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Total E & P South Africa B.V.

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXPLORATION

DRILLING AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES IN

BLOCK 11B/12B OFF THE SOUTH COAST,

SOUTH AFRICA

Information-sharing Webinar

July 2020

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Agenda & Webinar Protocols

• Welcome

• Introduction of Convenors and Applicant Representatives

• HSE Moment

• Webinar Objectives

• Total E & P South Africa B.V. (TEPSA) to present Activity content

• SLR to present Scoping phase content

• Formal Q&A at the end of presentations

• Webinar Protocols – Presented content will be ~40 - 45 minutes in duration

– You can submit questions in the Live event Q&A at any time

– Responses will posted during the webinar where possible

– Webinar content/recording will be posted to SLR website

– All questions received will be included and responded to in the Scoping Report

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Contributors

• Facilitator:

– Stuart Heather-Clark

• TEPSA representatives:

– Eduard Groenewald

– Marie-Line Pagnoux

– Reda Zerriate

– Tatiana Gusachenko

• SLR Environmental Assessment Practitioner:

– Jonathan Crowther

– Matthew Hemming

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HSE Moment

COVID-19 and Disaster Management Act, 2002 requirements• Key COVID-19 response protocols:

– avoid gatherings

– practice social distancing

– wear a mask

– wash your hands

• Directions related to Public Participation in ESIA (GNR 650 of 5 June 2020):– Environmental permitting can proceed, subject to applicable H&S practices

– Allowance for online meetings

– Requirement for Public Participation Plan – approved by PASA on 10 June 2020

• During this Webinar please make sure that you:– are in a safe and comfortable location

– remain aware of your surroundings

– set the audio to a comfortable volume

– have good posture while observing your screen

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Objectives of the Webinar

• To announce and present:

– application by TEPSA for proposed Additional Exploration Activities in

Block 11B/12B,

– the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process,

– an overview of the Scoping Report Study, and

– opportunities for stakeholder engagement.

• Provide stakeholders an opportunity to:

– raise any queries or concerns,

– make input on environmental sensitivities & impacts.

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General Introduction

• TEPSA holds an Exploration Right and Environmental Authorisation over

Block 11B/12B and is currently undertaking exploration

• TEPSA has proposed to undertake Additional Exploration in Block

11B/12B which requires further Environmental Authorisation

• SLR has been appointed by TEPSA as independent Environmental

Assessment Practitioner to undertake an ESIA processes for:

– drilling of exploration wells in a new area of Block 11B/12B

– deployment of Metocean Buoys

– Controlled Source Electro-Magnetic surveys

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INTRODUCTION TO TOTAL E & P SOUTH AFRICA B.V.

(TEPSA)

7TOTAL Classification: Restricted Distribution

TOTAL - All rights reserved

TOTAL SOCIETAL POLICY

● TOTAL’S AMBITION IS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS:



OVERVIEW OF OIL & GAS

LNG carrier

Offshore platform

Liquefaction plant

Onshore facility

Oil tanker

Refinery

Specialty chemicals

Petrochemicalcomplex

Oil depot

Service station

Solar panels

Lubricantblending unit

Exploration & Production and Gas & Power

Refining & Chemicalsand Trading & Shipping

Marketing & Services and New Energies



TYPICAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION LIFECYCLE

Production profile

Duration (yrs)

Discovery Development

decision

Production

start up

End of

production

Site restorationMineral

Rights

2 - 5 2 - 5 3 - 6 20 - 40 1 - 3

Siterestitution

Field OperationsProjectExplorationPre-project

Appraisal &Conceptual

11B/12B

today

M’s $ out B’s$ inB’s $ out M’s $ out



TOTAL Classification: Restricted Distribution


BLOCK 11B/12B

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BLOCK 11B/12B OVERVIEW

• TEPSA is the operator and majority shareholder

• TEPSA: 45%; Qatar Petroleum: 25%; CNR International: 20%; Main Street: 10%

Approved Exploration Activities Proposed Exploration Activities

(current application)

May 2012: EMPr• 2D and 3D seismic activities (whole block) • Drilling of up to 10 wells (southwest portion)

• Drilling of up to 10 wells in new area of

Block 11B/12B• Duration: 3 to 6 month/well

• Water depths: 600 - 2 000 m• Distance to coast: > 80 km

• Controlled Source Electro Magnetic (CSEM) Surveys (up to 3 months)

• Deploy 5 metocean buoys (for up to 1

year of monitoring)

March 2015: EMPr amendment• Sonar bathymetry survey (whole block, defined

period)

Feb 2019: EMPr amendment• Change of well completion status

Completed Activities: • One well (Brulpadda - started 2014, completed

2018/9)

