Greater Jubilee Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Review and Update Volume I: Main Report 28 October 2019 ERM Project No: 0511501 The business of sustainability Document title Greater Jubilee Document subtitle Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Review and Update Project No. 0511501 Date 28 October 2019 Version A Authors Mark Irvine, Michael Cobb, Catriona Munro, John Ward, Yves Verlinden Client Name Tullow Ghana Limited Document history ERM approval to issue Version Revision Author Reviewed by Name Date Comments 01 A ERM Mark Irvine Richard Rowe 28/10/19 For issue to EPA www.erm.com Version: A Project No.: 0511501 Client: Tullow Ghana Limited 28 October 2019 28 October 2019 Greater Jubilee Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Review and Update Volume I: Main Report [Double click to insert signature] [Double click to insert signature] Mark Irvine Richard Rowe Technical Director Partner Environmental Resourcing Management Limited 2nd Floor, Exchequer Court 33 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8AA © Copyright 2019 by ERM Worldwide Group Ltd and / or its affiliates (“ERM”). All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the prior written permission of ERM. www.erm.com Version: A Project No.: 0511501 Client: Tullow Ghana Limited 28 October 2019 www.erm.com Version: A Project No.: 0511501 Client: Tullow Ghana Limited 28 October 2019 GREATER JUBILEE CONTENTS Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Review and Update CONTENTS NON TECHNICAL SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ I Greater Jubilee Development Project ........................................................................................................... I Environmental Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................. III Project Description ...................................................................................................................................... IX Environmental Baseline ......................................................................................................................... XXIV Socio-Economic Baseline ...................................................................................................................... XXIX Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................................... XXXII 1. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose of Report .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Requirement for EIA ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Background to the Greater Jubilee Area Development .................................................................. 2 1.4 The Project Team .......................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 EIA Methodology ........................................................................................................................... 8 1.6 Information Sources and Report Structure ................................................................................... 13 1.7 Structure of this Report ................................................................................................................ 14 2. LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................... 17 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 17 2.2 National Environmental Legislation and Guidelines ..................................................................... 17 2.3 State and Classification Requirements ........................................................................................ 22 2.4 International Agreements And Conventions ................................................................................. 22 2.5 Project Environmental Standards ................................................................................................ 29 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................... 33 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 33 3.2 Existing Development Phases ..................................................................................................... 33 3.3 Future Development Phases - Greater Jubilee Full Field Development Project .......................... 34 3.4 Existing Infrastructure .................................................................................................................. 37 3.5 Future Development - GJFFDP Development Case Stages ........................................................ 51 3.6 New Oil Offloading System .......................................................................................................... 55 3.7 Project Alternatives ...................................................................................................................... 58 3.8 Future Project Activities ............................................................................................................... 59 3.9 Discharges to Water .................................................................................................................... 72 3.10 Wastes ......................................................................................................................................... 84 3.11 Emissions to Air ........................................................................................................................... 84 3.12 Noise............................................................................................................................................ 86 4. ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE ................................................................................................. 89 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 89 4.2 Climate and Meteorology ............................................................................................................. 90 4.3 Air Quality .................................................................................................................................... 96 4.4 Hydrography and Oceanography ................................................................................................. 98 4.5 Bathymetry and Seabed Topography ........................................................................................ 103 4.6 Water Quality ............................................................................................................................. 107 4.7 Sediment Quality ....................................................................................................................... 111 4.8 Fauna and Flora ........................................................................................................................ 112 4.9 Habitat Types ............................................................................................................................. 134 4.10 Nature Conservation and Protected Areas ................................................................................ 143 5. FISH AND FISHERIES BASELINE .......................................................................................... 145 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 145 5.2 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 145 5.3 Fisheries Consultations.............................................................................................................. 146 5.4 Fish Species in Ghanaian Marine Waters .................................................................................. 146 5.5 Fishing Fleets ............................................................................................................................ 154 www.erm.com Version: A Project No.: 0511501 Client: Tullow Ghana Limited 28 October 2019 GREATER JUBILEE CONTENTS Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Review and Update 5.6 Supporting Infrastructure ........................................................................................................... 159 5.7 Fish Landings ............................................................................................................................ 161 6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE .............................................................................................. 167 6.1 Data Sources ............................................................................................................................. 167 6.2 Administrative Structure ............................................................................................................. 169 6.3 Civil Society