NEMS AS is a

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and advisory company, which is specialized in the domain of emissions control of emissions to air and discharge to sea, as well as environmental reporting and

environmental management system An environmental management system (EMS) is "a system which integrates policy, procedures and processes for training of personnel, monitoring, summarizing, and reporting of specialized environmental performance information to internal and external ...

s (EMS). The company provides its customers with software for

environmental accounting Environmental accounting is a subset of accounting proper, its target being to incorporate both economic and environmental information. It can be conducted at the corporate level or at the level of a national economy through the System of Integrat ...

, corporate sustainability reporting and chemical management. NEMS also provides advisory services to organizations, authorities and clients. NEMS AS has previously had other names including Novatech AS (Founding name) and Add Novatech AS in 2008 as part of Add Energy Group. NEMS AS is headquartered in

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History

The company Novatech AS was founded in 1986 in

. NEMS AS' first large scale project in the environmental domain came in 1991. NEMS AS was responsible for coordinating and creating content for the Environmental Programme on emissions to air and discharge to sea on behalf of OLF. As well as overseeing 14 external studies related to emissions to air and discharge to sea. The programme lasted 2 years and resulted in several written compendium volumes spanning over 2 phases. After the completion of the environmental programme Novatech AS started focusing on emissions work internationally focusing on

environmental impact assessment Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is the assessment of the environmental impact, environmental consequences of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the te ...

s. From 1995 NEMS started looking at software development opportunities related to Environmental Emissions in the Oil & Gas industry. In 2008, Novatech AS were acquired by Add Energy Group and renamed Add Novatech AS. In September 2018, Add Novatech AS was sold to Vela Operating group, which is a part of Canadian stock exchange listed company

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and rebranded NEMS AS. NEMS AS had been the historical name for all its software solutions, including NEMS Accounter,

NEMS Chemicals NEMS AS is a Software development, Software Development and Adviser, advisory company, which is specialized in the domain of emissions control of Air pollution, emissions to air and Marine pollution, discharge to sea, as well as Environmental ac ...

, NEMS Forecaster and NEMS Panorama. In 2021, NEMS AS signed a global frame agreement with Oil & Gas super-major BP.

Environmental accounting software

NEMS AS released NEMS Accounter in 2005. NEMS Accounter and is an

software used by the

Oil & Gas A fossil fuel is a flammable carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the buried remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants or microplanktons), a process that occurs within geologica ...

operators to track their emissions during E&P processes. In Norway many operators use NEMS Accounter to generate data to be reported directly into the national environmental reporting solution, Epim Environmental Hub(EEH).

Chemical management software

In 1995, NEMS AS in collaboration with three oil companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf established a joint database for offshore chemical management. The database was first named Chems, this was later renamed

is a database solutions that enables chemical suppliers to provide operators with environmental documentation of chemicals according to the OSPAR HOCNF (Harmonized Offshore Chemical Notification Format) framework. The HOCNFs are then Color Coded as per the legislation of the local market according to the

ecotoxicological Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects of toxic chemicals on biological organisms, especially at the population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecotoxicology is a multidisciplinary field, which integrates toxicology and ecology ...

properties of the product. The

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also have access to the chemical documentation in

to make it easier for Operators and authorities with regards to apply for discharge permits. The KPD Centre which audits and certifies the HOCNFs entered into the database is operated by NEMS AS under a steering committee consisting of the member oil companies, as well as participation of one member from EOSCA.

is the recommended in the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association guidelines for discharge and emission reporting.

Corporate sustainability reporting

In 2018, NEMS AS released its Corporate Sustainability Reporting solution NEMS Panorama. NEMS Panorama enables companies to monitor global assets centrally and report according to various sustainability reporting schemes including GRI, CDP and

IOGP The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) is the petroleum industry's global forum in which members identify and share best practices to achieve improvements in health, safety, the environment, security, social responsibility, engi ...

EPIM Environmental Hub (EEH)

In June 2015, NEMS AS were awarded the work to provide EPIM with a national environment reporting hub to be used by all the operators on the

Norwegian Continental Shelf The Norwegian continental shelf () (abbreviated as NCS) is the continental shelf over which Norway exercises sovereign rights as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The area of the shelf is four times the area of Norw ...

. Work started early July and the EPIM Environmental Hub solution was delivered end of September 2015. This enabled Norwegian operators to report successfully within 15 March deadline of 2016. EEH continues to be maintained and updated by NEMS AS.

Environmental advisory services and studies

NEMS AS provide environmental advisor services related to annual reporting of Revised National Budget(RNB) numbers for Norwegian Oil and Gas Operators,

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and

energy management Energy management includes planning and operation of energy production and energy consumption units as well as energy distribution and storage. Energy management is performed via Energy Management Systems (EMS), which are designed with hardware ...

. NEMS AS environmental advisors also work with various governmental authorities and interest organizations related to performing studies in the environmental domain specific to the Oil & Gas industry. Advisory competency includes Chemicals management,

Energy management Energy management includes planning and operation of energy production and energy consumption units as well as energy distribution and storage. Energy management is performed via Energy Management Systems (EMS), which are designed with hardware ...

Environmental compliance Environmental compliance means conforming to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements such as site permits to operate. In recent years, environmental concerns have led to a significant increase in the number and scope o ...

Environmental studies Environmental studies (EVS or EVST) is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human behavior, human interaction with the Natural environment, environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sci ...

and Power from shore. NEMS AS have done and participated in multiple large studies including: * One of the largest and significant studies of its kind related to mapping of cold venting and fugitive emissions from Norwegian offshore oil and gas activities on behalf of the

*A study related to mapping of cold venting and fugitive emissions of methane and NMVOCs from petroleum operations onshore on behalf of the

*Study related to Power From shore of Utsira and Johan Sverdrup on behalf of Norwegian Petroleum Directorate and Energi Norge. Identifying a half the cost compared to the numbers provided by Norwegian national operator Statoil. * Klimakur 2020 – NEMS contributed to large scale project started in 2010 to see how Norway could reduce its emissions by 2020 on behalf of the

, the

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate The Norwegian Offshore Directorate () is a Norwegian government agency responsible for the regulation of the petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf. Based in Stavanger, its mission is to ensure that the petroleum resources are a ...

, the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority and the

Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate ( or NVE) is a Norwegian government agency established in 1921. It is under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and regulates the country's water resources and energy supply. Its mandate in ...

Customers

The company's customers include: * Oil & Gas companies * Chemical suppliers * National Authoritites * Special Interest Organizations and Non-Profits

References

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