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WJ (Ivan) Skibinski
General Manager
Australian Marine Oil Spill
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4000 kilometres

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3rd largest EEZ – 8.232 m km2
Spans almost 60o in lat / 72o in long
12,000 islands
59,736 kms of coastline
Covers all 5 of world’s ocean temperature zones –tropical; subtropical; temperate; sub polar & polar
Maritime boundaries with 6nations – PNG; NZ; Indonesia; East Timor; Solomon
Islands & France

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Maritime facts

5th largest user of shipping in the world in terms oftonnage carried and distance travelled
19,000 overseas shipping arrivals
Over 600 million tonnes carried (value A$200b)
Primary products – bulk commodities (iron ore; bauxite;coal, LNG); agricultural products (wheat, sugar, meat,wool,)

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Industry
International

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Government Arrangements
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness,
Response and Co-operation (OPRC 90)
International Maritime Organization (IMO), London Convention
In force – from 1995
Australia is a contracting party

OPRC Covers

International co-operation and mutual assistance, e.g. MOUs
with NZ, PNG, Indonesia and New Caledonia
Pollution reporting
Oil pollution emergency plans
National and regional preparedness and response capability
Technical co-operation and transfer of technology
Research and development

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Australia’s National Plan

The National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oiland Other Noxious and Hazardous Substances
A cooperative arrangement between the Commonwealth, State/NT
Governments and the shipping and oil industries
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Government Arrangements
The National Plan

Set up in 1973
Underpinned by an
Intergovernmental
Agreement
Administered by theAustralian Maritime Safety
Authority (AMSA)
Funded by a levy oncommercial shipping
Planning done by nationaland state committees
Holds a wide range ofequipment around Australia

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Government Arrangements
Division of Responsibility
 Governments take final responsibility, via :Statutory Agency
Agency having statutory
authority, i.e. agovernment agency

Combat Agency
Agency having operational
responsibility to takeresponse action
Can be either government
or industry agency

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Government Arrangements
Tier 3 Response Structure
AffectedCompany,

Statutory Agency
Appointed
Marine Pollution
Controller

AMOSC

State Oil Pollution
Committee,
AMSA,
Environmental Authority,
Emergency Services

Executive Strategic
Operational
Incident Controller

OPERATIONS

PLANNING

LOGISTICS

FINANCE

Response Teams/Response Equipment
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NMERAArrangements:•

firm up EEZ intervention powers
99•

firm up powers over ports and those ashore regarding granting ofplace of refuge request

Enhanced national maritime emergency responsecapability•

based on UNCLOS Art 221
lower threshold than “grave and imminent danger” in Intervention
Convention

AMSA managed

MERCOM [Marine Emergency Response Commander] &ETVs around coast• single national decision maker, Similar to UK’s SOSREPPAJ Symposium 2010
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Industry Arrangements
Oil Industry Initiatives
Individual company plans and resources Mutual aid arrangements (AMOSPlan) The Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC)PAJ Symposium 2010
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Industry Arrangements
AMOSC
Formed in 1991 as subsidiary of Australian Institute ofPetroleum
 $10 million capital cost and net $2.1 million annualoperating cost provided by 24 industry companies
 Major response equipment
stockpile and training
centre located in Geelong
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Industry Arrangements
The role of AMOSC is:Hire of equipment andresources for response to oilspills
Provision of training in oil spill
response
Administration of AMOSPlan
Provision of response planning
andauditing services
Representation of industry oilspill issues

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Industry Arrangements
AMOSC Response Capability
Australia’s Tier 3 equipment stockpile
 Equipment fully packaged into containers andprepared for immediate road or air transport Approx one third of equipment immediately available
outside Australia
 Optimum combinationof road or air transportused 5 permanent staff
 Core Group of 45
company personnel
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AMOSC’s National Plan Links
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AMOSC/AMSA Agreement makes AMOSC’s stockpile anintegral part of the National Plan
AMOSC resources available for any incident regardless ofsource
Industry equipment can be made available to the National Plan
via AMOSCAMOSC contributes almost 50% to the annual cost of the
National fixed wing aerial dispersant spray standby contract

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AMOSC Members
ParticipatingCompanies
ApacheBP
ChevronSantos
BHP Billiton
CaltexExxonMobil
Shell
Woodside

Associated Companies
ASP Ship Management
Conoco Phillips
ENI Australia
Hess Exploration
InterOil
Inpex Browse
Nexus Energy
Oil Search
Origin Energy
PTTEP
Rio Tinto Alcan Gove
Roc OilTap OilTeekay Shipping
Vermilion Energy

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Global Response Network

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KEY MESSAGES
Government Arrangements
Division of responsibility in Australia
Legislative reasons for oil spill preparedness
Industry Arrangements
Role of AMOSC, the AMOSPlan
Integrated into the Australian response system
International Arrangements
Facilities exist for access to worldwide assets
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Australia – Pacific Adventure(r)March 11th 2009
Presenter – WJ (Ivan) Skibinski - AMOSC
Presentation data:
Dale Jolly – AMOSC
Tom Budd – AMOSC
Matt Smith – AMOSC
Mike Parker – OSR
Lee Carmody – AMSA
Nerissa Bartlett - AMSAPAJ Symposium 2010
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Pacific Adventure
Oiled locations
identified
Response teams
activated
Resources deployed
Clean up commenced

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Pacific Adventurer
Local response area
assessed
Polluted area define
in 20m sections
Personnel andequipment commenceclean-up

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Pacific Adventurer
Coastal spill
High amenity beaches polluted
Mostly low level of response required bypersonnel
High volumes of waste
Political pressure

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Montara
5:30 am Friday 21 August 2009 – wellhead failure
Approx 64 tonnes per day
Dispersant spraying commences 23 August 2009
Dispersant spraying ceases 1st November, (118,000 ltr)
Containment and recovery commences 5th September
2009
Containment and recovery ceases 30th November(844kl)247 personnel, mostly highly skilled

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Montara Spill

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International support – C 130
OSRL (Singapore)

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OSRL (Singapore)

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National Fixed Wing Aerial Capability –Air Tractor

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And now for a silent movie

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Australian arrangements & recentspills

Reality as always, is more demanding andpunishing than exercise and planning.

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