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Manufacture, use & exposure

Uses at industrial sites

Uses at industrial sites

Registration/ Notification status for the use:
use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
Use name:
Use in oil and gas field drilling and production operations
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
Name of activity / technique:
Subsea production: e.g. hydraulic fluids with subsea discharge of actuation of valves.
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Name of activity / technique:
Subsea workover: e.g. use of dye in carrier fluid for leak integrity. Assumes 10 % discharge.
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Name of activity / technique:
Topsides, produced water
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
Name of activity / technique:
Shipped in tote tanks; sub-sampled; hose transfer to storage tank; applied by fixed dosing pump
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
Name of activity / technique:
Shipped in tote tanks; sub sampled; hose transfer to pump; transfer/injection
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
Name of activity / technique:
Shipped in drums; transfer by dosing pump/dosed directly from drum
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
Name of activity / technique:
Shipped in support vessel tanks; hose transfer to storage tank; pumped from storage tank to Hydraulic Power Unit
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
Product category used:
PC41: Oil and gas exploration or production products
Sector of end use:
SU 2b: Offshore industries
Substance supplied to that use in form of:
in a mixture
Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
no
Related assessment:
use assessed in an own CSR