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Inc. (“Fugro-McClelland”) 880 to obtain an independent assessment of the environmental<br />
conditions in the former concession area. Taken together, the HBT AGRA and Fugro-<br />
McClelland audits provide the most accurate assessment of the environmental impacts<br />
that may have resulted from TexPet’s operations.<br />
In October 1993, after completing its fieldwork, HBT AGRA prepared a twovolume<br />
draft Environmental Assessment Report. It concluded that there was little<br />
evidence of widespread or unconfined contamination either in the surface or subsurface<br />
soil. 881 It also found little evidence of subsurface contamination migration beyond the<br />
boundaries of the production stations and wellsites, because the impervious clayey soil<br />
of the area largely prevented contamination from moving away from the pits and<br />
ponds. 882 With respect to water, HBT AGRA found little evidence of contamination of<br />
groundwater (i.e., subsurface water) that might serve as a drinking water supply. 883<br />
Furthermore, HBT AGRA found that, as the Consortium’s Operator, TexPet had<br />
adhered to standard industry practices of the time related to environmental<br />
management. 884 In the end, it estimated a cost of US$13,274,000 to remediate spills<br />
and pits at the 22 production stations and 163 well sites that it had assessed. 885<br />
In 1992, Fugro-McClelland performed both a quality assurance/quality control<br />
(“QA/QC”) assessment of HBT AGRA’s work 886 and a parallel audit of environmental<br />
880<br />
Fugro-McClelland (West), Inc. is part of Fugro N.V., an international company based in The<br />
Netherlands that provides geotechnical, engineering and other services to various industries, including<br />
the oil and gas industry.<br />
881<br />
HBT AGRA Limited, Environmental Assessment of the Petroecuador-Texaco Consortium<br />
Oilfields, Volume I: Environmental Audit Report, dated October 1993, at § 8.6, Record at 10784v-11029<br />
(10860, 10861v).<br />
882<br />
HBT AGRA Limited, Environmental Assessment of the Petroecuador-Texaco Consortium<br />
Oilfields, Volume I: Environmental Audit Report, dated October 1993, at § 8.6, Record at 10784v-11029<br />
(10861v).<br />
883<br />
Indeed, HBT AGRA found “groundwater samples from domestic water wells and springs . . . to<br />
be near or below the assessment criteria standards.” HBT AGRA Limited, Environmental Assessment of<br />
the Petroecuador-Texaco Consortium Oilfields, Volume I: Environmental Audit Report, dated October<br />
1993, at § 8.6, Record at 10784v-11029 (10861v).<br />
884<br />
HBT AGRA Limited, Environmental Assessment of the Petroecuador-Texaco Consortium<br />
Oilfields, Volume I: Environmental Audit Report, dated October 1993, at § 5.6.2, Record at 10784v-11029<br />
(10819v-20v).<br />
885<br />
HBT AGRA Limited, Environmental Assessment of the Petroecuador-Texaco Consortium<br />
Oilfields, Volume II: Environmental Management Plan, dated Oct. 1993, at § 4.3.2, Record at 11032-99,<br />
11067-67v.<br />
886<br />
Fugro-McClelland (West), Inc., Final Joint Environmental Field Audit of Petroecuador-Texaco<br />
Consortium, Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) HBT AGRA Ltd. Fieldwork Oriente Ecuador<br />
dated September 1993, attached as Annex 45 to <strong>Chevron</strong>’s Motion filed Sept. 16, 2010 at 4:35 p.m., at<br />
4, .<br />
CERT. INTERMARK VER: JD<br />
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