• 2D seismic surveys• 3D seismic surveys

Planned Activities (scheduled in 2020): • Drilling up to 2 wells in Padavisie Fairway



BLOCK 11B/12B – WELL DRILLING

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• Semi-submersible Drilling Unit: Temporary 500 m safety zone around drilling unit during drilling; up to 2km

with supply vessels / tugboat

• Support Vessels: Up to 2 supply vessels (equipment & material) and 2 tugboats to keep drill unit on location

• Helicopters: 2 helicopters for transfer of personnel or medical evacuations (if required)

• Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV): sea floor pre-drilling check for obstacles or sensitive features to

finalise precise drilling location and on completion

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ACTIVITY – DRILLING STAGES

● Drilling

- Riserless and Riser stages

- Blow-Out Contingency Plan

● Well Testing and Logging

- Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP)

- Well flow testing (if

discovery is made)

● Well Completion

- Plug and seal well

- Integrity testing

Source: TEPSA adapted from Wikipedia



ACTIVITY – CSEM SURVEYS

● Purpose: Identify subsurface geological features to profile the presence of

hydrocarbon resources through mapping electric resistivity distribution

● Location: Localised areas in Block 11B/12B (200 to 400 km2 at any one time)

● Safety zone: Up to 2 km around survey components

● Duration: Up to 3 months (dependent on weather)

● Method: Low frequency electrical field (no noise) towed behind the survey vessel 30 -

50 m above seafloor over receiver grid array (placed on degradable anchors)



ACTIVITY – METOCEAN BUOY MOORINGS

● Purpose: Monitor ocean

currents, meteorological and acoustic data

● Location: Localised areas in

Block 11B/12B

● Safety zone: 500 m - 2 km

● Duration: Up to 1 year

● Method: Drop and anchor 5 buoys (4 for sea column

parameters, 1 wave buoy for meteorological data)



ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT

ASSESSMENT (ESIA)

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ESIA – Legal Requirements

• Under the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA, 28/2002)

the state is the custodian of all minerals, which should be developed sustainably within

the framework of National environmental policy, while promoting economic and social

development.

• To undertake exploration for a petroleum resource, an Exploration Right is required.

Issued by Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) based on

recommendations by Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA).

• Applicants for Exploration Right must seek Environmental Authorisation in terms of

the National Environmental Management Act (NEMA,107/1998).

• Exploration Right and Environmental Authorisation place limits on the location, scope

and duration of permissible exploration activities.

• Activities in Listing Notice 2 to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations,

2014 (e.g. those requiring an Exploration Right) must be subject to a Scoping and

Environmental Impact Assessment process.

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INITIATE PROJECT

PASA ACKNOWLEDGES

RECEIPT

RECEIVE COMMENTS AND

UPDATE

SCOPING

REPORT

SUBMIT EIA AND EMP

REPORT TO

PASA

CONSULT WITH PASA;

PP PLAN; INITIAL PUBLIC

INVOLVEMENT; COMPILE APPLICATION & COMPILE

SCOPING REPORT

INITIATE SPECIALIST STUDIES

(± 2 to 4 months)

1O DAYS

NOTIFY IAPS

START DATE

DMRE REFUSE EA

OR GRANT

EA

POSSIBLE APPEAL

PROCESS ito

APPEAL REGS

SUBMIT APPLICATION DISTRIBUTE SCOPING REPORT

FOR REVIEW

44 DAYS

AT LEAST 30 DAYS PUBLIC REVIEW

1O DAYS

107 DAYSPASA REVIEW

5 DAYS

ISSUE DECISION

14 DAYS

PASA

ACKNOWLEDGES

RECEIPT

300 DAYS

9O DAYS

APPEAL DECISION

SUBMIT SCOPING

REPORT TO

PASA

DMRE ACCEPTS

SCOPING

REPORT

43 DAYSPASA REVIEW 106 DAYS

RECEIVE COMMENTS AND

UPDATE EIA AND

EMP REPORT

DISTRIBUTE EIA AND EMP REPORT

FOR REVIEW

AT LEAST 30 DAYS PUBLIC REVIEW

60 to 120 DAYS

Scoping and EIA Process

We are

here

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* Timeframes are potentially subject to extension due to COVID provisions.

