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Chapter 2 - Construction, Commissioning & Production (PDF)

At the end of the quarter, six wells started pumping crude oil from the Miandoum oilfield to begin the process of commissioning the Project's facilities in southern Chad.

- This milestone culminates a decade of planning, scientific investigations, engineering, and public consultation.

- In just two-and-one-half years, construction teams drilled oil wells, built a pipeline system to transport crude oil, and erected facilities to process the oil and operate the Project.

Even as the first wells began pumping oil, construction crews were pushing ahead to complete all of the facilities needed for maximum production.

- The pipeline has been completed and formal Certificates of Conformity have been issued by the Republics of Chad and Cameroon.

- Two of the three pump stations that move oil through the pipeline were commissioned, and construction of the third pump station was completed.

- The marine facilities were commissioned, including the 12 kilometer undersea pipeline, the Floating Storage and Offloading vessel, and its mooring unit.

Chapter 3 - Reportable EMP Situations (PDF)

Six Environmental Management Plan non-compliance situations were recorded in the second quarter of 2003, the lowest number since construction began in October 2000. The number of non-compliance situations has been steadily dropping as construction nears completion and the level of activity declines.

The World Bank Group rescinded an archaeology-related Level III non-compliance situation that had been recorded last quarter. This decision reduces the total number of Level III non-compliance situations recorded for the Project from three to two since construction began two-and-a-half years ago.

Chapter 4 - Safety (PDF)

The Project as a whole, including all contractors, has tallied over 50 million work hours without a lost time incident as the second quarter of 2003 came to a close.

- The workers for facilities construction contractor TCC have logged 34 million continuous hours on the job without a lost time incident, 26 million hours in Chad and eight million hours in Cameroon.

- Crews working on the pipeline system achieved a record of 10 million work hours without a lost time incident before their demobilization this quarter.

- The Project's oil well drilling operation in southern Chad, including prime contractors Pride Forasol and Schlumberger, has recorded 7.5 million continuous hours without a lost time incident.

Chapter 5 - Consultation & Communication (PDF)

The Project conducted 324 public consultation sessions in the second quarter, reaching over 16,400 people.

- The Project's consultation program focused on worker demobilization in the oilfield development area now that much of the central oilfield facility has been completed. Consultation sessions were held throughout the oilfield area to remind residents of the impending drop in local employment.

- Consultation meetings were held in villages along the pipeline route to discuss the fact that oil would soon be flowing in the pipeline. The sessions included demonstrations that the crude oil in the pipeline does not readily burn, would be useless as fuel, and thus is not worth stealing.

In Cameroon, the Project and the Cameroonian government participated in intensive consultations with four communities to prepare them for the removal of a temporary pipeline construction bridge over the Lom River.

- The bridge was removed to prevent vehicles from gaining access to a designated environmentally sensitive area north of the river. This measure was required by the Environmental Management Plan.

- The consultation effort yielded a four point program to assist the four communities who had argued strongly that the temporary bridge should be left in place.

- The program for the communities includes clearing a path to the north, installing a water well in each community, and assisting the villages to prepare an application for a government community forest program.

- The World Bank and the government of Cameroon will also work together to examine financing of additional access improvements for the area through a Bank-funded development program.

Chapter 6 - Compensation (PDF)

Since the Project's compensation program began, approximately 7.4 billion FCFA ($11.4 million) in cash and in-kind payments has been distributed to individual land users. With construction entering its final stages, most of the Project's individual land use compensation program has been completed.

- In Chad, individual compensation distributed in the second quarter totaled nearly 100 million FCFA ($154 thousand).

- In Cameroon, individual compensation paid in the second quarter was nearly 179 million FCFA ($275 thousand).

Dozens of Project-funded micro-development projects are about to become a reality. The projects were chosen by communities eligible for the Project's regional and community compensation programs in the two host countries.

- In Cameroon, construction has already begun on the first of the micro-development projects, which include new or expanded schools, clinic facilities, granaries, and more.

- In Chad, the NGO hired by the Project to implement the community compensation program has begun the bidding process to select an array of local contractors that will construct the selected micro-development projects.

Chapter 7 - EMP Monitoring & Management Program (PDF)

A research team has nearly completed work on one of the most comprehensive quality of life studies ever conducted in connection with a development project in Africa. More than 7,000 households have been interviewed in Chad and Cameroon as part of this study.

Chapter 8 - Local Employment (PDF)

Demobilization of workers continued at an aggressive pace this quarter due to the impending end of the construction phase, particularly in Cameroon where pipeline construction has been completed. The Project's direct workforce at the end of the second quarter stood at just over 7,000 workers, down from the peak total of over 13,000 in November 2002.

Total wages paid to Chadian and Cameroonian workers in the second quarter of 2003 totaled approximately 4.8 billion FCFA ($7.3 million).

- Wages paid to Chadian workers were nearly 3.7 billion FCFA ($5.7 million).

- Wages paid to Cameroonian workers were nearly 1.1 billion FCFA ($1.6 million).

Chapter 9 - Local Business Development (PDF)

The Project spent over 48 billion FCFA (nearly $75 million) procuring goods and services from Chadian and Cameroonian suppliers during the second quarter. Since construction began in October 2000, the Project has spent more than 445 billion FCFA ($684 million) on local purchases.

Chapter 10 - Archaeology & Cultural Resources (PDF)

An important archaeological site has been identified by Project archaeologists monitoring work at a gravel mining site near Karmankass, in southern Chad. The Chadian government has protected a portion of the site by declaring it a national heritage site.

Chapter 11 - Worker Health (PDF)

Chapter 12 - Community Health (PDF)

In Cameroon, preparations have been completed for the distribution of 35,000 anti-mosquito bed nets and an accompanying education program to combat malaria. This effort is part of the Project-supported Roll Back Malaria program.

- Training has been conducted for the NGO commissioned to distribute the nets. The NGO will also instruct villagers on the proper use of the nets and on other techniques for avoiding and treating malaria.

- Bed net distribution and the malaria education program will be underway in the third quarter in those communities near the Project's operational bases in Cameroon: Dompta, Bélabo, Kribi, Lolodorf, and Ngoumou.

Chapter 13 - Environmental Foundation (PDF)

Field work has begun on two ecological protection and enhancement programs overseen by the Foundation for Environmental and Development in Cameroon (FEDEC).

- The Wildlife Conservation Society, as the Implementing Organization in the Mbam and Djerem National Park, has selected a team leader, developed a work plan, and established a field operations center.

- The World Wildlife Fund, as the Implementing Organization in the Campo-Ma'an National Park, has mobilized a team leader, set up a field headquarters, and started preparation of a work plan.

- The Foundation's first initiatives towards implementing the Indigenous Peoples Plan have begun to bear fruit. One program to help the Bagyeli/Bakola take part in the national political process and gain access to national health care has so far arranged for 284 individuals to obtain national identity cards.

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