ENVIRONNIS
 
 
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COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF NAFTNA INDUSTRIJA SRBIJE (NIS) PRODUCTION FACILITIES - ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS, POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, HSE SYSTEMS AND IDENTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS
Acronym: ENVIRONNIS
Start date: July 8, 2010
End date: January 17, 2011
Total project value: 0.4 Million €
Project coordinator: D'Appolonia
Total number of partners: 2
Contact person (name/email): Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Jovanovic / jovanovicrisk-technologies.com
Project webpage R-Tech/EU-VRi: http://www.environnis.risk-technologies.com
Official webpage (coordinator): http://www.dappolonia.com/
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Description: The project was initiated based on the Agreement on purchase and sale of NIS shares between Republic of Serbia and Gazprom Neft in accordance to which Gazprom Neft has the obligation related to the reconstruction and upgrade of NIS process facilities and to improvement of the environmental safety of production processes.

The tender as well as Technical assignment, was approved by the competent ministries of the Republic of Serbia (Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning at the time). Steinbeis Advanced Risk Technologies GmbH and D’Appolonia S.p.A, both having experiences in similar projects in Serbia, as a consortium, have won the tender in a very strong competition (17 companies / consortia have submitted their bids).

The project was divided in four phases aimed to achieve four general goals:

Phase 1: Ecological Assessment of Environmental Status (water, soil, air) within the NIS Economic Activity Zone

Phase 2: Assessment of Potential Environmental Risks

Phase 3: Assessment of Facility Ecological Management System

Phase 4: Development of Instructions for Improvement of Ecological Status and Reduction of Ecological and Economic Risks

The project included 12 samples of the NIS a.d. manufacturing facilities i.e. two oil refineries, one gas refinery, two petrol station, two tank farms, two service units, and three collection or/and dispatch centers.

Beside results of assessments, the project delivered a list of the priority corrective actions to be implemented in the short/medium/long term periods, in order to reduce the environmental risks.

The project team, consisting of 20+ international and local experts for environment, health and safety issues, has started the work in July 2010 and successfully completed the project in four phases, in January 2011 when final reports were submitted. Reports were prepared in two languages (English and Serbian) for each of the 12 facilities which were the subject of ecological assessment. That makes 24 reports with about 2500 pages. The reports contain description of actual environmental status (soil, groundwater, waste water and air), evaluation of EHS management, as well as assessment of potential environmental risks and proposals for corrective measures.

The results of the study were presented at the press conference on March 17, 2011 in the Serbian Government’s press room, Nemanjina 11 in Belgrade and praised as "one of the best and the most comprehensive studies, ever performed in Serbia".
R-Tech Specific Role: R-Tech was in charge for the following parts of the project:
• project background (for each of 12 sites - location and description, geology and hydrogeology, topography, hydrology, climatic conditions)
• Legal framework, local legislation for all environmental topics - subsoil and groundwater, surface soil at hazardous waste storage areas, wastewater, air, Environmental, Health and Safety
• Review of past investigations related to subsoil and groundwater, surface soil at hazardous waste storage areas
• complete ecological assessment of environmental status related to air status
• assessment of Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety Management and Health and Safety performance
• assessment of potential risks and proposal of remedial actions related to the air and health and safety

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