el fayoum Gas Pipeline - European Investment Bank

el sadat – el fayoum Gas Pipeline
Environmental Impact Assessment
OHSAS 18001
0.0- Executive & Non Technical Summary
-This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been prepared to comply with the
Egyptian Environmental Regulations (Law No. 4, 1994 and its Executive Regulations), in
comparable with the Casco’s Health, Safety and Environment Policy (Appendix (1)).
The scope of work includes construction of el sadat – el fayoum gas pipeline with 76 Km
length and 32" diameter.
This pipeline will be constructed for purpose of:
- increase the amount of natural gas delivered to Upper Egypt and to increase the gas amount
supported to Cairo..
The gas pipeline starts from El Sadat off take room then extends toward south direction
parallel to SUMID pipelines and El Ameriya Dashour pipeline for a distance about 76 km
. Then the pipeline will extend through the 6 th of October city west to El haii El motamaiz
and media production city . The pipeline will cross Mehwar 26 July road, 6 th of October –
El Wahat road and Cairo – El Faium road until it reaches Dashour compression station (
the end of the pipeline ).
A several survey were needed to locate the appropriate pipeline rout to avoid the
urban areas along its path
All positive and negative impacts were analyzed, and suitable mitigation measures were
designed for the negative impacts.
The undertaken project has major environmental and socio-economic positive impacts.
From the environmental point of view, the use of natural gas (green fuel) will help in
conserving the surrounding air quality due to the following reasons:
− Natural gas produces neither particulates nor significant quantities of sulphur
dioxide (SO 2 ) and/or nitrogen oxides.
− Only minute quantities of unburned residues of combustion, carbon monoxide
(CO) or hydrocarbons remain after burning of the natural gas.
− Natural gas is clear of trace elements as it does not contain more than minute
quantities of the heavy metals encountered in other fuels so it is considered as
clean fuel.
November 2009
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Egyptian Natural Gas Co. (GASCO)