DRC natural resources press review of Friday, September 20, 2013

The newspaper Avenir says that the oil company Perenco , located in the city of Muanda in the province of Bas-Congo, calls for the development of associated gas and to create markets for the commercialization of these gases. The newspaper reports that the appeal was launched last Wednesday during the second day of Oil and Gas Forum , held from September 17 to 18 at the hotel Memling. " There are two types of gas in our fields . The associated gas that is produced with oil and gas and free today because there is no market for the gas, free gas remains in the tank but the gas is associated with production in order to release the oil that we export . This gas today , we use to power our generators, our turbines for power generation as fuel for our compressors , boilers, ... , " stated Mr. Reza Mered , during his presentation on the development of associated gas .
 " Failure to have a plan against Polmarc petroleum pollution , our country could be blacklisted ," announces the Soft International noting that the state r- dcongolais is committed , through the Ministry of Environment , to develop a credible plan Polmarc , here one year ago. Still nothing . The paper explains that the Polmarc plan is , in practice, the mapping sensitivity describing sensitive and strategic locations in the fight against oil pollution in the marine environment .
 The weekly Soft International believes that " Fuel field is a problem ." Commenting on the quality of petroleum products sold in Kinshasa , the newspaper notes that " in September claimed to have conducted a review of petroleum products it distributes. Only the alleged review was done in-house , without a third expert n ' it is associated . 's report (re) test was distributed for broadcast in the local press. worth But how credible a grid of check-up with empty boxes , regardless of the field or the product on which he wears as fuel, is a registration , dismissed , no less at the University , we would stick the note : ". Assimilated adjourned to ... rather than Gaddafi ."
 Always on quality, not fuel but water this time , the same media reports that a UN mission recommends the implementation of a plan for water safety . According to the Soft International , a mission of the United Nations Environment committed by UNICEF attributes the "less good " rating in the DRC on the water quality . The report of this mission, the water quality problem, especially at the household level . There is lack of maintenance of water , poor transportation and poor storage points. This requires the implementation of the implementation of a security plan water. The newspaper says that in recent years , UNICEF supports called " sanitized Village" program implemented by the Ministry of Public Health. This program is to help families access to safe drinking water and improve hygiene and sanitation practices .

On another note, Radio Okapi reported that six people were killed and four others were seriously injured Tuesday, September 17 , in a landslide in the mining land square Fungamwaka to Numbi (South Kivu ) . For the head of the village , Seburingande Biankutu , who gave this information in a report sent to the head of the group of Buzi Minova , the non-compliance with standards extraction of minerals which is the basis of this accident. Operators do not provide preventive safety measure in the operating wells, and to penetrate more than 500 meters in the bottom of the well without crazy guard.