Towards a Tier 3 Infrastructure for Oiled Wildlife Response

ABSTRACT With increased international shipping, offshore oil exploration, and interest in remote regions and challenging environments, there is growing recognition within government and industry of the need to improve global oiled wildlife preparedness as part of oil spill prevention and response planning. In early 2012, an international gathering of industry, government and non-governmental stakeholders gave their support to further integrate oiled wildlife planning and to develop a Tier 3 wildlife response capacity; currently the biggest gap in wildlife preparedness. The Tier 3 system will utilise the expertise and track record of the world's leading oiled wildlife response organisations. Since 2012, discussions have continued and a process for developing and implementing a global oiled wildlife response system has been established and will be initiated in late 2014. This paper will explain the steps towards developing a multi-stakeholder global infrastructure for wildlife preparedness and share updates on the timeline and progress of the project to date.

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Impact and Implications of an International Oiled Wildlife Response Preparedness Project

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2017.1.1669 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (1) ◽

pp. 1669-1688

Author(s):

Paul Kelway ◽

B. Louise Chilvers ◽

Adam Grogan ◽

Charlie Hebert ◽

Hugo Nijkamp ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

International Association ◽

Good Practice ◽

Oil Industry ◽

Beta Phase ◽

Stakeholder Collaboration ◽

Industry Standard ◽

Oil Spill Response ◽

Multi Stakeholder ◽

Tier 3

ABSTRACT 2017-133 December 2016 marked the conclusion of a two-year global oiled wildlife response preparedness project, funded by the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers/IPIECA Oil Spill Response-Joint Industry Project (IOGP/IPIECA OSR-JIP). This project brought together leading oiled wildlife response organizations from seven countries to design a preparedness and response system that would support the mobilization and integration of tier 3 (international) wildlife response resources if activated by the oil industry or other stakeholders. The project outcomes include written standards and procedures that represent a further step towards integration of oiled wildlife preparedness and response as an oil industry standard worldwide, and allow for the foundations of a global approach to be built upon good practice as defined by the international oiled wildlife response community. 2017 sees the system entering a second (beta) phase with a further funding commitment being provided by the oil industry via Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL). Building on the introduction and overview to this project as presented at the International Oil Spill Conference in 2014 (Kelway et al., 2014), this paper will explore key outcomes and assess the project’s impact and implications, particularly in relation to the present and future role of multi-stakeholder collaboration in the advancement of global oiled wildlife response preparedness.

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OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY OF CHINA

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1989-1-235 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 1989 (1) ◽

pp. 235-238

Author(s):

Lu Mu-Zhen

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil Field ◽

Oil Fields ◽

Seismic Survey ◽

Oil Exploration ◽

Foreign Companies ◽

Offshore Oil ◽

Laws And Regulations

ABSTRACT The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), established in October 1982, is the sole Chinese company dealing with offshore oil exploration, development, and production. It has four regional corporations, and four specialized corporations, as well as seventeen joint venture corporations. CNOOC has four representative offices outside China. Since the Sino-foreign cooperation for offshore oil exploration and development in China started, 360,000 line km of seismic survey have been shot, thirty-nine oil and gas bearing structures have been found, fifteen oil fields have been evaluated as having large hydrocarbon accumulations, nine oil fields have been developed and put into production, 179 exploratory wells have been drilled, and CNOOC has signed thirty-nine contracts with a total of forty-five foreign companies from twelve countries. There are five laws and regulations in the PRC affecting offshore oil development and marine environmental pollution. In accord with these laws and regulations, CNOOC has reviewed four environmental impact statements for offshore oil fields received from its regional corporations. CNOOC has made oil spill contingency plans for the Cheng-Bei offshore oil field in Bo-Hai, and the Wei 10-3 offshore oil field in the Gulf of Bei-Bu. Some oil spill combating equipment is owned by the Bo-Hai Oil Corporation and the Nan-Hai West Oil Corporation, selected on the basis of the crude oil characteristics.

