We will further strengthen the management of environmental impact assessment in the oil and gas industry

First, promote planning environmental impact assessment

(1) When preparing comprehensive plans or guiding special plans such as oil and gas development plans, all relevant units shall simultaneously prepare environmental impact chapters or descriptions according to law; To compile special plans related to oil and gas development, environmental impact reports shall be prepared simultaneously according to law, and submitted to the competent department of ecological environment for review according to law. Planning EIA conclusions and review opinions should be used as an important basis for planning approval decisions and relevant project EIA. Planning EIA data and results can be shared with project EIA, and project EIA can be simplified in light of actual conditions.

(b) Oil and gas enterprises in the preparation of internal oil and gas development special plans, encourage the simultaneous preparation of planning environmental impact reports, focusing on the cumulative and long-term environmental impact analysis of the implementation of the plan, put forward countermeasures to prevent and mitigate adverse environmental impacts, organize experts to demonstrate the relevant results to the provincial ecological environment authorities. Where offshore oil and gas exploitation is involved, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and its corresponding river basin and sea area ecological Environment Supervision Administration shall be notified.

(3) The planning EIA should take into account the requirements of the resource and environment characteristics of the oil and gas development area, the planning of the main functional area, the control of natural protected areas, ecological protection red lines, etc., effectively maintain the integrity and stability of the ecosystem, clearly prohibit the development area and the resource and environment constraints of the implementation of the plan, and put forward suggestions for optimizing the layout, scale, development mode and construction timing of oil and gas resources development. Reasonable determination of the development plan, clear prevention and mitigation of adverse environmental impact countermeasures. Strictly implement the "three lines, one single" (ecological protection red line, environmental quality bottom line, resource utilization line, ecological environment access list) control requirements, shale gas and other mining should clearly plan the implementation of the upper limit of water use. Where natural protected areas and ecological protection red lines are involved, they shall also meet their control requirements. In areas where the total emission of key pollutants exceeds the total emission control targets set by the state or local governments, planning for new oil and gas development projects that discharge these key pollutants shall be suspended. The layout of development projects in geological structure areas with major groundwater pollution risks should be cautious, and if it is really necessary to develop, the environmental feasibility of planning and implementation should be thoroughly demonstrated and strict environmental risk prevention measures should be taken.

Second, deepen the reform of project environmental assessment "discharge management service"

(4) Oil and gas exploitation projects (including new development and rolling development projects) should, in principle, carry out environmental assessment (EIA) on a block basis (hereinafter referred to as block EIA), generally including the proposed new Wells, infillation Wells, adjustment Wells, stations and yards, equipment, pipelines and cables and their replacement works, disposal works and supporting works in the block. The project environmental assessment shall thoroughly evaluate the environmental impact and environmental risks brought about by the construction and operation of the project, and propose effective measures to protect the ecological environment and prevent environmental risks. The EIA document of the capacity construction project in the rolling development block should also retrospectively evaluate the environmental impact of the existing project, and put forward effective prevention and control measures for the existing ecological environment problems and environmental risks. If it relies on other prevention and control facilities or entrusts a third party to dispose of it, its feasibility and effectiveness shall be demonstrated.

(5) The construction of exploration Wells in new onshore oil and gas exploration blocks that have not determined the scale of production capacity construction shall compile environmental impact report forms in accordance with the law. An offshore oil and gas exploration project shall fill in an environmental impact registration form and be filed. After determining the scale of production capacity construction, in principle, it is not allowed to continue to carry out single-well EIA in the name of exploration. Exploration Wells converted into production Wells may be included in the block EIA. Starting from January 1, 2021, EIA will not be carried out in the form of a single well in principle. During the transition period, the project construction unit may, according to the actual situation, submit a block EIA or a single well EIA for approval. Marine oil and gas development adjustment well projects that have obtained environmental assessment approval before the issuance of this notice, are not in the Marine ecological environment sensitive area, are not included in the environmental assessment of oil and gas production capacity construction projects, and the amount of pollution does not exceed the total amount of emissions approved by the original environmental assessment, shall implement the environmental impact registration form for record management.