MOL Pakistan Oil
and Gas Co. B.V. BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT: 2D ...
seismic survey in the Margala and Margala North Blocks- during 2008-2009. ... communities were consulted and their concerns were addressed in the EIA and ... Dropping of Seismic Operation in highly Sensitive Areas: As per MOL Pakistan's ...
http://www.mol.hu/repository/543120.pdf
May 2006 Proposed offshore seismic surveys of
Areas 2 and 5 ...
impacts that could be caused by the seismic surveys. Particular attention will be paid to sensitive areas (the Quirimbas National Park ...
http://www.clubofmozambique.com/solutions1/solutions/business/energy_oil/BID.pdf
Marine
mammal mitigation during seismic surveys and
...
by CR Weir - Related articles
http://www.ketosecology.co.uk/MitigationSC58E12Final.pdf
Acquiring seismic in an urban environment
culturally and seismically sensitive area. PLANNING THE SURVEY ... fied the public concerns and provided an acceptable source for the seismic survey. ...
http://www.fairfieldnodal.com/Services/Data Acquisition/Related Articles/World Oil Urban Seismic Dec 2009.pdf
SCOPING NOTICE HORSESHOE BASIN 3D SEISMIC SURVEY
PROPOSAL
Proposed Devon Horseshoe Basin 3D Seismic Survey Project Area. ... Vegetation and general habitat assessments for BLM sensitive ..... Preliminary Resource Management Issues, Concerns, and Opportunities. The following issues and concerns ...
http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wy/information/NEPA/rsfodocs/horshoebasin.Par.39379.File.dat/Scoping.pdf
The
discovery of Alpine Field has renewed industry inter-
Seismic ...
relief area for caribou. Local residents use the region for sub- sistence hunting, trapping, and fishing. ... Seismic survey design in environmentally sensitive regions of the ... sures, small amounts of fluid do reach the snow (Figure 2). ... mental, safety, transportation, cost, and disposal concerns ...
http://tle.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/23/10/1055.pdf
In this
approach to 3D seismic survey design, I will say
lit- A ...
areas, et cetera. To some extent, some of these types of noise may have a time-variant component as well. ... Design of a seismic survey must include an evaluation of ... However, 3D grid density is sensitive to Xmax squared and this value should be .... If this is a concern, then surely their selected bin size is ...
http://tle.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/reprint/23/10/1007.pdf
A29 Determination of Bin Size and Migration Aperture in 3D
Seismic ...
6 May 2009 ... Financial concerns, however, argues for a larger Bin size and so reduce shot density ... Too small a Bin drives up cost, but does not ... seismic survey. The amount of increased area is not necessarily the same in the strike and the .... migration aperture are two sensitive parameters. ...
http://www.geophysics.ut.ac.ir/En/Professor/Data/Pub/Javaherian/Paper/FullPaper/A29.pdf
Managing Seismic Exploration in a Nearshore
Environmentally ...
that we do. Environmentalperformance,like the health and ... SENSITIVE AREA. SPE 030431 application; seismic survey; drilling and ultimately if ...
http://www.onepetro.org/google/Papers/SPE/eLibrary_Papers/spe/1995/95OE/00030431/00030431.pdf?id=00030431&soc=SPE
Best Practices from Super-Giant 3D-OBC Seismic
Survey, Offshore ...
The material, as presented, does not necessarily reflect any position of the Society of Petroleum ..... acquired at the onset of the survey in the quality concern area of the field. ..... Sensitive to depth conversion due to shallow dip ...
http://www.onepetro.org/google/Papers/SPE/eLibrary_Papers/spe/2004/04ADIPEC/00088694/00088694.pdf?id=00088694&soc=SPE
Strategic
Environmental Assessment Western Newfoundland and ...
Noise/disturbance (seismic survey activities; noise from drilling ... Sensitive areas or areas of concerns identified during the SEA process will ...
http://www.cnlopb.nl.ca/pdfs/wnlscop.pdf
Anadarko Moçambique Área 1, Lda and Empresa Nacional de ...
potential impacts associated with seismic surveys. Of particular concern are potential impacts to marine mammals and dugongs, sensitive eco-tourism areas, ...
http://www.anadarko.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Mozambique PDF/Deewater Seismic/Eng/BIDEnglish.pdf
A BC offshore industry? - Who decides and how?
