Following to recommendations of the workshop on Tier 2 Oil Spill Response and Coordination organized; on 12th July 2018; in Novotel Hotel Tunis in Tunisia, a coordination meeting was held; on 26th September 2018; in MOIG Office.
The meeting gathered representatives from ANPE, Dragon Oil, Eni Tunisia, ETAP, MEDCO Energi, SEREPT and Shell Tunisia Upstream.
The main objective of this meeting was to discuss the benefits and disadvantages of the Industry - Funded Oil Spill Response Cooperatives option; selected during the last coordination workshop.
the MOIG Director delivered a presentation in which he explained the benefits and disadvantages of the Industry - Funded Oil Spill Response Cooperatives option.
After several discussions and exchanges of views about the above-mentioned option, it was recommended to select the mutual aid agreement between a group of industry operators option that appears the simplest and least costly solution for coordination.
In addition, participants requested MOIG to prepare a draft of Mutual Aid Agreement to combat Marine pollution that shall be discussed later by members.