Environmental impact assessment methodological framework for liquefied natural gas terminal and transport network planning

Papadopoulou, Maria P.; Antoniou, Constantinos

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2014.01.044

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“…New data have suggested that macroinvertebrate communities in north-central Arkansas are impacted by different levels of gas activity thereby prioritising the need for quantitative analyses of cumulative freshwater-impacts from oil and gas projects (Johnson et al, 2015). In Cyprus, a study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline network found key environmental impacts to include the release of particulate matter, odour/smell, noise and declining soil conditions as well as job opportunities (Papadopoulou and Antoniou, 2014).…”

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A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

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Lawler

Horst

et al. 2016

Science of The Total Environment

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The global economy relies heavily on oil and gas resources. However, hydrocarbon exploitation projects can cause significant impacts on the environment. But despite the production of numerous Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) to identify/mitigate such impacts, no study has specifically assessed the quality of EISs for both onshore and offshore oil and gas projects, with tested hypotheses. To address this research gap, our paper, for the first time, develops a modified Lee and Colley evaluation model to assess the quality of 19 sampled oil and gas project EISs produced from 1998 to 2008 in Nigeria. Our findings show that Project Description and Communication of Results are the main areas of strength. However, Environmental Impact Prediction, and Project Decommissioning, were among the key areas requiring attention. A key finding, though, is that Mann-Whitney tests suggest that there is no evidence that the quality of EISs for the latter period (2004-2008) is higher than that of the earlier period (1998-2004). We suggest that periodic systematic review of the quality of submitted/approved EISs (c. every 3-5years) should be established to monitor trends in EIS quality and identify strong and weak areas. This would help to drive continual improvement in both the EIA processes and the resultant EISs of technical engineering projects. Such reviews have the potential to illuminate some of the underlying problems of, and solutions to, oil and gas exploration, production and transportation, and their related environmental impacts. This suggested change would also be useful internationally, including for the burgeoning exploration and production of unconventional hydrocarbon resources.

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A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

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Lawler

Horst

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Science of The Total Environment

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“…The prevailing winds [36] and the region's topographic position (the presence of physical barriers) [37] have the highest impact on the distribution of air pollutants. (2) Water: water supplies may transfer contaminants [38] (e.g., stored fuel, firewater, and other extinguishing agents). The parameters overshadowing the exposure probability of water resources (surface water and groundwater level) were also identified.…”

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“…Animals: the indigenous and introduced species in the affected area or species with a degree of protection [26,38].…”

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The Environmental Risk Assessment of Fire and Explosion in Storage Tanks of Petroleum Products

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The present study provides a framework for assessing the environmental risk associated with fire and explosion of gasoline storage tanks in oil depots. The proposed framework includes three main steps: problem formulation, risk analysis, and risk description. The necessary basic details were identified and collected in formulating the problem. The source, pathway, receptor (SPR) model was employed in the risk analysis process. Each part was analyzed using tools that provide appropriate results and maintain the model integrity; additionally, the findings can be used in the whole process. The Dow Fire and Explosion Index (F&EI) was deployed to scrutinize the source, the pollutant dispersion and transmission path characteristics were measured to inspect the pathway, and the vulnerability indicators of the receptor and the degree of impact were determined to scrutinize the receptor. Finally, the risk assessment results were presented in the form of risk description tables. The purpose of this integration was to develop a framework thoroughly evaluating the risk associated with fire and explosion to the point of environmental consequences and providing a better understanding of the outcomes. This study, conducted for the first time specifically for an oil depot, provides an exhaustive view highly contributing to managers and decision makers.

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“…Salehi moayad and karimi in 2007 1 , have studied environmental impact assessment for gas transportation pipelines of Hamedan-Bijar, by GIS & RS method. Papadopoulou and Antoniou 10 have studied different alternative locations for the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal station in Cyprus were evaluated, explicitly considering also their connection to the power generation station of Mari and the country's gateway. Sosa and Alvarez-Ramirez (2009) 11 argue that there are temporal correlations in the occurrence of hazardous material pipelines incidents and this might be a useful consideration when creating contingency plans for large-scale pipeline projects, such as the one considered in Cyprus.…”

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Gas Pipeline Transmission (Case Study: Duzduzan – Ahar)

Karimi¹,

Alavipoor²,

Foroughi³

et al. 2014

Curr World Environ

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The national gas transmission Ahar -Duzduzan, transmit fresh gas in the West north of Iran. According to Iran's environmental regulation, construction and operation of pipelines is required EIA studies. Due to this linear project it is required to develop a particular EIA methodology on this kind of projects. Therefore at first we attempted to get a real knowledge about environmental endnotes of project with library and field studies. Along with reviewing the technical resources of the project, attempted to identify all of the construction and operation activities. Finally two methods of explanatory checklist and simplified matrix selected for EIA. In The construction phase 19 micro activities have evaluated in front of about 12 environmental factors (in the various environments). In the construction phase, activities such as; excavation, embankment and excavation show the greatest negative impact on the whole environment of area. And the most important activity with positive effects on the aforementioned factors is manpower recruitment. Also In the operation phase 15 micro activities have evaluated in front of about 15 environmental factors (in the various environments). In the Operation phase activities such as; grazing, vehicle traffic and wastewater production can have negative effects. Most positive impacts on environmental factors are revenue and welfare, employment levels, commerce and manning activities, immigration control and air quality. Most of the Operation phase effects are positive which involve; exploitation of gas or natural gas transportation and gas pipeline monitoring. According to the developed methodology it is necessary to use RS and GIS tools in the study current environment situation, routing environmental alternatives and make land use maps of transmission path. With regard to all issues presented in explanatory checklist of this project and also previous clauses from the standpoint of environmental compliance provisions there isn't any problem for implementation.

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Environmental impact assessment methodological framework for liquefied natural gas terminal and transport network planning

Cited by 14 publications

References 38 publications

A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

A systematic quality assessment of Environmental Impact Statements in the oil and gas industry

The Environmental Risk Assessment of Fire and Explosion in Storage Tanks of Petroleum Products

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Gas Pipeline Transmission (Case Study: Duzduzan – Ahar)

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