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which measured
Latitude
Longitude
9o 09 13.6311 S
125o 44 59.9422 E
9o 10 48.7337 S
125o 37 29.9446 E
9o 10 38.2464 S
125o 30 0.0082 E
9o 14 5.6144 S
125o 22 29.9658 E
9o 14 5.6144 S
125o 22 29.9658 E
There are 8 (eight ) rivers found pipeline crosses area from Suai to Betano,
however, the closer river of pipeline route will be connected to Suai Supply Base
throughout to the Raiketan river west site to the proposed site. The detailed
description is shown in below table.
(Table 2.2 Pipeline route crosses the river)
No
River
Effective
Span Length
Name
River Width
Configuration (m)
Raiketan
190
40+40+40+40+40
Zolai
110
25+40+25
Haimanu/
110
30+40+30
Foura
4
Lumea
240
30+40+40+40+30
Mola
400
25+16'@40+25
Belulic
240
6@40
Ukasa
60
40+40
Caraulun
800
39+19@40+30
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Other features of existing or past land use and community lands and
nearby communities
As shown in Figure 2.5, land use in Timor Leste could be classified in 6
(six) categories: Agricultural Land, Commercial Agriculture, Dry Land Not
in Use, Forested Land, Rural Settlement, Settlement and Industrial
Agricultural land (the most part) located in southern part corridor between Suai
to Betano. The forested land is occupied from western to eastern part of the
country.
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The capital of the district is Same. Manufahi is a rural agricultural District where small
farmers practice traditional agriculture, generally growing non irrigated rice, corn,
cassava, beans, and tubers.
Manufahi is located in the central/southern part of the country. Land boundaries consist
of Timor Sea (South), Ainaro District (West), Aileu District (North), Manatuto district
(East). Manufahi is divided into four sub-districts, Same, Alas, Fatuberliu and Turiscai.
Total number of villages - 29 and 128 sub villages.
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The transferring pipes from Betano Refinery with sizes vary from 4 inches to 12
inches in diameter shall continue along the high way route to the tank farm area
located in Suai Supply Base.
The preliminary survey for Pipeline Route from Betano to Suai was identified and
covered a number of studies such as Climate and Meteorology, Land Use and
Visual Amenity, Topography, Geology and Soils, Air Quality, Noise, Hydrology,
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A table of the studies that have been completed so far for pipeline route from
Betano to Suai and vice- versa can be found in table below.
It is therefore
recommended that thorough checks are made during the planning stage to
ensure that potential claims are settled amicable, through use of social
surveys and liaison with Government officials. The official Government line is
that all land belongs to the Government although there are reports of
disputes relating to such issues.
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b. Land Use
The majority of the proposed site development area is comprised of
agricultural land used for subsistence farming, natural landscape and
scattered dwellings along the project. The land around the area allocated for
Pipelines had mostly natural vegetation and plantations along the existing
roads cutting through the site. Human activity in the development area
included grazing land and some terraced fields. The primary crops grown are
corn, cassava, peanuts, long beans, papaya, watermelon and banana. Some of
the commercial trees in Covalima, Ainaro and Betano
including mango,
c. Water Use
As mentioned in part b above, the majority of the land use in the proposed area is
agricultural therefore irrigation to support this is the main water use for the
area. The water use for domestic needs is also present. A minority people
occupy the pipeline route at the moment and the communities in the affected
area using underground water for their daily life. There are numbers of rivers
along the pipeline route from Suai to Betano, some of the rivers have water
throughout the year with the span length overall about 40 m, the proponent shall
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ensure that water is used efficiency and avoid irresponsible water usage. There
are no existing water ponds in the project site. The predominant land use in the
catchments of the two streams is agriculture, with natural forests retained in the
upper catchments and other areas that are too rugged for agriculture.
