"offshore instalattions"

The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (as amended)
The 1985 Council Directive on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Public and Private Activities on the Environment (85/337/EEC) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC, requires environmental assessments to be carried out for certain types of offshore oil and gas activities throughout the European Union. The Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipelines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999 (SI No. 1999/360) (“the Regulations”) implement the Directive. These Regulations were amended in 2007 by the Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 to implement the Directive 2003/35/EC which provides for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment. These amended Regulations came into force on the 16 April 2007.

For the purpose of the Regulations the relevant activities include (but not limiting to); the granting and renewal of production consents for field developments, the drilling of wells (deep boring) and the construction and installation of production facilities and pipelines in the United Kingdom Territorial Sea and on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).

Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-offshore-environmental-legislation


Vocabulary:

pipelines - oleodutos

public participation - participação publica

offshore oil and gas activities - petróleo submarino e atividades de gás

environmental assessments  - avaliações ambientais

Assessment of Environmental Effects) -  avaliação de Efeitos Ambientais

into force - em vigor (entrar em vigor)

relevant activities  - atividades relevantes

drilling of wells - perfuração de poços