Founded in late 2005, Acorn International has quickly earned repeat business from clients such as Chevron, BHP, Petrobras, and others, and has delivered value through its partnering model on engagements in North and South America, Africa, and Asia.

Recent experience in delivering world-class EHSS services by guiding and supporting in-country partners includes:

Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (EIA and ESHIA)

• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Permitting Facilitation for an Onshore Oil and Gas Exploration Project Near Indigenous Community Reserves, Colombia
• Environmental, Social and Heath Impact Assessment (ESHIA) Screening and Scoping for a Major Coastal Oil and Gas Facility, Nigeria
• ESHIA Facilitation and Training
• ESHIA Screening and Scoping for an Onshore Oil and Gas Facility Expansion, Kazakhstan
• EIA for an Offshore Oil Exploration Program adjacent to a National Marine Protected Area, Colombia

Environmental Baseline Assessment

• Environmental Site Assessment for an Operating Facility, Nigeria
  
• ESHIA Baseline Gap Assessment and Scoping for an On-Shore Oil and Gas Facility Expansion, Kazakhstan

Due Diligence Assessment

• Environmental and Facility Integrity Due Diligence Assessment for a Major International Utility, North America
  
• Gas Pipeline Construction Liability Assessment, USA

EHSS Management Assessment and Strategy Implementation

• Evaluation of the Environmental and Social Lending Covenants and Procedures of Financial Institutions for a Major Oil and Gas Development in Kazakhstan
• Benchmarking and Environmental Management System Development for a Large National Oil Company, India
• Benchmarking and Recommending Best Practices in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production in Sensitive Areas Worldwide, Brasil
  
• Safety and Environmental Incident Tracking Management System Implementation, Mexico
  
• Review of Sustainable Development Valuations to Support Market Research for a Major International Electronics Company, Worldwide

Risk Assessment

• Development of Environmental, Health, Safety and Social Risk Assessment Risk Assessment Screening Tool, Worldwide
• Facilitation of Integrated Environmental and Social Risk Assessments for:
  • An FPSO, USA
  • A Produced Gas Management Program, West Africa
  • A Power Plant, Thailand
  • Offshore Gas Facilities and Pipelines, Venezuela and Trinidad
  • A Minerals Mine, USA
  • Gas Development Facilities, USA
  • An Exploration Program, Kazakhstan
  • Production Facilities, California
  • A Terminal Upgrade, New Jersey

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