In relation to the feasibility study for transporting feedstock (condensate) and
Products Pipeline route from Suai to Betano , it is indicates that there will be less
potential impact of the project that might have on the watercourses and water
use. Due to the fact that the location of the proposed project is quite distant from
the water source, the river is to be expected due to the high level of agriculture in
the catchments and found proposed of the project almost cross rivers as
explained early and showing in figures below
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7. Environmental Impacts
A. Biophysical Impact
a. Physical and Biological Component
Habitats vary along the coastline and terrestrial because of the local
influences of seasonal rainfall, local geology and topography, river
discharges, and regional offshore oceanographic features, as well as the
impact of human occupation. This results in spatial differences in marine
and terrestrial habitats, with the north coast being different from the
south coast and with the eastern edge of the island having attributes that
differ from those to the west (GoTL, 2006d). Timor-Leste has been
identified as part of the Wallacea region in Southeast Asia which has been
identified as a biodiversity hotspot (CI, 2007).
b. Physical and Biological Impact
In general, effects on biophysical were predicted to be similar to or less
than, the only predicted significant adverse effect is the effect on air
quality in the unlikely event of a well blowout or piping rupture resulting
in the release of large amounts of acid gas. Such an event could have
health and safety consequences for workers. In the other hand will be
considered others significant affects impact to the geology, topography,
land used, and hydrology due to the existing route will cross several
rivers, nevertheless the Design prevention measures, rendering such an
event extremely unlikely, and emergency response contingency planning
will further reduce the likelihood that workers, environmental sensitive
features or others would be seriously affected by the proposed project.
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c. Climate Changes
Existing Environmental
The Suai development area displays a typical tropical monsoonal climate
with distinct wet and dry seasons. Seasonal variation in temperature is
minimal, with the diurnal temperature variation often greater than the
seasonal variation. Daytime temperatures are typically in the low to mid
30s and night-time temperatures are in the mid 20s. Humidity is
consistently high, frequently greater than 90% for significant proportions
of the day. Long-term, multi-year rainfall trends are generally dictated byn
El Nio / La Nia effects; however, shorter-term annual rainfall patterns
are monsoonal in nature experiencing a 7 to 9 month wet season with two
peak months; December and May.
The coastal region in which the Suai to Betano study area resides
generally receives less annual rainfall than the midland and highland
regions further inland. Rainfall events are often torrential in nature and
short in duration (CSIRO, 2010).
Impacts
The proposed project may not cause to the climate changes. It will adopt
best practices to minimize impact to the global warming which caused by
the emission of carbon and other greenhouse gasses into the
atmosphere.
d. Global Impacts
The proposed project might not affect to the global. Nonetheless Global
impacts, such as Greenhouse Gases impacts on global must be addressed
and considered. The proposed project should address global impacts such
as the quantity of greenhouse gases released or avoided by the project in
comparison with other project alternatives. It is also best practice and
required by World Bank Safeguard Policies to assess the impacts on
globally important biodiversity resources.
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proposed. This will be tied in with flood risk for sections where the
pipeline corridor crosses flood plain land.
Drainage
The study will describe the natural drainage regime for the pipeline route
and (if information is available from landowners) will also identify the
nature of artificial land drainage. The likely method of drainage
reinstatement will be described and the proposed of mitigation measures.
Ground water
The study will consider the ground water status and use. The potential for
impacts to ground water and water supplies will be assessed.
B. Socio-economic Impacts
a. Health Impacts
The main impacts of the pipeline activities are waste generation and
disposal, noise, pressure on health infrastructure and/or injury, water and
air quality impairment, which are adverse, short term, and of low
magnitude and significance.
b. Socio-economic Impacts
The whole project, including pipeline project will bring a significant socioeconomic benefits to entire country, particularly to the community
surrounding project site. In addition to this, this project can consider as a
crucial milestone for further development of oil and gas industry in Timor
Leste. The Project is predicted which will be creating a greater jobs
opportunity to Timorese, unlocked business opportunities, and also skills
development opportunities. All and all, it can contribute to the country
economic stability; specially reduce down the country dependency of
importing of petroleum products from international markets.
