Oil Lakes Monitoring and Assessment Report. Volume 1, Appendix D-1, Annex 4:

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1 Oil Lakes Monitoring and Assessment Report Volume 1, Appendix D-1, Annex 4: Photos of Contaminated Oil Profiles and Landscapes Monitoring and Assessment of the Environmental Damages and Rehabilitation in the Terrestrial Environment (Cluster 3) UNCC Claim August 2003KERP IMS Consortium of International Consultants (CIC) Kuwait Office Telephone: Facsimile:

2 Consortium of International Consultants 2 Photos of Contaminated Profiles and Landscapes Photo Number _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG _IMG Title Wet Oil Contamination Landscape Free liquid oil or oil sludge emulsion on the surface; clearly no vegetation can grow in these areas. The sticky black oil will easily trap wildlife and windblown vegetation. Wet Oil Contamination Landscape Edge of a wet oil contaminated area. Sand and dust has stuck to the surface of the oil, particularly around the edges of the liquid. Note the sunken footprints. Wet Oil Contamination Landscape A crust of sand and dust covers the liquid oil contamination. The boundary delineating the extent of the contamination is readily observed by the absence of live vegetation. Wet Oil Contamination Profile A thin film of sand and dust over heavy oily sludge that is running down the face of the excavation. Dark brown oil-stained soil is clearly visible under the sludge layer, and the limit of visible oil contamination is sharply defined. Wet Oil Contamination Profile A thin surface crust formed from wind blown sand and dust over a semi-solid oily sludge layer about 20 centimeters thick. The soil is severely stained to a depth of over 50 centimeters, at which point there is an abrupt transition to soil with no visible contamination. Wet Oil Contamination Profile Sand and dust has accumulated on top of a thin layer of oil emulsion. Note the mixture of water and oil sludge in the footprints, and the oily liquid dribbling down the face of the excavation. The sludge again overlies dark-oil stained soil, and there is a sharp contrast between the oil-stained soil and underlying soil showing no visible contamination. Wet and Dry Oil Contamination Landscape Boundary between the dry oil contamination in the background and the edge of an area of wet oil contamination in the foreground. The photo shows the extensive area covered by this dry oil contamination unit. Dry Oil Contamination Landscape The boundary of the dry oil contamination area is clearly delineated by the abrupt disappearance of vegetation. Dry Oil Contamination Profile A dust-covered thin tar-like crust covering brown oil-stained soil to a depth of over 55 centimeters over soil with no visible contamination.. Dry Oil Contamination Profile A thin tar-like crust covering a brown oilstained soil to about 60 centimeters over clean soil. The shallow water table is visible in the lower portion of the pit, about 35 centimeters below the limit of visible oil contamination.. Dry Oil Contamination Profile A black tar-like crust mostly obscured by sand and dust over oil-stained soil to a depth of about 30 centimeters. The sharp visual contrast marking the limit of visible contamination is un- KERP IMS mistakable. Oil-contaminated Pile Landscape An oil-contaminated pile about 5 meters high. Note the stained soil where the surface of the pile has been disturbed. Oil-contaminated Pile Landscape Side slope of an oil contaminated pile about 2.5 meters high. Note the lumpy appearance of the soil caused by oil cementation of the soil particles. Oil-contaminated Pile Landscape Side slope of an oil pile about 3 meters high, the photo shows the common hill-like shape of these piles.

3 Consortium of International Consultants 3 Photo Number Photos of Contaminated Profiles and Landscapes _IMG Oil-contaminated Pile Profile An excavation into the side of an oil contaminated pile. The pile is over 3 meters high, and most of the material in the pile is very heavily stained. Note the abrupt transition to soil with no visible contamination at the level of the original ground surface _IMG Oil-contaminated Pile Profile An excavation into the side of a roughly 1.7 meter high oil contaminated pile. The pile is heavily-contaminated and is located on an area of dry oil contamination (note the soil profile at the bottom of the excavation). Title KERP IMS

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