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METHOD FOR RANKING BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANNING1

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-1983-1-159 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 1983 (1) ◽

pp. 159-164

Author(s):

J. K. Adams ◽

A. J. Heikamp ◽

R. P. Hannah

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Environmental Risks ◽

Aquatic Environments ◽

Important Species ◽

Information Base ◽

Habitat Recovery ◽

Response Planning ◽

Ranking Criteria ◽

Oil Spill Response ◽

Offshore Oil

ABSTRACT A method for identifying and ranking biologically important geographic areas in spill response planning is described. Although this project was conducted to minimize environmental risks due to accidental spillage from the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), the methodology is widely applicable. The method has three important characteristics: it is driven by the existing information base and easily updated, applicable to all coastal and aquatic environments, and capable of producing a list of priorities within a specific spill response planning area. The rationale of selecting ranking units and ranking criteria is presented. Habitat was selected as the best available ranking unit for oil spill response planning. “Habitat” is defined, and the attributes of habitats that make them useful analytical units are described. The ranking criteria selected (habitat recovery, persistence of oil, cleanup damage, important species supported, and habitat rarity) are defined and their evaluation explained. An application of the method is described for the LOOP spill response planning area. Habitats are identified and delineated, and values are assigned to the ranking criteria. The resultant habitat ranking is presented with recommendations for the incorporation of this analysis into a comprehensive oil spill contingency plan using a computerized geographic information system.

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Preparedness Decision Making in Offshore Oil and Gas - How much is enough?

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2017.1.782 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (1) ◽

pp. 782-801 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael L O’Brien ◽

Rhys Jones ◽

David M. Moore

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Oil Pollution ◽

Major Incident ◽

Local Climate ◽

International Convention ◽

Response Planning ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

Offshore Oil And Gas ◽

Offshore Oil

ABSTRACT 2017-125: A key challenge in offshore oil spill contingency planning is determining how much preparedness is enough. In other words, planning what types and quantities of oil spill response equipment, resources, and expertise ought to be held in readiness and with what mobilisation and deployment times, just in case a major oil spill occurs. For the offshore oil and gas sector much of the information required to plan for a response to a major incident, such as the location of the spill source, oil type, potential release rate and volume, local climate and metocean conditions, and environmental sensitivities, is already known or can be predicted. In this paper a process for determining appropriate levels of preparedness for offshore oil spill risk is proposed and analysed outside the realm of specific national regulatory frameworks. It is suggested that the approach has validity across all jurisdictions and is consistent with the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC). The approach begins with detailed activity and location-specific oil spill risk assessment which produces information on response needs, which is subsequently used in strategic and tactical response planning processes to describe the necessary response equipment and resources. Once the response resource requirements are established, optimal preparedness arrangements can then be designed that are specific to the nature and scale of the risk and the availability/criticality of the required response resources.

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Web Based Oil Spill Response System

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2014-1-300313.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 (1) ◽

pp. 300313 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eoin Howlett ◽

Nicole Mulanaphy ◽

Andrew Menton ◽

Stephen Sontag

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Response Times ◽

Response Effort ◽

Remote Collaboration ◽

Effective Response ◽

Web Based ◽

Response System ◽

Response Planning ◽

Oil Spill Modeling ◽

The Impact

When oil is spilled in a marine environment the impact can be catastrophic to a sensitive region damaging natural resources. It is important to respond quickly and efficiently to maximize the response effort and minimize the impact. In order to plan and train for incidents within the Shannon Estuary in Ireland, The Shannon Estuary Anti-Pollution Team (SEAPT) required a centralized system for its members to allow for remote collaboration and effective response. SEAPT required the ability to seamlessly run and share oil spill models in conjunction with their response planning assets and sensitivity and vulnerability information. RPS ASA leveraged OilmapWeb, a web based oil spill modeling system, as a platform to build a custom oil spill modeling and response system. This customized system allows remote users to run and retrieve oil spill models and relate the output to GIS and multimedia response information. This decision tool is designed to produce fast and accurate results to improve response times and deploy the most effective response plans. The system provides a common operational picture for this region allowing for greater response collaboration and increased preparedness. This helps SEAPT to improve their response planning and facilities the sharing of information remotely in the case of an incident.

