PROJECT WORK AREAS: MIDDLE EAST - WEST ASIA

The categories of work completed in the region include the following:

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

AZERBAIJAN

• Environmental Manager, Pipeline Construction. CCC Engineers, BTC Project. (EM, SR/ER, T)
• Environmental Review / Due Diligence; 10 oil and gas fields prior to potential sale. Houston based oil company. (EV)

KAZAKHSTAN

• ESIA for seismic operations and environmental mapping of entire Kazakhstan shoreline of the Caspian Sea. KazakhCaspiShelf. (ESIA, ESI)

KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

• Technical review of EIA for seismic operations, International oil company. (ESIA)
  

KUWAIT

• Shoreline characterization and Environmental Sensitivity Mapping, Kuwait University. (SR, ESI)
• Post Gulf War damage assessment, Panel participant in UN Review Conference. (EV)
• Invited Speaker. Kuwait International Summit on Advances in Oil Spill Modeling. International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research and KISR. ( T) http://www.iahr.net/site/files/IAHR_Kuwait_International_Summit_on_Advances_in_Oil_Spill_Modeling.pdf

LEBANON

• Assessment of environmental damages and related economic costs of the Jiyah oil spill resulting from conflict with Israel. World Bank. (ESIA)
  

SAUDI ARABIA

• EIA for 13 Power Plants in Western Region (Red Sea). Saudi Electric Co.- Western Region. (EIA)
• Arabian Gulf oil impacts from the Gulf War. MEPA (Bechtel). (EV, SR)
• Protocols for Oil Spill Assessment. MEPA (Bechtel). (EV)
  

TUNISIA

• Contingency Plan Advisor and Equipment Need Assessment, U.S. TDA. (SR, TS)
  

TURKEY

• Response and Management Plans, Incident Management Plan, Risk Analyses, Training, Spill Modeling for the BTC Pipeline and Marine Terminal, Botas (SR/ER, EM, EV, TS, ESI, T).
• Oil Spill Responder, Shoreline / Nearshore Operations, Botas, (SR).
  

TURKMENISTAN

• Analysis of Turkmentbashi Oil Spill Contingency Plan and Response Equipment Requirements.  World Bank study. (ER, TS)