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Project Objective and Expected Results
The objective of the Project is to increase the reliability and stability of gas supply by expanding gas
storage capacity and the expected result is improved energy security.
III. Project Description
The Project consists of the following components:
Component 1: Tuz Golu Gas Storage Expansion Facilities consisting of
(i) Surface Facilities: this involves pigging stations, gas transmission lines connecting
to the natural gas grid, all necessary injection and withdrawal units, auxiliaries,
including the compressor facility, filters, fiscal metering units, turbo compressor units,
reciprocating compressor units, water separators, heating and pressure reducing units
and triethylene glycol units;
(ii) Subsurface Facilities: This entails drilling and leaching wells to store gas within the
Tuz Golu area.
(iii) Water and Brine Pipelines: This will involve construction of a fresh water supply
line from the Hirfanli Reservoir to the project site and a brine discharge line from the
wells back to Tuz Golu. This will also include several pumping stations and storage
reservoirs; and
(iv) Electricity Supply: The Project includes electricity transmission lines for water
pumping stations, surface and sub-surface facilities
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Component 2: Supervision Consultancy
(i) The supervision consultant/owner’s engineer will be responsible for approving
detailed engineering drawings and for supervising the construction and installation
of the facilities as well as for the inspection and testing of materials, plant and
equipment both during the construction phase and installation of the facilities; and
(ii) The consultant will also develop and implement the overall project quality assurance
and quality control program. The program will describe the quality procedures to be
followed during data/document review, installation and operation stage.
Component 3: ESIA and RAP Monitoring Consultancy
(v) Services will include, but not be limited to, regular monitoring of compliance of the
construction activities with the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
and the Resettlement Action Plans (RAP);
(vi) Each stage of the construction activities will be checked and monitored in accordance
with the frequencies specified in an Environmental and Social Management Plan
(ESMP) ensuring all environmental and social standards are being fully satisfied and
all services are in full conformity with the ESMP developed by BOTAS based on the
ESIA; and
(vii) The consultant will be responsible for monitoring the implementation of the
Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) that will be prepared by BOTAS in line with the
Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF). |
