Oil & Gas UK, a representative organisation for the country’s offshore oil and gas industry is organising the summit where the industry stakeholders will discuss the lessons learned from Exercise Sula conducted in May to test the UK’s national oil spill contingency plan.
Oil & Gas UK chief executive Malcolm Webb said that following the Gulf of Mexico incident, OSPRAG has led the UK oil and gas industry’s effort to ensure that its drilling practices and procedures are robust and remain fit for purpose.
"While the industry, regulators and trade unions are confident in the ability of current regulations and procedures to prevent major well control incidents, OSPRAG identified where improvements could still be made. This unique Summit will provide a final and authoritative report on OSPRAG’s work," Webb said.
The UK’s oil spill response strategy is suitable for dealing with small spills that occur over a finite period of time while OSPRAG has produced enhancements to the UK’s capability to respond to low probability, high potential impact incidents.
The summit will provide a platform to discuss the new oil spill response tool-kit and the capping device developed to seal off an uncontrolled sub-sea well to minimise environmental damage.
The attendees will also be informed of the arrangements the UK has made to cover a sustained oil spill clean up cost through OSPRAG’s Indemnities and Insurance Review Group.
