TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. Abstract By July 1 st , 2001, the Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO) completed a three-year R & D programme for development of a dynamic, risk based oil spill response regime for the entire Norwegian continental shelf, including coastal areas and the shoreline.The results from this programme are made available for operators, authorities, other stakeholders and the general public through the NOFO web site http://www.nofo.no. This web includes operational plans, documentation of methodology and analyses, as well as intuitive interfaces to databases, oil spill sensitivity maps and GIS tools.Significant effort has been made to train the personnel included in the oil spill response organisation. In this process, industry, authorities and local community personnel have been involved.The content of the web serves as reference and documentation for authority audits of fields and installations.An important area of use is for cost effective analysis and evaluation of oil spill response requirements for new developments and exploration drilling, as basis for consent applications.Comments and suggestions from audits and consent applications have been actively collected and organised through the first six months of operation of this new regime.Additionally, the response from industry users, stakeholders and the general public to this form of open and transparent information sharing has been invited and reviewed. This paper presents our experiences from these processes, along with our objectives for further development.
There is an increasing focus on offshore combat of oil spills on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). One result of this focus is a change from field specific to area specific contingency, moving from many medium sized oil spill combat vessels, to fewer and more robust systems and vessels. An important element in the emerging configuration is the use of helicopter based chemical dispersant systems, permanently located on offshore installations. An increasing diversity, of oil types being produced, configuration of installations, water depths and geographic location, are all factors that require a robust, mobile and flexible oil spill response. The Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO) has recently initiated development of new technology, as projects under NOFO's Research & Development Programme. Three of these projects address the development of improved heavy offshore booms, applying new principles for containment of oil, and a heavy duty skimmer optimized for mobility. A fourth project addresses the development of a system for helicopter based application of chemical dispersants, optimized for offshore storage and maintenance. This paper presents the status for and experience from these projects, as well as the plan for testing and verification of this new technology.
TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractThe
TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. Abstract By July 1 st , 2001, the Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO) completed a three-year R & D programme for development of a dynamic, risk based oil spill response regime for the entire Norwegian continental shelf, including coastal areas and the shoreline.The results from this programme are made available for operators, authorities, other stakeholders and the general public through the NOFO web site http://www.nofo.no. This web includes operational plans, documentation of methodology and analyses, as well as intuitive interfaces to databases, oil spill sensitivity maps and GIS tools.Significant effort has been made to train the personnel included in the oil spill response organisation. In this process, industry, authorities and local community personnel have been involved.The content of the web serves as reference and documentation for authority audits of fields and installations.An important area of use is for cost effective analysis and evaluation of oil spill response requirements for new developments and exploration drilling, as basis for consent applications.Comments and suggestions from audits and consent applications have been actively collected and organised through the first six months of operation of this new regime.Additionally, the response from industry users, stakeholders and the general public to this form of open and transparent information sharing has been invited and reviewed. This paper presents our experiences from these processes, along with our objectives for further development.
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