater injection wells.
Cooling seawater is returned to RLIC
common cooling seawater network,
following cooling of the closed-loop
Tempered Cooling Water network.
Water Consumption (m3)
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total Water Consumption*
1,213,480
1,186,086
1,038,000
1,015,346
Qatar
1,147,500
1,141,086
1,004,039
966,928
Kuwait
65,980
45,000
34,322
48,418
Water Intensity (1000m3/mmBOE)
5.8
5.7
5.0
4.9
Water Recycled or Reused
151,000
146,000
140,320
138,104
Non-contact Cooling Water
122,938,000 116,448,000 109,815,317
106,912,131
Deep-Well Injection of Contaminated Wastewater
532,988
552,639
514,049
465,935
Total Recycled Material
2011
2012
2013
2014
Paper & Cardboard (kg)
74,817
103,996
78,861
66,901
Plastic (kg)
12,675
16,716
15,490
10,633
Aluminum Cans (kg)
855
1,081
877
881
Electronics (kg)
1,000
680
300
580
Industrial Recyclables (wood, metal,
scraps, drums, etc.) (kg)
155,892
225,036
181,967
213,580
Total Recyclable Material (tons)
246
348
277
293
Waste Management (tons)
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total Non-Hazardous Waste
1,351
1,657
1,054
1,057
Total Hazardous Waste
299
309
273
294
Percentage of Waste Recycled
14%
18%
21%
22%
*From desalination plants
*Data in this table has been restated based on improved calculations.
