International Partnerships to Improve Oil
Spill preparedness, Prevention and Response

Brian Sullivan
Executive Director, IPIECAJanuary, 2015

Who are we?
• Global oil and gas association for environmental and social issues• Formed in 1974 following the launch of UNEP
• The only global association involving both the upstream anddownstream oil and gas industry• Membership covers over half of the world’s oil production

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Celebrating 40 years of Partnerships

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Partnerships are multi-faceted

Oil Spill Response

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5IPIECA has experience of many partnerships• The Energy and Biodiversity Initiative hasdeveloped a widely accepted guidance tool for
integrating biodiversity conservation into
upstream oil and gas development. Participation
by both NGOs and companies brought credibility
to the partnership’s outputs• The Voluntary Principles for Security and HumanRights partnership has enabled government,industry and NGO partners to identify common
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IPIECA has experience of many partnerships• A major partnership between theEuropean downstream oil industry, theEuropean auto manufacturers and theEC joint research centre, the ‘Well-toWheels’ study has been used as a basis
for discussions and policymaking• In December 2005, Leaded Gasoline
was eliminated in sub- Saharan Africa.
This goal was set in 2001 by thepartners (governments, UNEP, the autoindustry and the oil and gas sectors—
represented by IPIECA) and jointly
achieved through partnership
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Two partnerships particularly successful….

• IMO – IPIECA (IGO – NGO):
The Global Initiative (GI)program• IOGP/IPIECA (Industry):
The Oil Spill Response JIP

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Why do partnerships work?

• They deliver higher-quality project outcomes• They promote long-term project sustainability• They facilitate development and growth of projects• They improve stakeholder engagement• They create open communication channels withlocal communities• They contribute to wider regional or global
sustainable development efforts
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Initiating, building and managing a partnership• Take time to identify the right organizations to work with interms of skills, profile and organizational role
• Ensure the right individuals are representing the partnerorganizations within the partnership (i.e. with theappropriate level of knowledge and authority)• Be realistic about working as an equal partner withgovernment agencies• Clarify upfront what is required from each partner• Ensure all partners ‘invest’ in the partnership so that equity
exists between the partners• Clearly define the partners’ roles and expected outputs fromthe start and at all stages of the partnership
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Initiating, building and managing a partnership• Use of partnership ‘champions’ within and outside thepartner organizations can be helpful for promoting thepartnership to other key players and stakeholders• Ensure there are some early and concrete ‘win-wins’ for thepartners to maintain motivation and momentum within thepartnership.
• Use of small teams and subgroups working within a bigger
partnership can deliver some aspects of a project quickly,
maintain high levels of creativity and build a wider sense of‘ownership’ of the whole.
• Provide for regular contact between the partners so that any
partnership challenges can be addressed before they cause
problems.
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Case Study: the Global Initiative• The IMO/IPIECA Global Initiative (GI) aims to:─ Assist countries in developing a national structure for oil spill
preparedness and response─ Encourage ratification and implementation of relevant IMO
Conventions
─ Catalyze local ownership by industry and government• Stems from the Oil Pollution Response and Cooperation (OPRC)
Convention (1990) which calls for regulatory
authorities to work with theoil and shipping industry todevelop global oil spill response
capability
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Regional model for GI programmesKey:
1. Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Central Eurasia (OSPRI)
2. West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF)
3. Mediterranean (Under re-development)
4. South East Asia (GI SEA)
5. China (Initiating)
6. East Africa (Proposed)
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Focus on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)• Legislation: Promoting the ratification of the relevantinternational Conventions• Contingency planning: Having contingency plans in place forall the countries of the region• Designation of authority: Getting clarity in roles andresponsibilities for oil spill response• Regional agreements: Promoting exchange and mutual
assistance for oil spill response• Training: Ensuring that training and exercising programs areheld in each country on a regular basis• National capabilities: Supporting countries as they develop
their own national response system
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Global Initiative Activities• Designed to support the development andimplementation of Regional, sub-regional andnational oil spill contingency plans• Include workshops, training courses and exercises• Focus on encouraging better communication andco-operation between government and industry• Encourage the ratification and implementation ofthe relevant international conventions

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Example of existing GI program: WACAF• GI for West, Central and Southern Africa(WACAF)• Established in 2006
• Includes 22 countries• Funded jointly by 9 oil companies through IPIECA
and by governments through IMO• Demonstrated progress in the 6 KPIs
• Ratification of OPRC 90 up from 27% of countries
in 2006 to 85% in 2013
• Development of a National Oil Spill Contingency
Plan up from 22% of countries in 2006 to 80% in2013
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Example of existing GI program: OSPRI• Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative for theCaspian Sea, Black Sea and Central Eurasia(OSPRI)• Formed in 2003
• 10 company members• 10 littoral states• Ratification of key IMO conventions relative tooil spill preparedness moved from 28% in 2003
to 68% in 2013

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Example of existing GI program: GISEA• GI for Southeast Asia (GI SEA)
• Launched in 2013
• Four Key Activities in 2014:
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ASEAN Regional Meeting
Gulf of Thailand Subregional Workshop
Indonesia National Plan Workshop
Philippines National Plan Workshop• 5 Industry Members• Geographic Scope: ASEAN (10 membercountries• GISEA entering into Phase 2 (20152017)• Focus on 6 elements of Preparedness
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Example of a GI regional network: OSPRI

OSPRI
Local industry /operators

GovernmentIndustry

InternationalRegionalNational

Lead / competent
national authorities

Other organizations

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An industry partnership: the GIRG* & OSR-JIP

2/4/2015*GLOBAL INDUSTRY RESPONSE GROUP

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An industry partnership: the OSR JIP• Three – year, six million dollar project (2012 – 2014)
addressing nineteen recommendations forimproving spill response developed following theMontara and Macondo incidents• Nineteen oil industry members• Dispersant issues are being addressed in about 20%of the JIP work streams• Planning for “Phase II JIP” has started

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Key themes and deliverables in the OSR-JIP• Paradigm shift towards use of most effective tools• Education, communication materials, external
influence• Promoting use of all tools, ideally on a pre approved
basis• Assessing and demonstrating current industry
capabilities and priorities for improvement• Complete refresh of Industry ‘Good Practice Guides’• Development of “scan/glance” materials for keytopics
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22Finally: a new type of partnership• The OSR-JIP is working closely with the International
Offshore Petroleum Environmental Regulators forum(IOPER) so that we both understand each othersneeds• Joint panel session at Interspill in Amsterdam: March24- 26, 2015… please join us!

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THANK YOU