Ineke Steinhauer
Technical secretary
The NCEA commented on the EIA report for the Jubilee Oil Field in Ghana.
Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received the EIA report for the development of Jubilee Oil Field (phase 1) and asked the NCEA to review this report. In addition, the NCEA was requested to provide technical support and advice in the review process. Due to time limitations, the NCEA did not issue a full-fledged EIA review but an advice of the secretariat consisting of a desk study resulting in comments on the report. The Norwegian Ministry of Environment was also asked to perform a review, and the NCEA communicated with it throughout the process.
Main comments on the EIA report included:
Photo (website) is from "EIA for the Phase 1 Development of the Jubilee Field, Ghana. Scoping Report and Terms of Reference Tullow Ghana Limited. 17 December 2008."