An ARPEL Tool toAssist the International Oil Spill
Community in Bridging Response
Planning and Readiness Gaps
Miguel Moyano , ARPELPAJ Oil Spill Symposium 2016
“Maintaining Future Effective Preparedness against Oil Spills”
Tokyo, JAPAN - January 28-29, 2016

Presentation Outline• What is ARPEL?
• The history of RETOS™
• RETOS™ - What is it?
• Use and features• Final remarks

What is ARPEL?
• A 50-year-old association of oil and gas companies andinstitutions in Latin America and the Caribbean aimed at:•promoting integration, growth, operational excellenceand effective socio-environmental performance of theregional industry, and•ensuring the sector maximizes its contribution tosustainable energy development in the region.

• ARPEL’s Mission is accomplished through synergies andcooperation with relevant stakeholders• Its members represent over 90% of the upstream anddownstream activities in the region.

ARPEL Member Companies

ARPEL Member Institutions

The History of RETOS™

What is RETOS™?
• The ARPEL “Readiness Evaluation Tool for
Oil Spills (RETOS™)” and its accompanying
Manual were developed to assist
governments and companies to assess
the level of oil spill response planning andreadiness management and bridge thegaps identified•

In relation to commonly agreed preestablished criteria

National and International Standards• MARPOL/OPRC• IMO Guidelines• Industry guidelines (IPIECA, ARPEL,API)• ISO 9000 y 14000• 2008 IOSC Guideline• Laws and regulations
The guidelines and practices in theARPEL Manual and RETOS™ aresuggested; NOT mandatory

Some highlights of RETOS™
• Scope: oil spills• Applicable to different spill scenarios:• spill sources (e.g., tankers, pipelines,
platforms, land facilities)• receiving environments (e.g., land,inland waterways, offshore, etc.)

Some definitions used in RETOS™
• Criteria (i.e., managementrequirements)• Categories• Seven different oil spill responseScopes• Three Assessment Levels Increasingly comprehensive criteria

A. Legislation, Regulations &Agreements
B. Oil Spill Contingency Planning
C. Response Coordination
D. Health, Safety & Security
E. Operational Response
F. Tracking, Assessment, andInformation Management
G. Logistics
H. Financial and AdministrativeConsiderations
I. Training & Exercises
J. Sustainability & Improvement

RETOS™ Application to Oil Spill
Response Programs• Government or Industry
1. Facility – Terminal, plant, refinery
2. Facility/Asset Operation - Pipelines,vessels, fleet• Government
3. Port/City/Local
4. Area - Region, Province, State
5. National (& Multi-National)• Industry
6. Country or Business Line (e.g.,Production)
7. Corporate

Using ARPEL RETOS™ V 2.0

An example
Facility (e.g., a refinery)Level AUsing RETOS™ - Selecting the Level

Using RETOS™ - The evaluation

Using RETOS™ - The score

Using RETOS™ - Global
Performance Analysis
Global Performance AnalysisResults
Category
Legislation, Regulations,Agreements
Oil Spill Contingency
Planning
Response Coordination
Health, Safety & Security
Operational Response
Tracking, Assessment &Information Management
Logistics
Financial & Administrative
Considerations
Training & Exercises
Sustainability &Improvements
Total
Institution Specific Criteria

Value

Level A Results with No Weighting

90%

Legislation,Regulations,
Agreements
100%

85%
95%100%86%100%

Sustainability &Improvements

80%

Oil Spill Contingency
Planning

60%
Training & Exercises

40%
20%

100%

Response
Coordination

0%

100%

100%

Financial &Administrative
Considerations

Health, Safety &Security

83%
92%
75%

#Completed / Number
58/ 66of questions:Level A Overall Assessment: 92% (InDevelopment )Operational
Response

Logistics
Tracking,Assessment &Information…

Using RETOS™ - GlobalImprovement Program
Global Improvement Program - Implementation PlanTask(Listed by Element andCriteria)

Comment /Recommendations

B9: General area at risk
is identified based on
spill sources.

There has not been aproper risk assessment.
Suggest this is made andsee the need to adapt
the OSR program

IOSC Sub-element 4.3

C6: Incident command isassigned to one or two
Need to identify backup
specific individuals (bypersonnel.
name or position) withbackups identified.

IOSC Element 10, Subelement 10.3

Priority

Person Responsible

Resources(Human, Physical, InfoSources)

Schedule(indicate Target
Completion Date)

IOSC 2008
Guidelines Reference*

Critical Criteria Missing

1

Critical Criteria Partial

2

E3: Equipment isproperly stored, in good Recommend boom beworking condition andplaced under shelterwill suffer UV damage if
being properlyleft as is.
maintained andinspected.
A. LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS, AGREEMENTS
Signed agreements forAgreements are verballocal (within reasonable
only. Recommend moredistance) OSR assistanceformalized approach.
are in place.
I. TRAINING & EXERCISES
An initial class wasprovided to personnel at
Regular training courses site at the time of planare provided on OSCP to rollout. New personnel
response teamhave not receivedpersonnel.
training on the Plan.
Provide for newer
personnel.

IOSC Sub-element 23.4

IOSC Element 9 andElement 27

Reviewed By:
Approved By:

Date

ARPEL Manual and RETOS™
The Manual provides the background for
OSR management assessment and explains
the terms used, the approach to theassessment process, the concept for a GlobalImprovement Program and +150 references
Freely available at www.arpel.org
The Tool (RETOS™) is the Excel™
application intended as achecklist-type approach for a
specific program and level ofevaluation.

International use by Government
and Industry

OSPRI

GI-China

USCG
REMPEITC

GI-SEA

COCATRAM

ARPEL
GI-WACAF

Final Remarks• International government/industry effort• Critical criteria for Level A – Ensuring basic management• Institution-specific criteria – Flexibility• Global Performance Analysis - Sub-scores per assessment
category and simple display of results by category• Auto-generation of a Global Improvement Program /Implementation Plan - Priorities for improvement / synergies• The Manual has over 150+ Internet selected references onbest practices• ARPEL support in RETOS training• National/regional courses with participants from different
institutions• Tailor-made training + gap analysis of a single OSR ProgramArigató!!!
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