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Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the UPGRADE TANK DEWATERING SYSTEMS JU’AYMAH AND RAS TANURA TERMINALS
Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the UPGRADE TANK DEWATERING SYSTEMS JU’AYMAH AND RAS TANURA TERMINALS

CATEGORY: Environment

LOCATION: Saudi Arabia

START/END: 2014

CLIENT: NATURE Establishment for Environmental Studies & Services

ORIGIN OF FUNDING: Mustang Al Hejailan Dar Pi (Mustang HDR)

Environmental Impact Assessment Study for the UPGRADE TANK DEWATERING SYSTEMS JU’AYMAH AND RAS TANURA TERMINALS

Type of Services

The consultant's services were:

  • The description of the existing environmental and socio-economic conditions and the evaluation of the sensitivity of the environmental and socio-economic receptors;
  • The assessment and evaluation of the environmental and socio-economic impacts from the construction and operation of the project;

The shaping of a frame for the mitigation of the significant environmental impacts of the Project and the monitoring of its implication.

Description

The Ju'aymah and Ras Tanura Terminals Facilities are marine terminals located on the Arabian Gulf Coast, Saudi Arabia. For this project, these facilities include Ju'aymah Terminal Tank Farm (JTTF), located approximately 20 kilometers north of the RTR/RTT complex, Ras Tanura Terminal South (RTTS), located on a peninsula approximately eight kilometres south of the RTR/RTTN complex; and Ras Tanura Terminal North (RTTN), located south of Ras Tanura Refinery (RTR).

The purpose of the proposed upgrade of the Tanks Dewatering Systems at Ju'aymah and Ras Tanura Terminals (North and South) is to effectively contain, collect, and dispose of the oily water to reduce the release of flammable materials into the sewers, which would otherwise place the facility under the risk of fire and pollution.

Currently, high quantities of flammable hydrocarbon liquids and sour water are drained during the tank dewatering process into the open gravity oily water sewer systems, releasing H2S gas and flammable vapor into the surrounding areas, thereby posing safety and health risks. This mode of operation also overloads the wastewater treatment plants with oil, which affects its ability to meet environmental discharge requirements.

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