(do plans meets regs & laws? do plans address ... Can ecologically sensitive areas be protected? ■ Concern over safety of seismic surveys ... Seismic surveys - sensitive areas. ■ Risk of oil spills and “blowouts” ...
http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/OG/offshoreoilandgas/ContributionAgreements/Documents/Pres_3_Regulations.pdf
5. SEISMIC SURVEYING
Concern was expressed throughout the review about the effect of percussion from seismic ... review area should be covered by seismic surveys in any given year. ... consequently, these months will be sensitive to seismic survey work. ...
http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/OG/offshoreoilandgas/ReportsPresentationsandEducationalMaterial/Reports/Documents/05-SeismicSurveying.pdf
Claudius 3D Marine Seismic Survey Environment Plan
Summary
sensitive benthic habitats or significant habitat for threatened and/or ... The survey area does overlap the waters of two Commonwealth fisheries ... environmental concerns in regards to appropriately managed seismic surveys being ...
http://www.ret.gov.au/resources/Documents/Offshore Petroleum Environment/Summary Environment Plans - Western Australia/2009/23963_WOODSDIE_Claudius_3D_MSS_EP_Summary.pdf
EENDRACHT MC3D MARINE SEISMIC SURVEY ENVIRONMENT
PLAN: PUBLIC SUMMARY
The survey will take place within the following Petroleum Permit Areas: W08-18, W08-19, ... sensitive microphones arranged along a number of hydrophone cables ..... consulted has raised any issues or concerns relating to the proposed ...
http://www.ret.gov.au/resources/Documents/Offshore Petroleum Environment/Summary Environment Plans - Western Australia/2009/21405_FUGRO_Eendracht_MC3D_EP_Summary.pdf
Conditions relating to environmental concerns and
fishery interests
shoreline, distance to environmentally sensitive areas and effects on other commercial ... area for fish eggs and fish larvae. In this area seismic surveys are not permitted between 1 ... The condition is that the discharge does not ...
http://www.npd.no/Global/Norsk/2 - Tema/Utvinningstillatelser/TFO-2009/Conditions relating to environmental concerns and fishery interest.pdf
Santos
will be conducting seismic surveys to the south and west of. Gunnedah. ... property infrastructure, sensitive areas and farming or grazing activities. ...
http://www.santos.com/library/Santos_Gunnedah_Basin_Seismic_Gwydir.pdf
SMOKY VALLEY GEOTHERMAL SEISMIC EXPLORATION
PROJECT
The proposed action is to conduct a seismic survey for mapping of the ... There may be limited impacts to sensitive plant species that have the potential to ... The project does not lie within any congressionally designated areas. ... Written comments, concerns, questions and suggestions should be mailed to Steve ...
http://budget.state.nv.us/clearinghouse/Notice/2009/E2009-045.pdf
Seismic
Surveys: Regulatory Process
➢Historical overview of seismic surveys in NL offshore area. ➢EA process .... Board considers concerns/issues raised by fishers when ... Seismic Programs: Mitigative Measures. Fish. ➢ Avoidance of sensitive times ...
http://www.oneocean.ca/pdf/seismic/process.pdf
Fisheries
& Offshore Seismic Operations - THE BC SEAFOOD
ALLIANCE
have developed guidelines and protocols for seismic surveys / fisheries ... In most areas, the main issues have shifted from concerns about direct physical .... Ship completes report, fisher does the same and makes claim, we assess and ... Avoid active fixed gear areas. • Avoid sensitive areas at sensitive times ...
http://www.bcseafoodalliance.com/documents/Canpitt.pdf
CANIS 3D Seismic Survey AC/P37 & WA-341-P
Commonwealth Waters ...
Proposed Canis 3D MSS – environmentally sensitive areas .... Concerns have included: •. Pathological effects (lethal and sub-lethal injuries) .... survey area and adjacent waters do not include any significant seagrass habitat that ...
http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/20377_APACHE_Canis3DMSS_EPSummary.pdf
CEF
Presentation
Sensitive coastal areas. ◆ Impacts on species of concern. Major concerns based on DFO analysis and .... seismic surveys in the SEA area, the following ...
http://www.cnsopb.ns.ca/pdfs/CEF_Presentation.pdf
Concerns related to chronic stress in marine mammals
by AJ Wright - Related articles
http://iwcoffice.org/_documents/sci_com/SC61docs/SC-61-E16.pdf
Impacts of seismic survey activities on whales and
other marine ...
