WATER CONSUMPTION

GRI 303-1
 

As part of its exploration and production work, the PGNIG Group’s objectives with respect to protecting surface and underground water resources are to reduce water consumption in processes and by humans. The Group identifies sources of water supply and ways of water storage in order to use water in the most efficient manner in a given region without restraining other users’ access to this natural resource. To this end, rules have been put in place for water and wastewater management, requiring recording and measuring the volumes of purchased and abstracted water. To reduce waste and water consumption, drilling mud is treated and reused. The most common devices for treating drilling mud are washing cradles, vibrating screens, centrifuges, desilters, desanders. Rock pieces from drilling mud are loaded into steel tanks, are regularly collected by licensed collectors and transported directly to waste recovery or disposal facilities.

To reduce water consumption, some of the industrial wastewater generated in PGNiG TERMIKA EP’s units is reused in systems with lower quality requirements. In addition, Geofizyka Toruń pursues educational and awareness-raising initiatives. Initiatives geared towards reducing or optimising water consumption within the organisation are implemented, among other things, through focused meetings with employees and during in-house training provided by OHS Department staff.