Chapters 1-4 (PDF)

Dry roads and better working conditions arrived with the end of the 2001 rainy season and, as a result, the Project was able to achieve a number of construction milestones during the fourth quarter.

- The first oil well drilling rig was commissioned and put to work.

- The first lengths of pipe for the crude oil transportation pipeline were welded together and laid into the trench.

- Construction began on oilfield facilities for treating crude oil and pumping it along the pipeline.

- The new freight route to move pipe and other materials into Chad was opened with the placement of a temporary bridge across the M'béré River at the Chad/Cameroon border.

- All of the pipe and construction material storage yards have been completed to the point of being able to accept pipe and other materials.

A Project design change has been approved to lay high-bandwidth fiber optic cable in the pipeline trench. Cable space will be made available to Chad and Cameroon to help them improve telecommunications.

The quarter's total of 51 non-compliance situations represents a drop in the number of non-compliance events from the previous quarter and is the lowest total for any full quarter since the official groundbreaking in October 2000. There have been no critical (Level III) non-compliance situations recorded to date.

The Project was saddened this quarter by its first on-the-job fatality. However, overall safety indicators remain good despite a five-fold increase in the size of the workforce during the year.

Chapters 5-7(PDF)

Project-wide consultation meetings totaled 466 in the quarter with more than 17,000 people attending. Two media briefings were held for the Chadian and Cameroonian news media.

Initial consultation efforts associated with the Project's community and regional compensation programs have started in Cameroon and preparations have been completed in Chad for field work to begin in early 2002 on implementation of the community compensation program for that country. NGOs are being contracted to help implement the programs.

Steps have been taken to improve the Project's ability to respond to spills of hydrocarbons and other materials. The steps include:

- A program of classroom and in-the-field spill response training sessions for managers, field supervisors, EMP monitors, and government representatives.

- Deployment of additional Tier II spill response equipment to strategic locations in Chad and Cameroon.

- Initial field surveys to support preparation of the Project's six area-specific oil spill response plans.

Chapters 8-10 (PDF)

The Project workforce has now climbed to nearly 9,800 individuals, about 40% higher than the originally projected peak of 7,000.

- Wages paid to Chadian and Cameroonian workers this quarter exceeded 4.4 billion FCFA ($6.8 million).

- More than two-thirds of the Project's Chadian and Cameroonian workers hold skilled or semi-skilled jobs. Another 7% hold supervisory positions.

- Approximately 85% of the Project's workers are host country citizens.

Project expenditures with Chadian and Cameroonian suppliers of goods and services in the fourth quarter totaled 36.1 billion FCFA ($55.4 million), an increase of 14% from the third quarter. Approximately 2,200 local businesses were used by the Project in 2001.

The total number of training sessions this quarter increased by 80% over the number for the previous quarter to well over 1,200, the increase tracking with the intensification of construction activities during the quarter.

Chapters 11-17 (PDF)

Health clinics for Project workers conducted well over 14,000 consultations during the fourth quarter at camps and health centers throughout the Project area.

- An improvement in the rate of food- and water-borne diseases first registered in the third quarter of 2001 has continued, a result of an ongoing program to improve contractor compliance with EMP food sanitation requirements.

- The normal seasonal decrease in total malaria cases has coincided with the end of the rainy season and the resulting reduction in breeding sites for the mosquitoes that spread the disease.

The Project's community health initiatives in the fourth quarter included:

- Support for the Chadian national polio vaccination program.

- Initiation of a program of direct community assessment and treatment for curable sexually transmitted diseases.

- Acquisition of anti-mosquito bed nets for the Roll Back Malaria program.

- Presentation of NGO-based HIV/AIDS awareness programs.

As a response to the increasing pressure on waste management facilities due to the rising intensity of construction activities:

- The Project has adjusted priorities so it can accelerate construction of the Komé Waste Management Facility.

- Temporary waste storage facilities have been or soon will be completed at Komé, Dompta and Bélabo.

Project water monitoring specialists worked in both Chad and Cameroon during the fourth quarter to further implement the water monitoring program and train National monitors and technicians.

The Republic of Cameroon conferred Public Utility status upon the Foundation for Environment and Development in Cameroon (FEDEC).

The Foundation began recruiting for a contract Community Development Facilitator who will help the Bagyeli/Bakola people submit community development project funding proposals for FEDEC's consideration.

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