All developed national seismic guidelines recognise sensitive areas for marine ... currently in place do not reflect the escalating international concern ...
http://www.seaturtle.org/PDF/Herata_2007_Seismic_Survey-Impact_Wkshp_Rept.pdf
Applications for seismic testing in the Beaufort
Sea - 23 April 2009
23 Apr 2009 ... public participation so that the impacts of seismic and concerns related .... found that seismic surveys can cause more subtle changes in ... Beaufort Sea do not appear to have included all of the ... mitigation strategy is fairly straight forward – try to avoid seismic testing over sensitive areas. ...
http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/clf-nsi/rthnb/pblcrgstr/bpxplrtnpkk/cjstc20090423.pdf
EIA for Sasol's Offshore Exploration Project in Block 16 & 19
...
questions, including written recommendations and concerns. ... concessions next to highly sensitive protective areas. .... However, it may be of importance to do aerial surveys in the deep waters too in order to .... show this to be true one can avoid the impact from the seismic surveys and drilling all together. ...
http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/downloads/Addenda_to_Annex_D3_1222950265128.pdf
Offshore seismic surveys may impair hearing and
cause ear damage ...
and because of this should be an effect of major concern (Fisheries and Ocean. Canada 2004). ... that do not leave the area, but of some reason remains in the area. There might ... These are sensitive structures and for some .... be calculated when several seismic surveys are done in the same area within a ...
http://naturvernforbundet.no/getfile.php/Dokumenter/rapporter/2008-2007/NNV-reportnr42007seismicandfishhearing.pdf
Does moderate anthropogenic noise disrupt foraging
activity in ...
The possible concerns are reinforced by more concrete .... As regards seismic surveys, the key question would be how large an area the disruption occurs within, ... •A subset of the population may be more sensitive to sound, and so ...
http://www.acousticecology.org/docs/Cummings_DFOppt_ForagingDisruptions.pdf
1 Type title in here
list of environmental concerns to be assessed in more detail (see Section 6.3). .... Seismic survey. Underwater noise generation from air guns (on ... Size and location of sensitive areas in IOSEA2 area, eg carbonate ...
http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/NR/rdonlyres/38BA8484-674B-499E-BC41-0D57B6DAB18E/0/1673R002s6Draftimpactassmtmethod_final.pdf
LONG BEACH UNIT 3-D SURVEY George E. Otott Jr.
Thums Long Beach ...
by GE Otott Jr - Cited by 3
http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/documents/2007/07014priority/fields of la basin/51.pdf
Environmental outcomes of seismic surveying in the
Coongie Lakes ...
proposed a seismic survey in the sensitive Coongie Lakes. Control Zone (CLCZ; Fig. ... sensitivity of the area and the concerns of many community groups. ...
http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/27715/coongie_mesa11.pdf
Example environmental procedures for seismic
operations in the ...
Environmental and landowner concerns highlight the importance of the ..... Do not keep firearms, traps, nets and pets whilst on a seismic survey. ... Prepare chainage diagrams (maps), which clearly show any sensitive areas to be avoided ...
http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/37107/exampleseismicprocedures.pdf
Guidelines
for minimising acoustic disturbance to marine mammals ...
For sensitive areas including West of Britain, Moray Firth and Cardigan Bay, the ... seismic survey will be treated on a case-by-case basis by the JNCC however ... In all sea areas there is a concern that visual observation can be an ...
http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/Seismic_survey_guidelines_200404.pdf
CHECKLIST
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
by I TYPE - Related articles
http://dnrc.mt.gov/env_docs/february/JBBrownseismicD-EA1543.pdf
A Review of the Effects of Seismic Surveys on
Marine Mammals
tically sensitive marine mammals must give rise to concerns about possible adverse im- pacts. Powerful sounds can potentially have ... to high levels of exposure but they do little to ...... marine mammals to a seismic survey area, pro- ...
http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr/en/pelagos/pdfs/Gordon et al. 2004, Review of Seismic Surveys Effects.pdf
Microsoft PowerPoint -
Rosenbaum_IWCpointsDessau_Sept2006FINAL.pps
population in areas of special concern*, arising out of the discussions detailed in Annex K (item 6.2.2) ... impact of noise from seismic surveys within these areas .... sensitive areas needed by bowhead whales for breeding, calving or ...
