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Objective

The overall objective of this Recommended Practice (RP) is to establish guidelines and recommendations for the processes required to protect the safety of people and the environment during all phases of shale gas field development and operations.

It is further the ambition that this document shall increase the overall awareness of risks from shale gas activities and demonstrate how to best manage these risks.

It is the intention of DNV that this Recommended Practice may serve as a reference document for independent assessment or verification.

This Recommended Practice aims at covering risk management issues which are particular for shale gas fields. It does not cover issues related to what are considered normal gas field facilities, even if such facilities are normally also used at shale gas fields.