2001 Strategic Environmental Assessment SEA2 Supporting document - An overview of offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities in the North Sea

This document is intended to provide an introduction for non-specialists to the key activities and potential sources of environmental effects associated with oil and gas exploration and production. It forms part of the information base for the Department of Trade and Industry's (now Department of Energy and Climate Change) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA2) process in the North Sea.

本文件旨在为非专业人士提供对石油和天然气勘探与生产相关的主要活动及其潜在环境影响源的概述。它构成了北海贸易与工业部（现能源与气候变化部）战略环境评估（SEA2）过程的信息基础的一部分。