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Sakhalin II Onshore Environmental Management Program, Shell and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company

Posted by aata_admin on October 3, 2011 | No Comments

Sakhalin Island Russia

AATA International, Inc. served as the Health, Safety, Environment, and Security Integrated Service Provider (HSES ISP) for Russian content, working as an integral member of the Royal Haskoning HSES ISP team working directly for Shell and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company. AATA was responsible for Russian and North American content to provide environmental and social support for construction of oil and gas onshore pipeline, offshore pipeline, offshore platforms, LNG plant, pumping and compressor stations, productions facilities, oil and gas terminal, and all ancillary activities.

AATA served as the principal international onshore manager and coordinator for the Sakhalin II project, one of the world’s largest oil and gas development projects where we developed a deep understanding of the project and the environmental challenges of the entire project area. This project included over 600-mile-long oil and gas on-shore pipelines, pumping and compressor stations, production facilities, and oil and gas terminal. AATA served as a liaison between the client and local regulatory and government agencies, and organized and managed environmental team consisting of over 65 Russian experts from academic institutes and consulting firms from Sakhalin Island, Moscow, Vladivostok, Kharbarovsk, Magadan, and other regions in the Russian Far East to conduct environmental baseline studies in the region, representing the top specialists in water quality, meteorology, fisheries, vegetation and wildlife, socioeconomics, and archaeological/cultural resources.

Baruun Naran Mongolia

Posted by aata_admin on August 15, 2011 | No Comments

Gobi Desert

The Baruun Naran coal project is located in Tsogt-Tsetsii Soum of the South-Gobi Aimag (Province) in Mongolia. The project is approximately 500 km south of Ulaanbaatar and 200 km north of the Chinese-Mongolian border. The coal deposit occurs within a NE-SW striking basin consisting of Permian sedimentary rocks. The Russian data indicate that coal is contained within 12 seams with the four thickest seams each measuring 10 m wide or wider. The Russians and Mongolians originally explored Baruun Naran in 1983 and 1990. The Russian-Mongolian team identified coal seams over an area 1.5 km by 10.5 km in size. In this area, they drilled a total of 21 holes and intersected coal in 15 of the holes.

AATA International, Inc. and a team of our local Mongolian technical specialists EcoTrade, et al., conducted extensive environmental and social baseline studies at the site in preparation for permitting and development. Physical, chemical, biological, and sociocultural studies were conducted to define the existing environment, and to form a basis for social and environmental impact assessment. A satellite linked meteorological station was established at the BN camp and operated continuously. The site is located approximately 25 km west of the large Tavan Tolgoi project which is now being advanced. Mongolia is a major coal supplier to expanding target markets in China.