scholarly journals Institutional Considerations for Emergency Response in Developing Nations: Indonesia, Brazil, and Angola

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 (1) ◽  
pp. 523-527
Author(s):  
Louis Armstrong ◽  
Sergio Feld ◽  
Jay Clare
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Contingency Plan ◽  
Reporting Requirements ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Production Increase ◽  
Environmental Process

ABSTRACT As exploration and production increase in developing nations, multinational oil companies have to deal with new institutional requirements for emergency response. These can range from plan submission requirements to reporting requirements for a spill to dispersant application regulations. In each country, the institutional requirements can be hidden under several different agencies, changing on a regular basis, or nonexistent. For example, in Indonesia, detailed regulations exist defining the response agencies depending on the distance from the shoreline, but institutional capacity is lacking. In Brazil, there are contingency plan format requirements as part of the environmental process for drilling, strict dispersant permit requirements, and newly published regulations (February 2000) requiring oil spill reporting. In Angola, there are no existing regulations regarding spill response; however, there are emerging regulations targeting the petroleum industry, and a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan is under development. This paper represents regulations and decrees that are valid as of October 2000.

CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OFFSHORE OIL SPILLS

1973 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
G. N. Keith
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Contingency Planning ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
Contingency Plan ◽  
Oil Spillage ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Offshore Oil

The incidence of oil spillage from offshore exploration and production activities is comparatively low but the Santa Barbara and Chevron blowouts remind us of what can happen.There are two things each operator can do to help ensure he is prepared in the event of an emergency. First, a comprehensive inhouse contingency plan should be prepared before commencing operations in an area. The plan will ensure that adequate first-aid measures are on hand at all times and will go on to list the location and availability of additional assistance both in equipment and manpower.Second, the operator should be prepared to participate in the oil industry's National Oil Spills Action Plan. This plan is designed to ensure that the entire resources of the industry can be made available and effectively co-ordinated to combat an oil spill anywhere on the coast of Australia.

scholarly journals ABSORB: A THREE YEAR UPDATE IN ARCTIC SPILL RESPONSE

1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-226
Author(s):  
Sharon O. Hillman ◽  
Richard V. Shafer
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Beaufort Sea ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Development Engineering

ABSTRACT In 1979 the petroleum industry formed an oil spill response organization called the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Oilspill Response Body (ABSORB). This group's purpose is to help participating oil companies provide an integrated capability to deal with the possibility of a major oil spill in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. ABSORB and its member companies have maintained a high priority on increasing the state-of-the-art capabilities for effective response during the solid ice season, as reported in earlier conferences. In addition they have worked to identify and fill the data gaps for all season response capabilities. The ongoing research and development engineering projects have complemented this goal, along with the ongoing efforts of the ABSORB staff and member company technical representatives in the areas of equipment selection, purchase, modification and training. This paper briefly reviews the status of ABSORB today in terms of its organization and staffing, facilities and equipment, contingency planning, research and development (R & D), training programs, and response techniques.11,9

FEDERAL SPILL PREVENTION PROGRAMS: COULD A “ONE PLAN” APPROACH WORK?

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 961-963
Author(s):  
Bobbie Lively-Diebold ◽  
Gregory DeMarco ◽  
David Gilder ◽  
Juliet Fried
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Federal Regulations ◽  
Response Side ◽  
Contingency Plan ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Emergency Response Planning

ABSTRACT Much attention has recently been focused on the Integrated Contingency Plan (ICP) Guidance, which is designed to promote more effective and consistent emergency response planning at facilities. This poster will explore the possibility of expanding that concept to the realm of oil spill prevention by promoting increased coordination among the various programs that address technical and operational measures aimed at preventing spills associated with the handling, storage, and transport of oil. For operations subject to multiple federal regulations, the potential for consolidation and resulting efficiencies may exist. Improved coordination among prevention programs is likely to reduce the overall risk of systemwide oil spills as well as duplicative and conflicting requirements. Lessons learned from efforts to coordinate on the response side of the equation can be applied to the prevention side to facilitate such coordination.

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP EXERCISE: A CASE STUDY OF RUMUEKPE PK 26.5 OIL SPILL, NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA1

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
pp. 825-829
Author(s):  
Charles Mrabure ◽  
Patrick Ngene
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
The People ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Polluted Sites ◽  
Ecological Landscape

ABSTRACT Crude oil exploration and production in Niger Delta area of Nigeria started over fifty (50) years ago, and had brought with it several cases of oil pollution which as well as other human activities have resulted in devastation of the ecological landscape leading to depletion of natural resources, a source of livelihood for the indigenous people. Due to the stress/hardship occasioned by depletion of natural resources such as fishes, other aquatic life, Land etc, the people have evolved from peace loving to hostile communities. They have embarked on several protests and kidnappings, the oil companies being primary target in all cases. Working in this area became a risk for the companies. Clean up of polluted sites thus became an almost impossible activity; initiating dialogue with the people became a herculean task because of lack of mutual trust. In the case of PK26.5 oil spill clean up, several fruitful efforts were made to dialogue with the people, and this resulted in a partnership that saw Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd and her Contractor clean up an oil polluted site in this volatile region to the satisfaction of Regulatory authorities. Of the forty-four workers, forty (40) were from the community.

