Advice on ToR and Reviews: EIA/ESIA for Oil and Gas Pipelines - Georgia

The NCEA advised in various stages of environmental assessment for oil and gas pipelines development in Georgia.

Significant details

In the context of oil and gas developments in Georgia, two developments were being planned:

• The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Main Export Oil Pipeline;
• The South Caucasus Gas Pipeline.

The NCEA was asked to advise in several stages of the environmental assessment for these projects. Between 2000 and 2004, the NCEA issued the following documents (accessible above):

• Advisory guidelines (Terms of Reference) for the EIA of the BTC project;
• Advisory review of the draft ESIA report for both projects;
• Advisory review of the final ESIA report for both projects;
• Advisory review on monitoring of environmental compliance for both projects.

Advisory reports and other documents

08 Jun 2001: Terms of reference

22 Nov 2002: Advisory review

15 Oct 2003: Advisory review

23 Dec 2004: Advisory review