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Title: Oxy`s strategy on environment, community issues key to success of project in Ecuador`s rain forest

Abstract

Occidental Exploration and Production Co. has implemented a comprehensive strategy of strict environmental protection measures and aggressive community relations initiatives in its oil operations in the rain forests of eastern Ecuador. While such measures may not be unique by themselves, Oxy`s efforts to incorporate these measures as a cornerstone of its exploration and development campaign--at the earliest possible stage--can serve as something of a paradigm for oil and gas industry operations in the rain forest. The upshot is that Oxy has a world-class (at least from an environmental standpoint) oil drilling-production operation at the heart of a world-class biological reserve in a pristine rain forest. Even against a backdrop of politically charged concern over industry work in the Amazon region, the project is an unqualified success to Oxy, the government of Ecuador, and most importantly, the native inhabitants there. The paper describes the environmental management plan.

Authors:
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
465133
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Oil and Gas Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 16; Other Information: PBD: 21 Apr 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ECUADOR; FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH

Citation Formats

Williams, B. Oxy`s strategy on environment, community issues key to success of project in Ecuador`s rain forest. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Williams, B. Oxy`s strategy on environment, community issues key to success of project in Ecuador`s rain forest. United States.
Williams, B. 1997. "Oxy`s strategy on environment, community issues key to success of project in Ecuador`s rain forest". United States.
@article{osti_465133,
title = {Oxy`s strategy on environment, community issues key to success of project in Ecuador`s rain forest},
author = {Williams, B},
abstractNote = {Occidental Exploration and Production Co. has implemented a comprehensive strategy of strict environmental protection measures and aggressive community relations initiatives in its oil operations in the rain forests of eastern Ecuador. While such measures may not be unique by themselves, Oxy`s efforts to incorporate these measures as a cornerstone of its exploration and development campaign--at the earliest possible stage--can serve as something of a paradigm for oil and gas industry operations in the rain forest. The upshot is that Oxy has a world-class (at least from an environmental standpoint) oil drilling-production operation at the heart of a world-class biological reserve in a pristine rain forest. Even against a backdrop of politically charged concern over industry work in the Amazon region, the project is an unqualified success to Oxy, the government of Ecuador, and most importantly, the native inhabitants there. The paper describes the environmental management plan.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/465133}, journal = {Oil and Gas Journal},
number = 16,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Mon Apr 21 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
}