A Tier 2 Oil Spill Response Exercise will be held on 26 May 2016 in STIR Jetty in Zarzouna in Bizerte City located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in North-Eastern Tunisia.

The event will be organized jointly by the Mediterranean Oil Industry Group (MOIG), Tunisian Refining Industries Company (STIR), Merchant Marine and Ports Office (OMMP), National Office of

Civil Protection (ONPC), Oil Spill Response Alliance International (OSRA Int) and DESMI-Ro-Clean.

STIR social purpose is the refining of crude oil in order to satisfy the needs of the national market in terms of oil products. The company has a huge Tank Park of 01 Million Cubic Meters capacity.

STIR is enhancing its strategy of preparedness in case of oil spill incidents and shall request assistance of OMMP and ONPC during the development stages of the exercise.

The theoretical part will take place in Resort Hotel in Bizerte City on 25 May 2016 in which will be presented the involved companies in the exercise and awareness on oil spill preparedness and response and new combating technology animated by AOST/OSRA International and DESMI Ro-Clean.

A first meeting took place on 29th March 2016 in STIR Refinery in Bizerte between STIR-OMMP and MOIG-OSRA representatives to exchange the first ideas and views about the exercise.

A second meeting was performed on 05 April 21016 in STIR Headquarter in Tunis between the Chairman and HSE team of STIR and MOIG representatives to discuss the preliminary programme of the exercise.

We were very pleased with the outcome of these meetings, the STIR General Management, MOIG, OMMP and OSRA Int. representatives expressed a range of views regarding the programme and technical and logistical arrangements. It was agreed to mobilize adequate human and material resources to ensure the success of this event.