PROJECT WORK AREAS - LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN

Most projects were completed directly in Spanish. The categories of work completed in the region include the following:

Contingency Plan (CP)
Environmental Auditing (EA)
Environmental Evaluation (EV)     
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Environmental Monitoring (EM)
Risk Analysis (RA)
Spill Response / Emergency Response Planning (SR/ER)
Training (T)
Technical Study (TS)

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ARGENTINA - CHILE (SOUTHERN CONE) WORK LOCATIONS

Buenos Aires – Bahia Blanca
1. Environmental Training (2 weeks). ENARGAS (T).
2. YPF Gas Stations in Province of Buenos Aires. YPF (EA).
3. La Plata Refinery and Marine Terminal. YPF (EA).
4. Bahía Blanca - La Plata Pipeline. YPF (EA).
5. Bahia Blanca Marine Terminal, Tank Farm and Pump Station. YPF (EA).

Mendoza
7. Lujan de Cuyo Refinery, YPF (EA).
8. Vizcacheras oil field, Astra (EA).
9. El Sonseado oil field, YPF (EA).

Neuquén
10. Rincón de los Sauces including Filo Morado, Paso de las Bardas y Bardas Norte, Puesto Molino, Desfiladero Bayo, Señal Cerro Bayo. YPFA, EM).
11. Producing fields: Señal Picada, Punta Barda, Barranca los Loros y los Loros Norte, Medanito, Bajo del Piche y Piche Oeste. YPF (EV).
12. Producing field Loma de la Lata, YPF (EM).
13. Producing field Huincul. YPF (EM).
14. Anticlinal Campamento oil field. Alberta Energy (EA).
15. Contingency Plans for Neuquén areas. YPF (CP).
16. Cost assessment for oily waste pit cleanup countrywide. YPF (TS).

Comodoro Rivadavia
17. Cañadón Perdido oíl field. YPF (EA).
18. Comodoro Rivadavia, Marine Terminal and Tank Farm. YPF (EA).

BOLIVIA

1. Environmental analysis of the Capare Block region in response to new environmental regulations, BHP.  (EV).
2. Benchmarking National Contingency Plans, ABT for submission to Bolivian Government. (SR/ER).
3. Gas pipeline environmental impact analysis, contingency plan and risk analysis.  Petrobras / EcoNat, Santa Cruz.  (EIA, SR/ER).

1. Environmental Emergency Response Audit of offshore Campos Basin operations (drilling / production vessels, FPSOs, and platforms) – Campos Basin.  Petrobras.  (EA, SR/ER).
2. Evaluation and testing of the Oil Spill Response Plan, Petrobras facilities, Manaus.  (SR/ER).
3. Review / analysis of environment risk assessment procedures for proposed offshore development, Pinaúna Field, El Paso Oleo e Gas do Brasil.  (RA).
4. Invited speaker - Oil Spill Impacts, Assessment and Recovery: III Congresso Brasiliero de Oceanografía, Fortaleza; and International Coastal Symposium, Santa Catarina.  (SR/ER).
   

1. El Algarrobo Iron Ore Mine. Compañia del Pacifico.  (EA).
2. Iron Pelletizing Plant and Export Dock, Huasco. Compañia del Pacifico.  (EA).
3. El Tofo Iron Ore Mine. Compañia del Pacifico.  (EA).
4. El Romeral Iron Ore Mine, Elqui Valley. Compañia del Pacifico.   (EA).
5. Railway and Export Port, Coquimbo. Compañia del Pacifico.   (EA).
6. Copper Slurry Pipeline. Minera Los Pelambres (CP / RA).
7. Gas de Chile distribution system, Santiago, ENAP/British Gas (EIA).
8. University instruction + coastal studies, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (T, TS).
9. San Antonio Canyon, Instituto Hidrográfico de la Armada (TS).
10. Gas de Chile pipeline, Neuquén to Santiago, ENAP/BG (EIA).
11. Iron and Steel Plant, Compañia Siderúrgica Huachipato, Talcahuano. CMP (EA).
12. Metula oil spill, Strait of Magellan, US National Science Foundation (EV).

Spill response plan advisory and sensitivity map preparation for the Dominican Republic.  International Maritime Organization.  (SR/ER).

Application of the Incident Command System to emergency response management.  Conference.  (SR/ER).

Development of a water-flow computer-based model to determine potential water quality impacts of new development in Cancun. (TS).

Training in sensitivity mapping and contingency planning for all Central American countries.  International Maritime Organization.  (T, SR/ER).

1. Environmental impact Analysis, Spill Response Plan, and Drill Assessment, for the Trans-Panama Pipeline. (EIA, SR / ER).
2. Oil and Hazardous Materials Emergency Response, Health and Safety Plan for the Panamá Canal. Panamá Canal Commission.  (SR/ER).
3. Spill response training and equipment needs. Panamá Canal Commission. (T, SR/ER).
4. Oil Spill Requirements for Canal-based Trans-Isthmus Pipeline and Marine Terminals.  Centro Energético de las Américas. (SR).

Training in spill response management and assessment; 3-day course provided to government and the oil industry.  (SR/ER, T)

1. Assessment and remediation of Lake Maracaibo.  Petróleos de Venezuela PDVSA.  (EIA, TS).
2. Lake Maracaibo entrance – Review of Puerto de las Americas, including petroleum and coal export facility. PDVSA.  (EV).
3. Review of National Contingency Plan and evaluation of all spill response equipment and facilities.   PDVSA.  (SR/ER).
4. Remediation of oily waste lagoons and development of waste tracking system.  PDVSA / CDM.  (EV, TS).