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SRK Consulting 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. FOUD/dalc 398251_Staatsolie_Draft EIR_Non-technical Summary FINAL.doc November 2009 area
SRK Consulting Staatsolie Refinery Draft EIA Report: Non-technical Summary Page iii At the existing refinery, crude oil is stored in special tanks on the site. The crude oil is then distilled into diesel, heavy vacuum gasoil and vacuum residue. The vacuum residue is turned into asphalt bitumen and the remaining product is blended with the heavy vacuum gasoil to produce fuel oil. The refinery consists of two main processing units, storage facilities and utilities. The refinery products are exported by pipeline, truck and ships from the jetty. 4.2 The Proposed Expanded Refinery New processing units, utilities and storage facilities will be built to expand the existing refinery; mostly on the 9 Existing Site ha expansion area, but also on the existing refinery site (see Figure 1 and Figure 2). The expanded refinery will involve a more complex crude oil refining process and will need several new processing units to: • Separate the crude oil into intermediate products (e.g. through distillation); • Convert heavy intermediate products into lighter products (e.g. through hydrocracking and visbreaking); and • Upgrade intermediate products to meet the required end product specifications (e.g. through catalytic reforming). Proposed Expansion Area Figure 2: Existing and proposed refinery layout. Green shading indicates new units. FOUD/dalc 398251_Staatsolie_Draft EIR_Non-technical Summary FINAL.doc November 2009
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