TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
PREPARED FOR ALL EVENTUALITIES – ROBUST EXERCISE AND PROCEDURES
OSRL IS WORKING TO MAKE ORGANIZATIONS READY TO RESPOND TO OIL SPILLS
In the last decade, the O&G industry has made tremendous strides in reducing oil spills; pipeline networks are deploying advanced sensors to monitor corrosion and metal fatigue, drillers are using sophisticated rig systems that can detect the potential for blowouts, and single-hulled tankers have largely been superseded by safer double-hulled vessels. According to the International Tank Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF), the number of tanker spills in excess of 7 tonnes has fallen from 120 per year in 1975 to under ten in 2015 (even though the amount of crude and products being shipped doubled in the same time period).
But oil spills still occur. That is why every stakeholder needs to be prepared to respond in the best manner possible in the shortest amount of time.
ABOUT OIL SPILL RESPONSE LIMITED Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) was formed from the pioneering work of British Petroleum’s Oil Spill Service Centre, and was formally established in 1985 with funding support from four other international oil companies to form an industry cooperative. The mandate was simple; be able to respond to an oil spill anywhere in the world. In the last three decades, OSRL has grown to over 275 employees stationed in nine
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office and equipment centres around the world. It is owned by over 40 of the most environmentally responsible oil and gas companies. In total, there are over 140 members including oil majors, national or independent oil companies, and energy- related companies operating elsewhere in the oil supply chain. In the UK, Singapore and the USA, OSRL has rotating operational teams on call ready to respond. Each operational team includes people trained in specialities such as logistics, aerial surveillance, environment impact and the use of dispersants. When a member contacts OSRL, a team is ready and able to immediately determine what equipment and manpower is needed, and how they can be delivered on site.
PREPAREDNESS
The task is ever evolving. Explorers are continually advancing into deeper waters and more extreme geographical conditions. New equipment is being deployed and new technologies adopted. To maintain an effective and efficient spill response, every participant in the O&G chain needs to continually prepare for a wide range of contingencies.
Staff hired by OSRL are professionals with field experience in a wide variety of
onshore, marine and subsea environments. OSRL also maintains a continual training
program for its staff; an industry recognised Tiered Preparedness and Response (TPR) wheel lays out 15 key components to preparedness and response. OSRL uses this as one of the tools for ensuring their responders are suitably trained in a variety of areas and that they achieve a suitable level of proficiency. Staff are regularly exercised both practically and theoretically in order to assess individual levels of capability and any areas that need developing.
In addition, OSRL is an established accredited training provider, offering a wide range of training to the oil, gas and shipping industries, for both newly appointed and experienced professionals. For instance, OSRL offers Subsea Well Intervention Services to its members, enabling access to well capping and containment equipment for use in the event of subsea well control incident. Emergency response teams may be unfamiliar with these subsea well intervention systems so OSRL offers a bespoke training, exercise and feedback programme in order to help operators understand how the equipment works and how to deploy it.
OSRL also works with companies to write oil spill contingency plans (OSCPs). In most jurisdictions, OSCPs are key to obtaining a licence to operate and are needed to illustrate how a company will respond in
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