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c. Economic Impacts
The Pipeline project will have positive significant economic impact, to the
community in addition to directly employing of people during
construction and operation; pipelines are a key piece of infrastructure
that allows crude oil and production to reach markets. The oil and gas
sector has become a key part of the Timor-Leste economy. The economic
benefit from future oil production depends greatly on the building of new
pipeline infrastructure.
d. Cultural Heritage Impacts
Any potential impact on Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas, Registered
Parks and Gardens and Registered Battlefields and their settings will be
considered. The pipeline is expected to be buried for its entire route and
the construction strip will be reinstated to its pre-construction condition.
The impacts on the setting of designated heritage assets from the pipeline
will therefore be temporary in nature.
e. The Current Uses of the Land & resources for Traditional Purpose
The current uses of the land and resources for traditional purpose based
on the key studies land use in Timor-Leste could be classified into 6 (six)
categories such as: Agricultural Land, Commercial Agricultural, Dry Land
not in Use, Forest Land, Rural Settlement and Settlement and Industrial.
Agricultural land (the most part) located in southern part corridor
between Suai to beaco. The forested land is occupied from western to
eastern part of the country.
f. Impacts to any Historic, Archaeological, Sacred Sites
Due to the nature of the impact and the potential sensitivity related to the
disturbance of culturally significant sites such as sacred sites and
scattered graves, it is expected that the impact will be less significant.
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8. Public Consultation
The aim of Public consultation is to convey the information with respect to the
proposed project and the potential of environmental impact that the project might
have.
The main objectives of the public consultation were to:
1. Inform the local authority (District Administrator, and its function) and the
leader communities, religious, as well as local agencies.
2. Provide an opportunity for all the stakeholders and communities in the
proposed project area to raise issues and concern pertaining the project
activities.
3. Conduct the socio-economic survey.
Project team conducted a public consultation with local communities by face to
face in October 2012 and another meeting was in April 2013 at Betano village
(Betano development). The meetings were attended by local people from the areas
where the project is proposed to be built, community leaders, and various
Government stakeholders.
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Figure 8.3 Photographs public consultation with local community in Hatudo, Ainaro and Suai
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Figure 9.2 Photographs of consultation with local authorities in Hatudo & Ainaro District
The consultation with other authority revealed that the socio-economi impacts
(positive and negative) of the project on the communities living along it or the
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population dependent on it were similar throughout the roads stretch. All the
communities living along the road were optimistic on the benefit of the proposed
road improvement project though some negative issues were also raised.
The major positive impact perceived by the community members was
enhancement of transport thus attraction of bussines activities in the respective
district. Other positive impact included increased accessibility to the social and
economic facilities such as markets, schools, hospitals among others. Agenda of
the consultation with other authorities in district that pipeline will cross can be
sumarized in same way because they have same intention from the project for
their better live in future.
Prior to perform a public consultation with the potential affected communities
along the pipeline route, all the relevant National Authorities will be consulted.
The relevant National Authorities to be consulted in this regard will consist of
National Petroleum Authority (ANP), Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Justice,
particularly Secretariat of State for Land & Properties, Ministry of tourism
(Secretariat of state for Culture), Ministry of Commerce and Industry (National
Directorate for Environmental NDE), Ministry of Estatl. From the proponent
perspective, those mentioned National Authorities has a pivotal roles to the
proposed project during all phases of the project (pre-construction, construction
and operational).
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As a result, TIMOR GAP, E.P. proposes this project falls into category A based on the
provision of decree law no 5/2011.
The estimated cost for the pipeline is approximately 30% from the Total Investment
Cost (TIC) which is equivalent to USD 171 Million allocated for the proposed pipeline
project.
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References
General Directorate of Statistics, 2010, Censu 2010 http://www.statistics.gov.tl/
General Directorate of Statistics , 2010, Censu Fo Fila Fali 2010
http://www.statistics.gov.tl/
KBC Advanced Technology, 2010, Pre-Feasibility Study for Condensate Splitter in TimorLeste- Final Report
Worley Parsons Resources & Energy, 2012, Tasi Mane Project- Betano Petroleum
Refinery andBeaco LNG Plant-Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment
PT. VIRAMA KARYA, 2010, Preliminary, Detailed Engineering Design Environment and
Social Economic Assessment for Highway Roads From Suai to Beaco
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