OPRC Workshops: Results and Recommendations

Transcription

1 OPRC Workshops: Results and Recommendations Keith M. Donohue Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Consultant for the International Maritime Organization

2 Offshore Oil & Gas Tanker Oil Refineries Terminals Interest, Exploration, Production Exploration, Interest Refineries, offshore installations, navigational hazards, oil terminal, chemical plants 2

3 Year Spill Amount (millions of Liters) 1962 ARGEA PRIMA, Guanica, Puerto Rico Humble Oil pipeline, offshore leak, Louisiana WITWATER, near Galetaisland, Panama Offshore Platform, Well blowout SANTA AUGUSTA, St. Croix, U.S.V.I 13 Crude 1973 ZOE COLOCOTRONIS, Puerto Rico 5 Crude 1975 GARBIS Florida Keys US Crude 1976 Pipeline Rupture, Corpus Christi,TX. 1 Crude 1977 Unidentified Vessel Guayanilla Bay, PR Crude 1978 HOWARD STAR, Tampa,Florida US.15 20% Crude 1979 BURMAH AGATE, Texas US ATLANTIC EMPRESS, off Tobago IXTOC I, Well blowout Crude 1984 ALVENUS, Louisiana US RANGER, well blowout,texas, US Reineria las Minas, Panama 8 Crude 1991 VISTA BELLA Barge, off St. Kitts and Nevis BERMAN, San Juan, Puerto Rico.3 Crude 1997 NISOS AMORGOS Tanker, Gulf of Venezuela BLUE MASTER, Galveston, Texas.1 #4 fuel 1999 PARNASO, Cuba.15 #2 fuel 1999 GOLDEN MARE, Colombia.25 #4 fuel

4

5 Caribbean Currents 5

6 Vista Bella ,000 Bbls No.6 Fuel Oil Sank in 2,000 ft of water 12 NM East on Nevis 6-10 kt winds Puerto Rico US Virgin Isl. UK Virgin Is. Saba (NL) St. Martin (NL) St Barthelme(F) St Kitts & Nevis 6

7 2016 Casualties (Last 6 months) Aug: Nicaragua, Refinery Fire (Pacific) Aug: Puerto Rico, Ferry Fire Sept: Mexico, Veracruz Tank Ship Fire Nov: Trinidad and Tobago, Pipeline Spills Nov: Jamaica, 3 Spills in Kingston Harbor over 2 Days Nov: Venezuela, Pipeline Rupture, Southern Anzoategui 7

8 Regional OPRC Plans

9 Caribbean Island OPRC Plan

10 Sub-Regional Level 2 IMO Training Course Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) Nov 2016 Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe OSRL, ITOPF, CEDRE, CEREMA Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent, and Guadeloupe 10

11 Tour of Spill Equipment Stockpile 11

12 Beach Washing Demonstration 12

13 Live Media Training 13

14 Government of France (CEDRE) 2004 Surface Data Buoy Study May 4, 2004 Mar 17, 2004 The Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution (CEDRE) Mar 8, 2004 Feb 26, 2004 Dec 8,

15 IMO Regional Workshop on Oil Spill Contingency Planning Dec 2016 Nassau, Bahamas 15 Polaris, OSRL, ARPEL, Darios Miranda. Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama

16 Strategic Planning Steps* 1. Clarify Program Mandates 2. Identify/Understand Program s Stakeholders - Develop/Refine Mission & values 3. Assess Program s: - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats 4. Identify & Frame Strategic Issues of the Program 5. Formulate Strategies to Manage the Issues *Bryson & Alston

17 Development of Table Top Exercise Scenarios and Injects

18 RETOS Global Performance Analysis

19 RETOSTM

20 Antigua Barbados Granada St Lucia Trinidad NCP (last update) July 2016 Jan 2013? Aug ICS as model for OSR Y Y N Y Y Risk Assess In progress N N N N Sens. Map Y Y N Y Y Priority Sites Y N N Y Y Exercises Tier 1 (Comb) 2015, Ind/CG 2013/14 Tier 1, Ind (Comb) Spill 2016 Tier Tier 1, Ind/CG (Deploy); 2016 Tier 1, Ind/CG (Comb); Spill 2013 Tier 3; Spill 2014 Tier 2 Spill 2013 Tier 3; Spill 2016 Tier 1 Equipment Ind (D) Ind, (MOU), (D) Ind./Nat(1) Ind/Nat(1), (D) Ind/Nat, (MOU), (D) Alt. Tech. Disp list, Zones, ISB Policy, Not in NCP,; No ISB policy Wildlife Tracking, Modeling, SCAT Sampling/Labs NCP? X Humane Soc. Visual/Civ Aviation; SCAT?; Model? NDP/NCP X/CEHI Regional Not in NCP - X Visual/CG; SCAT; Model? Not in NCP (Fisheries); No ISB policy Not in NCP X Vet. University Visual/Civ. Aviation; SCAT X; Model? Waste West Indies - export Incineration; Export Stored/ Minimum Export Policy for disp.; proced. not in NCO; ISB missing Not in NCP - X Visual/CG; SCAT X; Model X Disp + Zones + List NCP - Wildlife Center Visual/Civ Aviation; SCAT; Model? Lab/ NCP X Regional / NCP X Regional / NCP Y NCP Y/ IMA, CARIRI Incineration; Haz LF Notifications Tested Annually Annually Annually Annually Annually Incineration; Haz LF

