PAJ Symposium
Organisational & Technical Developments inAustralia following recent spills
An Australian Oil Spill Response
Organisation perspective

Scope• discuss the Australian setting• discuss shaping factors around preparedness
and response to oil spills in Australia• changes to the Australian regime
Since 2010
• Hot issues in Australia• who is AMOSC

The sectorRegulators
Response Organisations

Industry Associations

StatesIndustry;
Oil & Gas
Shipping

The ‘geo’ graphics – 2011 DNV Risk
review

The ‘geo’ graphics – 2013 National
Plan outcomes

Statutory Agencies(Coastal Waters– within3nm)

Petroleum &Shipping Activity:

Combat Agencies

Statutory Agencies(Commonwealth Waters)

Petroleum Activity:

Relevant State Agency –i.e. Department of PrimaryIndustries (DPI),
Department of Transport(DoT), Environment
Protection Authority (EPA)

Shipping Spill:

The Toolbox of response options

Dispersants; air & surface laid

Subsurface dispersant

Mechanical recovery

In Situ burning
Monitor & Evaluate

The toolbox approach….
Macondo daily oil budgets Aug 2010

direct recovery
evaporated/dissolved
skimmedNaturally dispersed oilin-situ burned

Chemically dispersed oilother oilHot issues; Dispersant use• Operational safety during use• Efficiency (efficacy)• Eco-toxicity• Human health• Just in time manufacture vs stockpiles

Hot issues; The subsea success
Deepwater Horizon on 10/11 May 2012

Prior to injection

11 hours of injection

Australian industry subsea dispersant/debris clearance toolkit with 500m³
dispersantHot issues; Oiled Wildlife• 2 X Containers for industry• Training• Plans• Contracts for support• Industry exercises

Hot issues; Aerially laid Dispersant• Current support; 6 base airfields each providing 2 aircraft ofsingle seat 802 aircraft (3m³ capacity) with a secondary
capacity of an additional 6 aircraft (18 aircraft total available)• Contract being renewed and market in Australia being testedfor ‘best fit’
• Montara success for offshore aerial dispersant deployment

Who is AMOSC?

• Formed in 1991 as subsidiary of Australian Instituteof Petroleum• $10 million capital cost and net $3.5 million annual
operating cost provided by 28 industry companies• Major response equipment▫ stockpile and training▫ centre located in Geelong▫ Office in Fremantle

AMOSC Area of Operation

MembersParticipating Companies
ApacheBHP Billiton
BPCaltex
ChevronExxonMobil
SantosShell
Woodside

Associated Companies
ASP Ship Management
CalEnergy Australia
Conoco Phillips
ENI Australia
Hess Exploration
Hunt OilInterOil
Inpex Browse
Murphy Australia Oil
Nexus Energy
Oil Search
Origin Energy
PTTEP
Rio Tinto
Roc Oil
Sinopec Oil&Gas
Teekay Shipping
Vermilion Energy

The Role of AMOSC• Hire of equipment and resources forresponse to oil spills• Provision of training in oil spill
response• Administration of AMOSPlan• Provision of response planning andauditing services• Representation of industry oil spillissues• Engagement in international industry
spill response issues

AMOSC’s current staff• Incidents staff have operated in;▫ CV Rena – IC, Ops Chief, Planning, OC Marine Ops,
support & admin▫ Macondo –SCAT & shoreline ops▫ Montara – dispersant ops, aerial surveillance, at sea
containment & recovery▫ Pacific Adventurer, Pasha Bulker, Global Peace▫ & more …… including Northern Hemisphere responses