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IOSC WORKSHOP REPORT: A PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL GUIDE FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANNING AND READINESS ASSESSMENT

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2008-1-1 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 2008 (1) ◽

pp. 1-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Elliott Taylor ◽

Alexis Steen ◽

Mark Meza ◽

Benjamin Couzigou ◽

Marc Hodges ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

National Level ◽

Management Tool ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Readiness Assessment ◽

Response Planning ◽

Response Capacity ◽

Oil Spill Response ◽

Response Capability

ABSTRACT This paper presents a proposed Oil Spill Response (OSR) Readiness assessment tool for international application that is designed to support spill response planning and readiness assessments by industry and government. This paper summarizes the content of a larger report developed by an IOSC Workshop Subcommittee and refined during an IOSC Special Workshop: Assessment of Oil Spill Response Capabilities held on 3 December 2007 in Gamboa, Panama. Each nation and industry sector has different interests and areas of knowledge with respect to spill response priorities and capabilities. As personnel change jobs, their knowledge departs with them. Consequently, expectations for response capability and the manner by which it should be attained can vary. Requirements for levels of response competency may change over time, may not be balanced by the risk of spills, and may not support long-term readiness to meet actual spill risks. There have been few attempts in the spill response community to prepare generic checklists or comprehensive guides for the assessment of response capability. Most guidance is focused on the content of OSR contingency plans. The current IOSC effort aims to be as comprehensive and as detailed as possible encompassing an entire OSR system or program. The IOSC Workshop Subcommittee prepared a broad suite of planning and readiness assessment elements to encourage improved response capacity by aiding development and maintenance of response management systems from a site level to a multi-national level and to reach beyond OSR contingency planning. This approach turns the document into a powerful management tool for evaluating oil spill response capacity at different planning levels, from local, to regional, national and multi-national. Government and industry representatives from Latin America and the Wider Caribbean Region met in Panama on 3 December 2007 to review and discuss the preliminary IOSC Guidelines. This paper and its companion report are intended to advance best international practice for OSR planning and readiness assessment. It is hoped that this IOSC Guide can be maintained as an evergreen tool by consistent use and feedback from within the spill response community.

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The Next Generation of Planning for Offshore Oil Spill Response

International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings ◽

10.7901/2169-3358-2017.1.1417 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (1) ◽

pp. 1417-1432

Author(s):

John Caplis ◽

Andrew Krieger

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Environmental Benefits ◽

Environmental Research ◽

Outer Continental Shelf ◽

Worst Case ◽

Response Planning ◽

Capability Analysis ◽

Oil Spill Response ◽

Offshore Oil

ABSTRACT 2017-333: In 2014, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) commissioned a study to inform an update of Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) regulations for offshore oil and gas facilities and pipelines at Title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 254. The study, Oil Spill Response Equipment Capability Analysis, was conducted by a team led by Booz Allen Hamilton (Booz Allen), with support from RPS Group (formerly ASA Sciences), Environmental Research Consulting (ERC), and SEA Consulting. In close coordination with BSEE, the Booz Allen team reviewed eleven worst case discharge (WCD) scenarios in the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, and Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Regions. The study, which involved literature reviews, oil spill modeling, and benchmarking against foreign and domestic regulatory regimes, concluded in February 2016, and highlighted many areas for improving the requirements for response capabilities in the OSRPs. This paper focuses on the key spill modeling methodologies, observations, and results in the Oil Spill Response Equipment Capability Analysis study, and its use of a concept of operations (CONOPS) for the application of various oil spill countermeasures in response to a WCD. The modeling results provided both new insights and reaffirmed many principles that have long guided oil spill response operations. The CONOPS systematically rolls them up into an offshore-based construct for employing multiple countermeasures in ways that will most effectively reduce oil contact with the environment. This effort did not attempt to quantify environmental impacts or provide guidance on applying countermeasures based upon a net environmental benefits analysis (NEBA) or spill impact mitigation analysis (SIMA). Decision-making for implementing the CONOPS will still require an additional overlying comparative analysis that evaluates the environmental, cultural, social and economic tradeoffs in order to find the preferred balance of spill countermeasures for a given planning scenario or incident. Regardless, the use of the construct (or CONOPS) as outlined in the study offers sound improvements for response planning involving very large spills in the offshore environment.

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