21 TOPIC Bahamas Belize Costa Rica Guatemala Jamaica Panama NCP (last version) 2011 Oct 2011 July 2016 (not adopted) 2015 June (not adopted) ICS as model for OSR YES YES YES YES YES YES Risk Assessment YES NO NO NO NO YES Sens. Mapping NO NO NO NO NO YES Priority Sites NO NO NO NO NO? Exercises & Drills July 2016-Tier 2-Government- Tabletop Actual Spill Sep 2015, Tier 2 April 2014-Tier -Joint- Tabletop/Equipment Feb 2016-Tier 1- Industrial/Feedback Government Industrial twice/year 2016-Tier 1-Government- Deployment 2014-Tier 3-COCATRAM- Tabletop/Equipment 2015-Tier 1-Industrial- Tabletop/Equipment Feb 2016-Tier 1-Joint- Tabletop Industry does once/year Actual Spill 25 Nov, Tier 1-2 Dec 2015-Tier 2-Equipment Actual Spill 2008 Tier 3 Equipment Industrial/Government (Tier 1) Mutual Aid Agreement Industrial/Government (Tier 1) Government Tier 1 (2010 inventory) Industrial (2015 Inventory) Indsutrial/Government (Tier 2) Memorandum of Understanding Industry Tier 2 Panama Canal (Tier 3) Contract with Private Alt. Techniques Not defined Approval Case-by-case Equipment but not dispersants Products Approved List ISB and Dispersants improbable Policy only for dispersants ISB Not Two dispersants listed. Must be approved by Ministry of Health ISB can be approved by Minister of Health in critical situations Dispersants are not allowed ISB not allowed Dispersants zones. Industry has dispersants and equipment Dispersants list from EPA ISB only for offshore Dispersants list approved. Dispersants stock and equipment ISB? Wildlife YES In the National Disaster Plan. Agricultural Dept., Have Equipment and personnel NO No mention of wildlife in the NCP NO NGOs have some equipment YES Not documented in the NCP. Is part of a national project of Ministry of Environment y Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas YES NEPA responsible and Vet Division. Have personnel and equipment YES Through Ministry of Environment. Have equipment and people Training, Monitoring SCAT Royal Bahamas Air Force + Weather Dept. GIS capabilities SCAT persons trained Is not in the NCP. Belize Defense Force Three drones Trajectory? SCAT included in the NCP Not tracking Not trajectory modeling Mentioned in the NCP Not SCAT Fuerza Aérea de Guatemala+Marina Modeling not identified in NCP done by Marina SCAT Ministry of Environment? Tracking by Coast Guard (JDF) Trajectory Meteorological Office Drone SCAT by NEPA and Jamaican Defense Force YES ACP and OPC. Is in the NCP SCAT ACP and OPC Sampling/Labs YES Dept. of Environmental and Health. National and International National Disaster Plan has the info YES - Dept. of Environment Labs in country and Guatemala Is specified in NCP YES - SIMAR-Universidad de Costa Rica Local lab. Specified in NCP YES Ministry of Energy and Mines Not specified in NCP YES - NEPA Not mentioned in the NCP YES ACP Labs ACP Specified in NCP Waste Management YES Not recycled wastes are incinerated Export wastes Hazardous wastes are not managed YES Incinerators Not recycled wastes land fill YES Asphalt and cement Not recycled? YES Incinerators Not recycled Incinerators YES incinerators Waste storage facilities Wastes are buried YES OPC is in charge Not clear procedures Notifications Revision of numbers once/year Revision once/year Aprox once/year Revision is done during exercises. At least once/year Not a list of numbers. Just a mention of offices Revisions are done whit exercises

