1. Communique – The Cuadrilla Fracking Project The term “hydraulic fracturing”, (or simply Fracking), has come to describe a range of methods of drilling for oil and gas that are more correctly referred to as unconventional resources. In November 2019, the UK government, temporarily halted Cuadrilla’s Fracking operations around the Lancashire area of England, because of issues bordering around the environment. As the UK Head of the Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) “Friends of the Earth”, you are required to put together a communique, directed at the government, clearly stating your stance against the process using science-based evidence, with detailed outlines of the immediate and longterm impacts of the process on the local environment. 1500 words(+/-10) 2. Environmental Appraisal Report: Chevron Exploration Wells in Nigeria The global oil giant, Chevron; projects to drill thirty-nine (39) exploration and appraisal wells worldwide. With focus areas across the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Australia (offshore) and West Africa. You are the Head of the Environmental Management team of two (2) of these wells, expected to be drilled within the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria. As required by the Federal Republic of Nigeria legislation note in the Petroleum Industry Act (2021); an Environmental Appraisal of these projects are expected before commencement of the proposed operations.
