RE:RE:RE:PositiveFor anyone interested, taken directly from the PNG LNG Environment Impact Statement, 6. Pipelines and Facilities Location Context:
"The project is located in a largely undisturbed and very remote area of one of the world’s most
biodiverse nations. The project area has a very low population density and high environmental
and biodiversity values (see Chapter 10, Receiving Onshore Environment: Upstream Facilities
and Onshore Pipelines and Appendix 1, Biodiversity Impact Assessment). The conservation
assets of the project area have been the dominant factor in guiding route choice. Biodiversity and
other environmental constraints include:
• The majority of the project area being forested in continuous undisturbed primary tropical
forests and swamps.
• Large numbers of conservation-listed species throughout the project area.
• Numerous watercourses remaining largely uncontaminated by human activity.
• The south of the project area containing large areas of swampland.
• Numerous caves and specialised cave fauna.
• Large areas completely free of exotic weeds and pests."
Also mentioned are physical constraints:
• "Extremely steep terrain throughout large sections of the northern and central parts of the
project area.
• Very rugged areas of karst such as the Darai Plateau.
• Steep ridges providing limited manoeuvrability.
• Unstable volcanic and/or alluvial soils such as between Homa and Idauwi and at the Baia
River between Hides and Juha.
• Numerous landslides in steep terrain.
• Numerous active faults.
• Many deep, very fast-flowing rivers.
• Large areas of impeded drainage, particularly in lowland areas.
• Very high rainfall engendering high erosion potential in some soils.
• A need to maintain distance from and avoid damage to existing oil pipelines"
This is just a discussion on pipelines, but it gives an idea for the operating area.