scholarly journals A Relationship of Contingency Plan and Related Government Authorities Integration towards an Oil Spill Incidents

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 5585-5590
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
Contingency Plan ◽  
Marine Industry ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
The Government ◽  
Relationship Of

The maritime industry relates to the carriage of cargoes activities such as shipping and port operations, including a wide supporting activity offshore oil and gas exploration and production. In addition, the marine industry provides a pillar of national economic growth and prosperity. Generally, most of the enterprises engaged in the maritime business are related to shipping, designing, constructing, acquiring, manufacturing, repairing and maintaining, operating and supplying. However, from the various shipping activities could lead to marine pollution especially an oil spill. This study focuses to analyze the relationship of the contingency plan of oil preparedness and response by government authorities towards the oil spill. 43 respondents from selected oil port and government authorities have participated in the questionnaire survey. The result from the multiple correlations and regression analysis show the contingency plan activity of the preparedness and response are significantly and positively related to the government authority integration towards the oil spill incidents

THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITIES’ HANDLING OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY'S OIL POLLUTION PREPAREDNESS IN NORWAY

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 895-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsti Natvig
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Control Authority ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive

ABSTRACT The first oil field off the coast of Norway initiated production in the early 1970s. Today 33 oil fields are being exploited by the petroleum industry. A further 8 sites are under development, and promising exploration activity is taking place in new areas. Some of these areas are particularly sensitive from an environmental point of view. Since the Bravo blowout in 1977 there has been no major accident involving an oil spill. Overall experience from supervision indicates that petroleum activities are carried out within adequate safety limits. According to the legislative framework for supervision of oil pollution in the petroleum activity, conditions are to be specified by the authorities prior to every exploration and production activity. The design of the recovery system is to be specified by the operator, based on the dimensions of the oil spill. The stipulation is that all production installations can be reached within given response periods, depending on the location of the installation in relation to environmentally sensitive resources. The Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) is responsible for the national oil spill contingency plan. The petroleum industry shall ensure that its contingency plans are tailored to the actual environmental risk. The environmental authorities have been working on the development of a model to define which regions are to be classified as particularly sensitive. This has led to the implementation of legislation that is of interest to both the industry and the authorities.

Holding Operators in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry to a Higher Environmental Standard

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-216
Author(s):  
Ayodele Morocco-Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Environmental Standard ◽  
Foreign Earnings ◽  
Regulatory Authorities ◽  
Exploration And Production ◽  
Land Water

The oil industry drives the Nigerian economy as oil can be credited for most of Nigeria's foreign earnings. The exploration and production activities by operators in the Nigerian oil industry have for numerous decades resulted massive pollution of land, water and air within the jurisdiction of Nigeria and consequently there have been bitter complaints about the degradation of the environment. Though there are scores of legislations, regulations and policies governing the oil industry, it is clear that the multinational oil companies operating in Nigeria do not conduct their operations on the high levels they do in developed countries. However, the problem does not basically lie with the issue of ‘sub-standard’ legislations, but with the fact that the legislations in place are not routinely and uniformly enforced by the regulatory authorities and are often not complied with by the oil companies. This paper examines the twin problems of enforcement and compliance and tries to find a path out of the regulatory quagmire in Nigeria.

UNNECESSARILY NEGLECTED IN PLANNING: ILLUSTRATION OF A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO IDENTIFY HUMAN DIMENSION IMPACTS OF MARINE OIL SPILLS

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250012 ◽  
Author(s):  
FABIENNE LORD ◽  
SETH TULER ◽  
THOMAS WEBLER ◽  
KIRSTIN DOW
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Damage Assessment ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Human Dimensions ◽  
Contingency Planning ◽  
Human Dimension ◽  
Contingency Plans ◽  
Negative Impacts

Technological hazards research, including that on oil spills and their aftermath, is giving greater attention to human dimension impacts resulting from events and response. While oil spill contingency planners recognize the importance of human dimension impacts, little systematic attention is given to them in contingency plans. We introduce an approach to identifying human dimensions impacts using concepts from hazard and vulnerability assessment and apply it to the Bouchard-120 oil spill in Buzzards Bay, MA. Our assessment covers the spill, emergency response, clean-up, damage assessment, and mid-term recovery. This approach, while still exploratory, did demonstrate that the spill produced a range of positive and negative impacts on people and institutions and that these were mediated by vulnerabilities. We suggest ways in which the framework may help spill managers to learn from events and improve contingency planning by anticipating risks to social systems and identifying strategies to reduce impacts.

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