Recent projects

We have undertaken many industry and development aid projects and have worked in multi-cultural environments across the globe since 1996. Some of our more recent projects are listed below.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and WWF Guyana

• Supporting the development of a set of sector-specific ESIA guidelines
• Stakeholder engagement on draft guidelines

Trans Adriatic Pipeline – South-Eastern Europe

• Development and implementation of environmental and social management system
• Environmental and social performance management
• Pipeline construction contractor oversight
• Liaison with lenders for compliance assurance
• Grievance management

National Institute for Environment and Development in Suriname (NIMOS)

• Capacity building on international standards for environmental and social impact assessment
• Capacity building on offshore environmental baseline surveys
• Supporting the development of Environmental Assessment Guidelines for offshore oil and gas reconnaissance and exploration drilling

World Bank Group

• Institutional assessment and action plan

EACOP pipeline – Uganda

• Review of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
• Member of the expert working group of the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) providing an advisory report on the ESIA
• Workshop on ESIA observations with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

Capacity building – Lebanon

• Support to the Lebanese Petroleum Administration and Ministry of Environment on environmental and social management under the Norwegian Oil for Development Program of NORAD
• Development of EIA Guidelines for offshore oil and gas reconnaissance and exploration drilling
• Review of environmental impact assessments, environmental management plans and post-project reports
• Workshops and training sessions on environmental and social performance standards

Capacity building – other

• Various contributions to regular courses and other capacity building support related to managing petroleum resources as interactions between national authorities and commercial enterprises
• Lecturing and workshop contributions under NORAD’s Oil for Development Program for numerous countries
• Development of e-learning courses and workshops, whether virtual or in person

Strategic Environmental Assessments
– Zanzibar (Tanzania), Ghana and Uganda

• Development of Strategic Environmental Assessments incl. scenario analysis
• Stakeholder engagement workshops
• Capacity building

Non-govermental organisations – international

• Capacity building on environmental and social management for various audiences
• Scoping initiatives for monitoring and reporting of impacts from petroleum activities in Uganda and Kenia