Letter to Yusup Kasimov,
HSE Regulatory Officer, Dragonoil,
signed by 18 caspian NGOs
December, 26, 2002
Dear Mr. Kasimov,
As members of the public environmental control network Caspwatch, which
includes approximately 50 NGOs from the Caspian countries of Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan, we would like to receive
detailed information regarding the international/natinal standards employed by
Dragonoil for the exploration, extraction and transportation of oil in the Caspian
Sea. In particular, we request the following
information:
1) What standards does Dragonoil adhere to regarding permissible technologies for
the loss of oil during extraction on marine platforms and during transport
to pipelines? Please include reference to the document(s) in which these
standards are defined.
2) What standards does Dragonoil adhere to regarding permissible technologies for
the loss of oil during tanker transportation? Please include reference to
the document(s) in which these standards are defined.
3) What standards, legislation or normative acts does Dragonoil adhere to in
conducting transboundary Environmental Impact Assessments of projects in the
Caspian?
4) What standards, legislation or normative acts does Dragonoil adhere to regarding
drilling muds and their utilization on marine platforms?
5) What standards, legislation or normative acts does Dragonoil adhere to regarding
the development of response plans for major oil spills in the sea and in
rivers and water bodies crossed by the pipeline (including spills that may
have transboundary impacts)?
6) What standards Dragonoil are used to evaluate the status of soil layers, industrial
equipment, and those natural objects to be affected by the most dangerous
stages of exploitation? What standards are used to evaluate the status of
these same natural objects following the development of a field?
We've already mailed similar requested to the number of oil companies in the caspian region and posted at www.caspwatch.ru/tnc
Once we have received your reply, we will distribute it among the members of
the network and via the website www.caspwatch.ru in order to support the
mutually advantageous exchange of information between Dragonoil and the
community.
Thank you in advance for your reply at caspinfo@ecoline.ru,
Samir Isaev
Chair, Ecolex-Azerbaijan, Baku
Elchin Sultanov,
Chair, Azerbaijan Society for the Protection of Birds, Baku
Enver Safar-Zade
ISAR's Caspian Program, Baku
Boris Golubov,
Socio-Ecological Union, Moscow
Aleksey Knizhnikov,
ISAR's Caspian Program, Moscow
Sergey Solyanik
Ecological Society Green Salvation, Almaty
Nikolai Sobolev
Coordinator, Northern Eurasia Environmental Network Working Group
Aleksey Klushin
Astrakhan Association, Green World
Lidia Kulizade
Alga, Baku
Elena Vasilieva
Volgograd
Irina Chebatyreva
Volgograd
Islam Mustafaev,
Ruzgar, Baku
Timur Berekeliev,
Catena, Ashabad
Mamedali Ibragimov
Salgym, Ashabad
Gultakin Mamedova,
Baku
Natalia Mekh, Astrakhan,
Farida Guseinova,
Green movement, Baku
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