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Staatsolie Refinery Draft EIA Report: Non-technical Summary Page ii
Table 1: EIA specialist studies and specialists.
Specialist
study / report
Geology, Soils
and Ecology
Surface and
Groundwater
Specialist teams
Dirk Noordam and Pieter Teunissen,
independent consultants from Suriname
Tony Rex, SRK United Kingdom
Air Quality Victor von Reiche and Lucian Burger
Airshed Planning Professionals, South Africa
Noise Bora Arpacioglu, SRK Turkey
Social Sue Reuther, SRK South Africa
3.3 Public Consultation
Public consultation is an important part of the EIA that
runs throughout the process. During the Screening
Phase of the EIA, Staatsolie advertised the proposed
project and held meetings with the local communities.
During the Scoping Phase, SRK compiled an initial list of
stakeholders, advertised the project and released a
Background Information Document. Meetings were
also held with authorities to discuss the Study Plan
compiled by SRK.
The Draft EIA Report has been made available for public
comment and this Non-technical Summary in both
English and Dutch has been sent to all stakeholders on
the list. Public consultation meetings will be held to
SPCS
site
Existing
refinery
site
discuss the EIA Report and all stakeholders are invited
to comment on the Draft EIA Report (see the end of this
document for information on how to take part).
3.4 Interaction with the Design Team
There have been ongoing discussions between the EIA
team and Staatsolie’s design and engineering team
throughout the EIA process. It was therefore possible to
limit the potential impacts of the project by changing
the design of the expanded refinery.
4 SITE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION
4.1 The Refinery Site
The Staatsolie refinery is in a semi-urban area and is
about 27 ha in size (excluding the 9 ha expansion area
next to it) (see Figure 1). Houses in Dijkveld are on the
other side of the Tout Lui Faut Canal. There are
industrial businesses on both sides of the refinery along
the Suriname River and undeveloped land to the south
and southwest.
Crude oil is pumped to the refinery via pipeline and
products are taken away by ship using a jetty on the
Suriname River and by truck (road).
Proposed
expansion
Figure 1: Google Earth image showing the existing Staatsolie refinery site and proposed expansion area.
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