VIETNAM NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR SEARCH AND RESCUETHE NATIONAL SOUTHERN OIL SPILL RESPONSE CENTER (NASOS)

VIETNAM OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE:CURRENT STATUS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Nguyen Huy Trong
Permanent Deputy Director of NASOS

Tokyo, February 06, 2014

CONTENTS
1.

Overview of Vietnam with regard to oil spill2.

Oil spill response system in Vietnam

3.

Domestic legal documents relating to oil spill
response

4.

International cooperation in oil spill response

5.

Enhancement of local capacity in oil spill
preparedness and response

6.

Challenges

7.

Recommendations

OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM
WITH REGARD TO OIL SPILL Total area: ~330,000 km2

 Total coastal line:
3,260 km
 More than 2,360
rivers and canals withtotal length of over
42,000 km

 Petroleum exploration andproduction activities
 Transport, storage, transferand distribution activities Vietnam borders the South
China Sea (East Sea)=> Vietnam is vulnerable to oilspill

OIL SPILL RESPONSESYSTEM IN VIETNAM

The three resources ofVietnamese spill responseGovernmental resources
Provincial resourcesPrivate industry resourcesVietnam National Committee for
Search and Rescue (Vinasarcom)
Chairman(Deputy PM)

Permanent Vice
Chairman(lieutenantGeneral)

Members (DeputyMinisters: Public
Security/ Transport/Agriculture & RuralDevelopment/MONRE)

Standing member(Office Executive
Director/ Head of
Department ofRescues andSalvage)

Members (Deputy
Head of relevant
Ministries/ Vietnam
Television/ Voice ofVietnam)

Hai Phong

Under Vinasarcom, there are
3 regional oil spill response
centers in Vietnam:

Quang Binh

The National Northern OilSpill Response Center: OSRbase in Hai Phong

NorthernCenterDa Nang

CentralCenterKhanh Hoa
Binh Thuan

NASOS

VungTau

The National Central Oil
Spill Response Center: OSRbase in Da Nang and Khanh
Hoa
The National Southern Oil
Spill Response Center: OSRin Vung Tau

Capacity of 3 centers
 Northern Center:
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3 offshore recovery vessels
1 river oil recovery vessel
1 vessel for storage of spilled oil (1,000 m3)
04 oil recovery devices
3,500m oil boom, shoreline cleanup equipment

 Central Center: 2 offshore recovery vessels
 03 oil recovery devices
 5,000m oil boom, shoreline cleanup equipment

 Southern Center: 2 offshore recovery vessels
 1 skimmer
 500m offshore boom (agreement in principle withPV Drilling: 2,200m oil boom, 9 skimmers, storagetanks, 2 river oil recovery vessels, shoreline cleanupequipment)

2 OIL RECOVERY VESSELS OF NASOSVESSEL NASOS I

VESSEL NASOS II- Technical data:+ 589 DWT+ 559 GT+ Length overall: 44m+ Breadth moulded: 10.6m+ Engine: 2,000 BHP+ Max speed: 12knots+ Spilled oil storage: 180 m3+ Dispersant tank: 10 m3-Technical data:+ 952 DWT+ 922 GT+ Length overall: 53m+ Breadth moulded: 12m+ Engine: 3,300 BHP+ Max speed: 12knots+ Spilled oil storage: 327 m3+ Dispersant tank: 12 m3- Operation scope: internationalsea, limited level 1- Handover: Nov 2010

-Operation scope: internationalsea, unlimited level
Handover: August 2012-Base in Vung Tau city The base was put into operation in October 2012.

 Total area: 26,000 m2: land 6,000m2; water and pier:
20,000 m2
 Pier: 130m long, 8-16m wide (for 02 vessels to harbour)

DOMESTIC LEGALDOCUMENTS RELATINGTO OIL SPILL Law on environmental protection dated 29 November
2005
 Prime Minister Decision No. 129/2001/QD-TTg dated 29
August 2001 approving national plan on oil spill
response in the 2001-2010 period
 Prime Minister Decision No. 02/2013/QD-TTg dated 14
January 2013 promulgating the regulation on oil spill
response: Classify 3 levels of OSR

 Classify 3 Tiers of Oil Spill Incidents Oil spill preparedness
 Inspection to determine the cause of oil spill incident

 Procedures of settlement of oil spill consequences
 Specify responsibilities of all stakeholders in oil spills

■ Decree 95/2010/ND-CP on licensing of and cooperation with foreign
search and rescue forces in Vietnam:■ The process of approval of participation of foreign search and rescue forces■ Licensing agencies:■ Coordination in licensing:

MOFA

To receive proposals, notify licensing decisions

MOND, MOT

To grant and notify licenses to MOFA, Vinasarcom

Ministry ofPublic Security

To grant entry and exit visas

Ministry of Information
and Communications
VINASARCOM

To grant license to use radio frequencies andtransmitters
To give opinions for concerned ministries to fulfill
their licensing responsibilities

INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION IN OIL
SPILL RESPONSE

Joint Statement On Partnership in Oil Spill
Preparedness and Response in the Gulf of Thailand(GOT Program)
Initiated by PEMSEASigned on Jan 12, 2006 in Hanoi by Cambodia,
Thailand and Vietnam.