22 National-Level RETOS Assessments Bahamas Jamaica Panama Belize Costa Rica Guatemala Antigua Barbados Grenada St. Lucia Trinidad Category Value Legislation, Regulations, Agreement 88% 88% 88% 63% 75% 63% 75% 88% 50% 88% 75% Oil Spill Contingency Planning 85% 71% 71% 9% 47% 62% 68% 56% 18% 85% 88% Response Coordination 100% 100% 70% 35% 55% 100% 95% 75% 30% 100% 100% Health, Safety & Security 100% 100% 100% 50% 67% 67% 100% 83% 0% 100% 100% Operational Response 88% 75% 94% 25% 56% 44% 56% 42% 50% 69% 94% Tracking, Assessment & Information 100% 83% 100% 33% 50% 100% 83% 50% 67% 83% 100% Logistics 100% 83% 75% 0% 67% 42% 67% 33% 25% 67% 83% Financial & Administrative Consider 83% 83% 100% 17% 33% 17% 83% 33% 17% 67% 100% Training & Exercises 75% 44% 100% 0% 44% 63% 63% 44% 38% 44% 100% Sustainability & Improvements 83% 58% 92% 17% 33% 100% 67% 100% 8% 58% 33% Total 89% 76% 84% 20% 51% 67% 73% 60% 29% 76% 88%

23 Master List of National & Regional Preparedness & Response Program Issues Validate & Supplement each other

24 National Level Results Identified Mandates Identified Stakeholders Conduced a SWOT Analysis Identified Master Lists of Concerns & Issues - TTX - RETOS TM Participants departed workshop with outline components of a strategic plan framework that can be directly used for implementing improvement plans for building capacity and making needed changes to National Programs

25 Sub-regional Level III Workshop on OPRC & IMO s Guidance on the Implementation of an Incident Management System May 2017 Nassau, The Bahamas OSRL,, Gallagher, CTEH, NOAA The Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago 25

26 Spill Scenarios Considering Currents

27 X

28

29 Offshore Exploration Activity

30

31 Spill Scenario X

32

33 Potentially affected countries Bahamas Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Notification IMS Resources Changes after update of scenario Notification to national parties, countries, US coastguard Notification of (deputy) oil spill coordinator Notification of (deputy) oil spill coordinator Notification of (deputy) oil spill coordinator IMS will be set up with ministry of environment in charge Equipment not sufficient, ORSL will be contacted (standing agreement in place) JIC will be set up. Ship representative is invited. Cuba authorities will be contacted online (as practiced in exercises) Will set up joint operation with Cuba (two responses, coordinated) and US conform MTOP

34 Potentially affected countries Guyana Notification IMS Resources Changes after update of scenario Notification to No system in place to set Resources are insufficient to deal - ministries, other up IMS. Unclear who with this scenario, will have to be countries (Suriname, would be in charge arranged from abroad. No MOU s T&T, Venezuela), oil Role of participant: in place. company (Exxon), render advise how to USCG, RAC/REMPEITC formulate plan (maybe), other islands Tier 3 No bilateral agreement in place with Suriname to respond Trinidad & Tobago - - Oil companies have equipment which can be used for other spills (MOU in place), agreement with OSRL Suriname Yes Stand up IMS Equipment of national oil company will be employed, expertise on IMS, manpower Resources required: will contact resource providers (no MOU s in place) St. Lucia - - ST Lucia has MOU with local oil facility regarding response equipment (can also use equipment for other types of spills, but have to pay). Notification to contact points in region, ministries for maritime sector and energy, as well as coastguard. IMS will be set up (ICS experience in place) No experience in setting up JIC for region. - Stand op IMS St. Vincent Not specified.

35 Table 6.3 Regional coordination and communication aspects discussed in relation to scenario 2 - Exchange of information between countries is required - Saint Vincent: regional SAR Coordination Centre in Barbados? - Joint SAR Centers in Caribbean (i.e. also a discussion item from the November 2016 OPRC workshop in Guadeloupe) might be able to help out - No coordination exercises between countries in the affected area have been done so far - Saint Lucia has an MOU with a local oil facility regarding response equipment (can also use equipment for other types of spills, but have to pay). Trinidad and Tobago, and Dominican Republic also have similar arrangements. - Many countries may be reluctant to provide equipment to another country if there is a possibility (even if slight) that they may become impacted by the spill at a later date. Table 6.4 Potential resources to be shared with other countries Suriname: has personnel trained in ICS Saint. Vincent: could provide ship drivers from the Coast Guard Mexico: has extensive experience in their Environmental Protection Agency Belize: could provide waste management expertise and response expertise Colombia: could provide experienced Naval officers Jamaica: experienced disaster prevention office for planning tasks in an IMS Trinidad: has dispersant experience Guyana: could provide manpower Bahamas, Curacao: could provide aircraft Colombia, St. Kitts: could provide drones for spill monitoring

36 Actual Spill Report: 23 April 2017 Petrotrin Refinery, Pointe-a Pierre, Trinidad 300 bbls from Tank #70 (150,000 bbl capacity) Fuel Oil/ Bunker Oil Centistokes

37 80 + Oiled Pelicans

38 GOLFO DE PARIA PENÍNSULA DE PARIA Gulf of Paria: 20 km of beach Isla Margarita: 11 km of beach La Orchila: 3 km of beach Los Roques: beach areas ARCHIPIÉLAGO LOS ROQUES E ISLA LA ORCHILA

