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Staff of the consultant Walsh Peru S.A. He met with the general manager of the Provincial Municipality of Trujillo.A working meeting to identify possible impacts and establish environmental and social management measures associated with the activities of the Petroleum and Gas Exploratory drilling project in the Z-62 lot, in front of our coast
Staff of the consultant Walsh Peru S.A. He met with Luis Guillen Pinto, general manager of the Provincial Municipality of Trujillo-in representation of Mayor Mario Reyna Rodriguez-to raise necessary information for the detailed environmental impact study of the project Exploratory drilling in lot Z-62.
A representative of the National Environmental Certification Service for Sustainable Investments (SENACE) and the Manager of the Trujillo Environmental Management Service, Wilso Rodriguez, also participated in the meeting.
Given the possibility that oil exploitation work by the company Anadarko Peru B.V, Peruvian branch, the mayor officials were carried out in front of the coast of Trujillo, the mayor officials requested that the study that is prepared to be technical and social, providing possible impacts on marine, land and population biodiversity.
Anadarko reported the existence of important oil reserves on the North Peruvian coast and provides that the exploration in lot Z-62 in La Libertad would lead to drill 15 extraction wells, with an investment of US $ 100 million.
The company has already made profound explorations, more than 500 m. They currently process the information collected and are in the process of environmental certification for exploratory drilling in Lot Z-62, off the coast of Trujillo.
The project presented is for the exploratory drilling of 5 exploratory wells and 10 confirmatory wells and is located in a total area of 656,356 ha (6563.5 km2) between 40 and 60 nautical miles (between 74 and 111 km) approximate
To have the environmental certification, the environmental licensing process began, which must approve the senace. As part of the actions scheduled to present the Environmental Impact Study, the consultants personnel collect social information through interviews with the authorities, social leaders, focal groups and heads of household, between the months of May and June.
The information lifting is linked to the identification of existing environmental conditions, possible impacts of the extractive activity to be developed in the environment and in the population, to propose measures of prevention, mitigation, control of the possible impacts and if it is the case of social compensation.
The execution of the project still depends on an Anadarko decision to move to the third period of the exploration phase of the license contract for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in lot Z-62 and the approval of the Environmental Impact Study by Senasa.