Sensitive Areas

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Commercial Fisheries

• Licence block overlaps mainly with two commercial fishing sectors

Demersal Long-Line Effort (2008 – 2013) - Hake Pelagic Long-line Effort (2000 – 2013) – Tuna, swordfish

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Commercial Fisheries

Squid Jig (2012 – 2015)Demersal Trawl (2008 – 2016) (hakes, snoek, kingklip, sole)

Traditional line fish (2000 – 2016) (snoek, bream, yellowtail, kob)Pelagic Purse Seine (2000 – 2016) (sardine, anchovy etc)

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Identification of Issues

• EAP experience on other projects

• Consideration of likely receptors

• Review and research into baseline conditions

• Engagement with stakeholders

• Activity «-» Resource/Receptor interaction matrix

• Development of activity-specific Aspects and Impacts Register

• Key project activities of concern to be investigated and assessed

• Documented in Scoping Report

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Specialist Studies

▪ Consulting engineers practicing

exclusively in the specialist areas

of port and coastal engineering

and modelling

▪ Peer review of the Drill Cuttings

and Oil Spill Modelling for Block

11B/12B done by HES Expertise

Services

▪ Consulting engineers practicing

exclusively in the specialist areas

of port and coastal engineering

and modelling

▪ Peer review of the Drill Cuttings

and Oil Spill Modelling for Block

11B/12B done by HES Expertise

Services

▪ Offers a comprehensive range of

marine monitoring and fisheries

consultancy services

▪ Commercial Fisheries

Assessment for 11B/12B

▪ Offers a comprehensive range of

marine monitoring and fisheries

consultancy services

▪ Commercial Fisheries

Assessment for 11B/12B

▪ Provides specialist assessment

services in the field of social

impact assessment in Africa

▪ Social Impact Assessment for

Block 11B/12B

▪ Provides specialist assessment

services in the field of social

impact assessment in Africa

▪ Social Impact Assessment for

Block 11B/12B

▪ Environmental and advisory

solution providers

▪ Noise Modelling for Block

11B/12B

▪ Environmental and advisory

solution providers

▪ Noise Modelling for Block

11B/12B

▪ Provides users of the coastal and

marine environment with a

professional and reliable

environmental consultancy

service

▪ Marine Ecology Impact

Assessment for Block 11B12B

▪ Provides users of the coastal and

marine environment with a

professional and reliable

environmental consultancy

service

▪ Marine Ecology Impact

Assessment for Block 11B12B

▪ Offering services and expertise in

a range of scientific areas in the

petroleum and gas industries.

▪ Drill Cuttings and Oil Spill

Modelling for Block 11B/12B

▪ Offering services and expertise in

a range of scientific areas in the

petroleum and gas industries.

▪ Drill Cuttings and Oil Spill

Modelling for Block 11B/12B

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EIA Overview – Key Issues

• Fishing – Potential Impacts

> Stationary exclusion (500 m – 2 km safety

zone) around drilling unit (3 – 6 months per

well) and metocean buoys (1 year)

> Disruption to fishing operations and loss of

access to fishing grounds due to CSEM (< 3

months)

> Fish avoidance of immediate area and

changes in feeding behaviour due to drilling

noise and associated activities

> Effect on fishing activities due to

abandonment of wellhead on the seafloor

Source: CapMarine

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• Marine Ecology – Potential Impacts

> Disturbance of the water column due to routine

discharge to sea, incl. sewage, galley waste, deck

drainage and treated cuttings

> Introduction of alien invasive marine species through

ballast water discharge

> Disturbance of marine fauna due to noise

> Sediment disturbance and benthic loss in drilling

footprint

> Smothering of benthic species due to discharge of

cuttings

> Unplanned release of oil (vessel collision or blow-out)

causing marine and coastal contamination

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• Socio-Economic – Potential impacts and

positive outcomes

> Short-term employment

> Business opportunities

> Interference with shipping routes (due to safety

protection areas around the drilling unit,

metocean buoys and CSEM survey)

> Loss of revenue / tourism & impact on coastal

& marine users in event of an unplanned event

(e.g. well blow-out / oil spill)

Port of Mossel Bay


Source: https://www.mossel-bay-info.co.za/town/gallery

(limited to activity specifics

e.g. 3 to 6 months per well)

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Opportunities to Comment

• Comments on Scoping Report to reach SLR by 20 July 2020

• All comments received will be included and responded to in the Final Scoping

Report as a Comments and Responses Report

• I&APs will be notified of PASA acceptance/rejection of the Scoping Report

• Draft ESIA Report and EMPr will be distributed for 30-day comment period:

Anticipated in October – November 2020

• ESIA feedback meeting: Anticipated in November 2020

Ms Candice Sadan

SLR Consulting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd

PO Box 10145, Caledon Square, 7905

Tel: (021) 461 1118

E-mail: [email protected]

https://slrconsulting.com/za/slr-documents/tepsa11b12b

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QUESTION & ANSWER

SESSION

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