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/antarktis/archiv/1-3_Rosenbaum_IWC-points.pdf
Non-fisheries Resource Use Activities in the East Marine Region
...
in a sensitive area due to its proximity to the Park. .... The main concerns (Australian Institute of Petroleum, 2002a) are associated ... Region, future production activities do have the potential to cause ... east coast, with the area minimally explored. Few seismic surveys and no drilling have occurred so ...
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/publications/east/pubs/non-fisheries-chapter3.pdf
Marine
Noise Pollution - Mitigation and the Need for Wider ...
do not reflect the escalating international concern regarding the impacts .... These are motivated by the SWG's serious concerns over seismic survey .... Areas and PSSAs (Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas), uses the terms “substance” and ...
http://www.asoc.org/portals/0/pdfs/ASOC CCAMLR noise 093005.pdf
Department of
Biology Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia ...
This concern extends to the marine ecosystem in general and to population-level ... Moreover, in the one case where we do have good long-term baseline ... displaced from a primary feeding area by seismic surveys, returning only days ... Humpback whale cows and calves in key habitat were especially sensitive to ...
http://www.oceanmammalinst.com/pdfs/CCClet2.pdf
BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER BED SEISMIC SURVEY NEF PROJECT
OIL INDIA LIMITED ...
The central concerns about seismic air guns include physiological damage they may cause ... fish and other aquatic fauna to move away from the survey area, ...
http://www.elaw.org/system/files/%2Fdrupal/files/Brahmaputra+River+Bed+Seismic+Survey.pdf
Dear Friends of the Sabine National Forest, Seitel Data has ...
23 Jul 2009 ... seismic survey (Shelby East) on a portion of the Sabine National Forest. ... endangered, threatened, and sensitive (PETS) species within the project area. The project activities will abide by the ... I would like to have your input regarding any site-specific concerns that you may have before I ...
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/texas/planning/sabine/seitel/sab_seitel_scoping_letter.pdf
AGL Gloucester Seismic Survey
Figure 2: Gloucester Seismic Surveys and Survey Area ..... Due to the sensitive nature of Gloucester and the surrounding area and ... as that of a seismic survey and does not produce the same type of ...... with potentially affected landowners in order to establish landowner concerns and preferences and has ...
http://www.agl.com.au/Downloads/S7009301_REFFinal_15Sep09_AGL.pdf
Microsoft PowerPoint - Soderstrom
What are the concerns? • Possible effects from noise e.g.seismic surveys ... How does DTI Regulate the Impact of. Noise on the Marine Environment? ... depending on sensitivity of area & in certain sensitive areas ...
http://resource.npl.co.uk/docs/science_technology/acoustics/clubs_groups/13oct05_seminar/soderstrom_dti.pdf
FINDING
OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
- Related articles
http://www.mms.gov/alaska/ref/EIS EA/Final_PEA/Final FONSI.pdf
Influence of seismic surveys on western gray
whales off Sakhalin ...
by DW WELLER - Cited by 16
http://www.livingoceans.org/files/PDF/energy/Gray_whales_and_seismic.pdf
OIL INDUSTRY OPERATING
GUIDELINE FOR TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
areas does not necessarily mean that exploration activities will result in ... controlling low level overflights in protected and sensitive areas. ... During seismic survey, gaining access by vehicle to the survey area is like- ..... where animal mobility is of concern, consideration should be given to ele- ...
http://www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/170.pdf
Preliminary Acoustic Level Measurements of Airgun Sources from
...
levels for ConocoPhillips' 2006 Chukchi Sea seismic survey program. ... The OBH systems were deployed from the Torsvik and then Torsvik departed the survey area ... sensitive hydrophone (TC4043) was used for the close approach over the OBH ... This preliminary report will only concern itself with the array in full ...
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/permits/conocophillips_report.pdf
NRDC:
wat_09032301a (pdf)
23 Mar 2009 ... Our primary concerns with the acoustic impacts of seismic surveys include the following: • Ensuring that survey areas do not overlap with important ... temporal restrictions to protect biologically sensitive areas and ...
http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/files/wat_09032301a.pdf
Underwater Sound & Marine Life Workshop
concerns over the impact of active acoustic surveys. ... Biologically Sensitive Areas should follow appropriate NPWS approved mitigation .... Sound in the Marine Environment - Why does it matter to Research Vessel ... implications of planning a seismic survey, it now takes 12 months to organise a seismic cruise ...
http://www.nioz.nl/public/dmg/isom/reports/Underwater_Sound_and_Marine_Life_Workshop.pdf
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