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National Workshop on Tier 2 Oil Spill and Coordination

in MOIG News

A National Workshop on Tier 2 Oil Spill Coordination was held; on 12th July 2018; in NOVOTEL Hotel Tunis-Tunisia.
The main objectives of this event were:

  1. To ensure the understanding of the regulatory structure for spill preparedness and response in Tunisia
  2. To define the current situation of Tier 2 spill response
  3. To select a suitable option for Tier 2 response coordination in the future

This workshop gathered 37 participants from the Tunisian Government and Oil & Gas Industry: ANPE, APO, Dragon Oil, Eni Tunisia, ETAP, National Marine, Medco Energi, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Transport, ONPC, SEREPT, Shell’s OSEC, Shell Tunisia Upstream, SNDP, TOPIC, TRAPSA and TPS to exchange information, experience and expertise on oil spill preparedness, response and coordination.
During this workshop, participants had the opportunity to get an overview of the National Spill Contingency Plan for combating accidental marine pollution, Lessons learned from Zarzis and Bizerte Tier 2 Spill Response Exercises related to coordination, TPS experience on Oil Spill Response in shallow water, Importance of an Emergency and Crisis Command Center in Managing Major Offshore Pollution-SEREPT Command Center, Eni Tunisia Oil Spill Response Plan and Capability and Shell Tunisia Upstream Response Capability. In addition, options for tier-2 spill response coordination were discussed and assessed with an aim to agree a way forward for improved preparedness and response in the future.
We were very delighted with the outcome of this workshop; participants expressed a range of views regarding preparedness, response and coordination. It was agreed to select one Tier 2 response option and create a working group composed of representatives from the Government and Oil & Gas Industry to further discuss in depth the benefits and disadvantages of the selected option and put an implementation plan in place.
The MOIG Management Committee would like to thank all attendees for their active participation and speakers for their valuable presentations contributing in the success of this event.