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Total discharges to water: By pollutant, E&P
This stacked bar chart shows the discharges to water of the Exploration and Production business segment, analyzed by pollutant type.

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Total discharges to water: By pollutant, E&P
  Units 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Discharges to water - Group total Tonnes 46,381 58,399 80,918 125,872 57,067 56,981 45,883 71,322
Drilling discharges E&P (8) Tonnes 34,353 45,499 55,595 102,820 33,928 31,652 28,233 56,320
Oil in muds and cuttings - E&P Tonnes 1,031 705 0 0 0 0 0 0
Synthetic drill fluids in muds - E&P Tonnes 10,984 20,570 5,067 4,032 2,096 1,561 1,552 1,968
Drilling chemicals (8) Tonnes 22,338 24,224 50,528 98,788 31,832 30,091 26,681 54,352
Operational discharges - E&P (8) Tonnes     11,653 9,081 8,681 9,733 9,119 10,623
Oil in produced water - E&P Tonnes 1,420 2,016 1,390 1,359 832 939 768 605
Production chemicals - E&P (8) Tonnes     10,263 7,722 7,849 8,794 8,351 10,018

(8) New water categories reported for the first time in the charting tool in 2005


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