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Petroleum Development Oman<br />

<strong>Estate</strong> <strong>Service</strong>s <strong>Asset</strong><br />

Environmental Assessment<br />

2002 Review and Update<br />

1.3 Objectives and Scope of Study<br />

The objectives of the present environmental assessment were the following:<br />

- Updating the environmental inventories in the asset, taking into consideration all<br />

developments and activities that have taken place since the last environmental<br />

assessment conducted in November 1999.<br />

- Reviewing the environmental requirements in the asset, taking into consideration<br />

any recent changes in the legislative and corporate regulations and specifications<br />

- Auditing the environmental performance for the current year.<br />

- Updating the environmental baseline data, wherever required.<br />

- Reviewing the significant aspects and reassessing the environmental impacts, in<br />

view of the above.<br />

- Revising the environmental mitigation and monitoring plan, wherever required.<br />

The social and health impact assessment components were not included in the present<br />

study. The quantitative risk analysis was also not included in the present study.<br />

1.4 Method of Study<br />

The present study was carried out in three stages. In the first stage, the previous EIA<br />

reports (Reference 1) and other available environmental documents were reviewed.<br />

Based on this review, detailed and structured checklists were prepared for asset data<br />

verification and environmental performance audit. Subsequently, a site visit was<br />

undertaken to check the ground realities and to collect all necessary information.<br />

During the site visit, the key operating personnel in the asset including the Area<br />

Coordinator and the Area HSE Advisor were interviewed, and detailed environmental<br />

audit of the various facilities in the asset was conducted. In the third stage, all the data<br />

collected were analysed and the significant environmental hazards (aspects) were<br />

identified. Then the environmental effects (impacts) were reassessed using <strong>PDO</strong>’s<br />

“Hazards and Effects Manageme nt Procedure (HEMP)” as described in the <strong>PDO</strong>'s<br />

document GU-195 "Environmental Assessment Guideline" (Reference 2). Following<br />

the reassessment, the environmental mitigation and the monitoring plans were revised<br />

as appropriate.<br />

©HMR Environmental Engineering Consultants C1 - 6<br />

Oman’s Environmental Consultancy<br />

HMR\1501\<strong>Estate</strong> <strong>Service</strong>s

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