Mission: To enhance national and regional
capabilities concerning oil pollution prevention,
preparedness and response through a Gulf-wide
exchange of information, joint research anddevelopment project, training, OSR exercises, andmutual assistance in response, collaborative
arrangements,
partnershipbuildingandimplementation

GOT Program (cont’)
Framework Program

Designation of NOSRCReports, alerts and communications

Training and information sharing: www.got-pemsea.com



Mutual assistance in responseResources available



Movements of personnel, crafts, and equipment between the parties



Reimbursement procedures



Joint Oil spill response

Coordination

GOT TRAINING & NCP Meeting
GOT TRAINING V

GOT TRAINING VI

Time: 3 days, 17 – 19/04/2012

Time: 3 days, 14 – 16/05/2013- Venue: Can Tho city

- Venue: Vung Tau city

- Objective:+ Overview of legal documents in oil spillresponse+ Oil spill response methods.
+ Table-top exercise (5 groups)+ Visiting PV Oil’s OSR equipment andwitnessing river exercise in Can Tho.

- Objective:+ New regulation on oil spill response: newcontents compared to previous one+ Overview of oil spill incident+ Role of ESI Maps in oil spill response.
+ Appraising OSCP at grassroots level: key
contents to focus+ Exercise: Appraisal of OSCP (divided in 5groups)+ Management of oil waste in oil spill
response+ Cooperation in inter-provincial oil spillresponse+ Visiting Vung Tau OSR base and 02 oilrecovery vessels of NASOS

NCP Meeting 2011
- Time: 3 days, 03 – 05/10/2011- Venue: Ho Chi Minh city
- Objective: annual meeting of NCPs andWorkshop on Claims & Compensationdelivered by experts from ITOPF and IOPC
Funds.

NCP Meeting 2011

GOT Training V (2012)

GOT Training VI (2013)

GOT Program (cont’)
ESI Mapping in the Gulf of Thailand projectName of project: Strengthening Oil Spill Preparedness and Response in a
Subregional Sea area: Environmental Sensitivity Mapping in the Gulf ofThailandProject duration: July 2012 to December 2013

Implementing Organization: IMO, PEMSEAProject Objective: To develop GOT sensitivity maps for planning andresponse to oil spill incidents covering coastal and marine resources of theGulf, existing economic activities along the coast and offshore and gazetted
areas, as well as locations of emergency services, spill response equipment
and related services.

Project Output:

Final report on ESI mapping with scale of 1/50,000

Set of ESI maps (GOT Atlas) with scale of 1/50,000 the GOT (A0 size, laminate layer)• Map: VN_ESI_MAP_40(Please see the ESI map attached to this presentation.)• Description page: VN_ESI_MAP_40(Please see the description attached to this presentation.)

MOA between Vietnam and the Philippines on Joint
Oil spill preparedness and response

Signed on October 26, 2010 in Hanoi.



Fields of cooperation:

Human resources development

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Mutual assistance

Information exchangeResearch and development

Other fields of cooperation

MOA between Vietnam and the Philippines on Joint
Oil Spill Preparedness and Response

Approval of the MOA.

Set up a contact channel

Kick-off MeetingENHANCEMENT OF LOCALCAPACITY IN OIL SPILLPREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSEExercises
 Internal exercise of 3 regional centers Annual exercise of oil companies: conducted by PVDrilling National exercise: 1st time: 2002

NASOS internal exercise
 Objectives:
 To enhance OSR professional capability of NASOS staff ingeneral and OSR skills of responder teams in particular;
 To test NASOS capability in terms of personnel, OSR equipment
and facilities, methods of communications and coordination
among relevant teams.
 To help newcomers in getting familiar with OSR equipment, theirfunctions and method of operation in reality as well as
understanding clearly roles and responsibilities of each teammember in OSR.

NASOS internal exercise (cont’) Equipment and facilities:
 02 oil recovery vessels: NASOS I and NASOS II;
 02 sets of offshore Ro-boom: 250m/set.
 01 offshore skimmer: 66m3/h.
 01 temporary storage tank: 25 tonnes.
 01 dispersant spray set.
 03 hydraulic sets
 Manpower: Crew of 02 vessels NASOS I and NASOS II: 24 persons
 NASOS offshore responder team: 14 persons

Training Annual training of 3 regional centers for provincial
environmental officers in designated area Training for HSE staff of oil companies: conducted by PVDrilling Training for military forces: organized by Vinasarcom
 Training for provincial officers: organized by each province

CHALLENGESOil spill response capacity
Financial guarantee to ensurecompensations for damages and loss
caused by oil spill incidents.
Procedures and forms to mobilize foreign
forces into Vietnam to support in oil spill
response
Regulation on dispersant use.

RECOMMENDATIONS Promulgating the regulation on dispersant useASAP Procedures, forms and deadline to approve themobilization of foreign oil spill response forces
into Vietnam.
 Business incentives to private enterprises
providing oil spill response services
 Strengthening the regular inspection ofbusiness.

Q&A

For further information, please contact:
Mr. Nguyen Huy Trong
Permanent Deputy Director
The National Southern Oil Spill Response Center (NASOS)
4th Floor, 43 Mac Dinh Chi Street
District 1, Hochiminh city, Vietnam
Tel: +84-8-38242120
Fax: +84-8-38242125
Cell: +84-937 000 334
Email: trongnh@pvdrilling.com.vn