Oil and gas company Beach Energy has applied for a consent to discharge trace amounts of harmful substances from the deck drains of a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) as it is preparing for exploration drilling in the Canterbury Basin off New Zealand, which could include up to 11 wells.
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of New Zealand said last week that Beach Energy’s subsidiary, Beach Energy Resources New Zealand, had requested consent to discharge trace amounts of harmful substances from MODU’s deck drains.
The EPA added that trace amounts of harmful substances are sometimes included in deck drainage when residual amounts remain on the decks after the clean-up of minor spills.
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