The Regional and National Oil Spill Response Capability and Cooperation Workshop was jointly; organized by the Mediterranean Oil Industry Group (MOIG), Botas International Limited (BIL) and Turkey National Response Corporation (NRC).
The event was held from 17 to 19 November 2015 at the Sheraton Hotel in Adana-Turkey.
The Workshop gathered 55 participants from Turkey Government, MOIG members and Technical partners, Oil and Gas Industry active in Turkey, companies, non Government associations and agencies from the Mediterranean region.
The two first days were dedicated to technical sessions in which 06 main topics were debated:
- Regional and National Response Capacity Building
- Contingency Planning and Legislation & Spill Preparedness
- Development of Tier 2 Oil Spill Response Centers
- Oil Spill Preparedness, Capability and Integrated Response
- Oil Spill Response Services and New Technologies
- National and Regional Response Exercises
A total of 20 speakers from The Ministry of Transport Maritime Affairs and Communication, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Botas International Limited, Members and Technical Partners contributed to this event providing specific presentations.
The third day was dedicated to a visit to NRC Turkey, BOTAS International Ltd and BTC Bases at the Ceyhan Marine Oil Loading. Attendees were afforded a tour of the CMT warehouse and the opportunity to observe a number of static and interactive demonstrations highlighting the deployment and management of Oil Spill Resources. In addition to CMT Base visit, NRC Turkey and BIL conducted a Tier 2 Oil Spill Response Exercise demonstration using local resources.
The exercise scenario was prepared for a simulated collision between a crude oil tanker and a bulk carrier vessel with leakage of crude oil from the tanker vessel estimated to 150 m3.
Attendees were able to view all the exercise steps consisting of water deployment of marine response equipments including offshore oil containment boom, skimmers and barges, oil recovery operation, shoreline clean up and wild life operation.
Participants visited also the BTC Control room and the BIL CMT Fire & Rescue Services.
At the conclusion of the meeting, participants were invited to exchange views, share ideas, strategies, actions and recommendations about the six debated sessions and the future MOIG efforts.
The key actions and recommendations comprise three main areas: Continuation of implementation of the MGICAP with REMPEC, encouraging members to perform Oil Spill Response exercises involving Government and identification of Oil Spill training needs.
At the end of the workshop, NRC Turkey, BIL and BTC were presented with a certificate of appreciation by the MOIG Chairman for their contribution and support of the Workshop. In addition, the Chairman presented Certificates of Membership to former and new members joining the MOIG in 2015: STIR, MEKE MARINE, AOST GROUP and MARKLEEN.