39 Bonaire: 20 km east coast beaches, lagoons & rocky shore Curacao Klein Curacao 50 km of north coast Aruba 30 km of beach 50% coverage National Park/Natural Pool closed

40 Oil Consistency Venezuela: liquid oil ABC Islands: weather oil patches, just below surface Ref: PdVSA Ref: etrotrin-oil-spill-spreads-bonaire

41 23 April Petrotrin Refinery Pointe-a Pierre 27 April: Venezuelan - Gulf of Paria 29 April: Paria coasts 12 May: Isla Margarita 14 May: Los Roques & La Orchila 26 May: Bonaire 28 May: Curacao & Klein Curacao 29 May: Aruba la

42 Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Bonaire, Curacao, Aruba Coordination via RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe Daily Calls Tech Assistance Sample Procedures & Exchange 5 countries 4 laboratories Agreed procedures

43 Trinidad & Tobago Response National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Tier 2 Dispersant applied to heavy patches of oil heavy sheen in the Gulf of Paria Aerial surveys for monitoring & effectiveness Communication & sample exchange with Venezuela (bilateral agreement) Clean-up & remediation efforts

44 Clean-up of affected beaches Venezuela & ABC Islands Response Rehabilitation of birds Monitoring Aerial surveillance: spill not visible

45 Lessons Learned Lack of familiarity with notification (POLREP) procedures Effective coordination between Trinidad & Venezuela based on agreement No Responsible Part = No $$ No Personnel Volunteers Little Equipment & PPE No means to Monitor / Make Trajectories No Waste Management

46 IMO Sub-Regional OPRC Workshop: Oil Spill Response Equipment, Simulation Exercises & Co-ordination with Neighboring Countries. 2-6 Oct 2017 Cartagena, Colombia OSRL, ExxonMobil T&T Salvage; LAMOR VARICHEM. The Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago

47 Equipment Deployment

48 Technical Expert Panels

49 Development of Incident Action Plans

50 Evaluate Concepts from MTOP For Regional Plans Regionally

51 Multilateral Coordination Team? Promoting information sharing on offshore safety? Notification?

52

53

54 Master List of Regional Concerns, Issues & Gaps Baseline ESI maps, coastal zone assessments, and baseline assessment of coral reefs Vague in-situ burning & dispersants policies no pre-approved zones No temporary oil storage & waste disposal plans Equipment availability in region unknown need assessment No enforcement/penalty laws Regional notifications drills Equipment to detect, assess, or monitor. Few, if any on water assets No funds for national responses Regional, national and interagency coordination IM

55 Recommendations Assessment Conducted risk assessment throughout WCR /each State Assess Regional Equipment Stockpiles & Availability Assess ability to attain Tier 1 OPRC capability either nationally or with bi-lateral, multi-lateral and/or regional agreements Utilize RETOS

56 Recommendations - Plans Integrate offshore oil and gas into the WCR plans and/or enhance offshore oil and gas in plans where already existing Add lists of equipment/stockpiles/contacts to the Caribbean Island OPRC Plan Add Detailed National Information & Offshore Planning to Regional Plans

57 Connect regional plans Recommendations - Plans Central American OPRC & Caribbean Island OPRC link/merged under one framework Explore how CARICOM, & CDEMA can be used to facilitate legal framework Have regional & national oil spill contingency plans translated in all working languages Establish connection & ensure availability of information between COCATRAM and RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe (Plans, ESI maps, etc.)

58 Recommendations Technical Assistance Support States in: Setting up multi- & bilateral agreements. Development of sub-regional Joint Communication Plans Writing implementing, compensation & liability legislature Facilitate regional exercises on a regular basis: To establish communication, identify resources, cross-border dispersant policies, increased understanding of offshore oil operations. At least one WCR Tier 3 Table Top Exercise every 2 years Focus Additional Training On Incident Management, OPRC, financial mechanisms, claims, compensation, civil liability, legislation development, spill monitoring, National Level & use of online software for spill trajectories

59 Recommendations Technical Assistance Form a Regional Emergency Response Advisory Team Regional Assistance Agreements Contacts for Technical Assistance Fully established RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe as Regional Spill Reporting & Notification Centre Establish partnerships with other regional coordination centers in WCR CEDEMA, MSRCs, DEWETRA, Panama Humanitarian Hub

60 Develop a regional online information platform: Connected within RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe s website. Web-based Caribbean Pollution Reporting Form National contact / notification information Technical assistance links/contact information Webchat system to activate in times of spills ALL National contingency plans Recommendations Portal Development National and regional equipment stockpiles; All Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps connected on a single Google Platform Offshore platform, terminals, pipelines & wrecks locations Relevant documentation such as best practices