Environmental and Social Management of Seismic Operations in Sensitive Tropical Rainforest
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Environmental and Social Management of Seismic Operations in Sensitive Tropical Rainforest Fernando L. Benalcazar; Fernando L. Benalcazar Encan Ecuador Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Mark William Thurber; Mark William Thurber WALSH Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar David M. Westlund David M. Westlund EnCana Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Paper presented at the SPE International Health, Safety & Environment Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 2006. Paper Number: SPE-98556-MS https://doi.org/10.2118/98556-MS Published: April 02 2006 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Get Permissions Search Site Citation Benalcazar, Fernando L., Thurber, Mark William, and David M. Westlund. "Environmental and Social Management of Seismic Operations in Sensitive Tropical Rainforest." Paper presented at the SPE International Health, Safety & Environment Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 2006. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/98556-MS Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll ProceedingsSociety of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)SPE International Conference and Exhibition on Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability Search Advanced Search AbstractThe remaining on-shore petroleum reserves in Ecuador are located within culturally and environmentally sensitive areas of the lowland tropical rainforest at the headwaters of the Amazon Basin, including protected nature reserves and indigenous communities. Regulatory obligations and stakeholder concerns require an extensive formal and informal consultation process prior to petroleum activities in these areas. EnCana and Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers (WALSH) have used the first phase of petroleum development in Yasuni National Park (YNP), seismic exploration, to gain the trust and confidence of a diverse group of stakeholders, by adopting an innovative set of new best practices, transparent dialogue and direct participation of the stakeholders.The result of this consultation process was a modified project design and the EMP (Environmental Management Plan) that restricted heliports to previously intervened areas; restricted flight paths of helicopters away from scientific research stations, restricted use of rivers; and created offsets from sensitive micro-habitats like clay/salt licks, animal bathing areas, and tree-cutter ant farms. The execution of the project was closely monitored and audited by EnCana, WALSH, the affected Communities, an independent Environmental and Social Scientific Advisory Committee (ESSAC), an independent auditing consultant associated with the most respected environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Ecuador, the Ministries of Environment, Energy and Mines and the National Heritage Institute of the Ecuadorian government. This participatory approach during seismic exploration has facilitated acceptance for the current exploratory drilling activities in this highly sensitive area.Environmental and Social Impact AssessmentEnCana and WALSH prior to conducting an ESIA (Environmental and Social Impact Assessment) participated in meetings with the Technical Advisory Committee of the YNP, consulted the communities within the project area on the terms of reference of the ESIA, and formed the ESSAC to provide input in the project design and EMP and monitor the execution of the project.The proposed seismic area was located in high diversity mature tropical rainforest in the headwaters of the Amazon Basin, within Quechua and Waorani indigenous communities, largely within Yasuni National Park, which is also a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve (1989), near two international biological research stations (Tiputini Biodiversity Station and the Yasuni Biological Station) and an internationally recognized eco-tourism station with Kichwa indigenous community participation (Napo Wildlife Center). Keywords: social responsibility, compliance, Reservoir Characterization, rainforest, tropical rainforest, operation, sustainability, desarrollo sostenible, Ecuador, heliport Subjects: Reservoir Characterization, Sustainability/Social Responsibility, Seismic processing and interpretation This content is only available via PDF. 2006. Society of Petroleum Engineers You can access this article if you purchase or spend a download.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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