The E of E&PS
Comprised of approximately 150 globally positioned personnel, they're committed to delivering world class environmental services that reduce liability for ExxonMobil and generate shareholder and community value.
What is the Environmental Team?
Around in a cycle it goes, evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
What is the water cycle?
One of the four requirements for life - all organic compounds contain it.
What is carbon?
The first step in the due diligence process; a report typically prepared for a real estate holding that identifies the potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities.
What is a Phase I?
The country of Malaysia, where I grew up, is located within this Technical Advisory region.
What is Asia-Pacific?
A disciplined management framework that establishes common worldwide expectations for addressing risks inherent in our business, and puts in to practice the corporate Safety, Security, Health and Environmental policies.
What is OIMS (Operations Integrity Management System)?
Comprising only 0.61% of the freshwater on earth, it is found within cracks and spaces of soil, sand, and rocks.
What is groundwater?
Unleaded gasoline, engine oil, chlorinated solvents, fertilizer, chlorides, emerging chemicals the "COC" of PCOC
What are Constituents of Concern?
An industry standard tool, this is an evergreen representation of all known potential contaminant sources, pathways, and receptors.
What is a Conceptual Site Model or CSM?
Several of these World War II-era artifacts were found during environmental activities in Noroxo, France.
What are Unexploded Ordinance or (UXO)?
It involves establishing a strategic vision for success that includes aligning stakeholders and ensuring the final disposition of the project is understood. Stated another way: In Environmental, we BEGIN with the ________
END in mind
A reservoir composed of geologic units that are saturated with water and sufficiently permeable to yield water in a usable quantity to wells and springs.
What is an aquifer?
The land of maple syrup, loonies and toonies, Tim Hortons, Wayne Gretzky, Alex Trebek, and Doug Blue.
What is Canada?
This OIMS requirement provides a qualitative risk assessment score based on site hazards, receptors, probability and consequence of impacts to receptors. Higher and Medium, or any change, require Technical Advisor endorsement.
What is the Vulnerability and Risk or V&R?
The recommended screen length (in meters) for a monitoring well, to accommodate seasonal fluctuations in groundwater.
What is it depends upon the site conditions? Typically not more than 3 - 4.5 meters (~10-15 feet)
The date that the global functional organization, which was established to manage and steward all remediation and non-operating site activities was founded.
What is January 1, 2008? (Or 2008)
The lower the value, the less permeable the material, and the slower fluid will move through it.
What is hydraulic conductivity?
Preferential pathways associated with subsurface contaminant releases, often related to storm drains, sanitary sewers, and utilities.
What are conduits?
A globally consistent process intended to provide a strategic approach to all direct-managed projects that is driven by the V&R score, and requires endorsement of internal stakeholders.
What is the Path to Closure or PTC?
What time it is in Calgary, London and Melbourne, when it is 1:45 PM in Houston.
What is 12:45 PM, 7:45 PM, and 4:45 AM?
It is comprised of three components: Protect the environment and safety of employees and communities, Enhance the value of the corporation, and Create opportunities for idled properties.
What is Environmental's Mission?
Reflected as a slope in a given direction, a change in head along the ground water flow path; the higher the number, the steeper the flow.
What is the hydraulic gradient?
A salty constituent of concern at upstream projects, it is typically present within produced water that is derived from deep geologic units; also, 1 of the 4 Technical Focus Areas.
What are chlorides?
A key requirement in environmental liability management, this document is owned by ATS and secures Environmental endorsement on certain transactions prior to finalizing property commitments.
What is Transaction Evaluation Summary or TES?
L'acronyme de: Protéger les personnes, Protéger l'environnement, Protéger les actifs de l'entreprise, Protéger la réputation de l'entreprise.
Qu'est-ce que PEAR? (la poire!)
(What is PEAR?)