PTTEP AA Oil Spill Contingency Plan

292 Pages·2013·6.34 MB·English

by  Gallyot, Adrian

A Company of PTTEP Group

PTTEP AA Oil Spill Contingency Plan

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 13
1.1 PTTEP AUSTRALASIA (ASHMORE CARTIER) PTY LTD 13
1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES 13
1.3 PRIORITIES 13
1.4 RESPONSIBILITIES 15
1.4.1 PTTEPAA 15
1.4.2 Contractors 15
1.5 SCOPE OF THE PLAN 15
1.5.1 This Document 15
1.5.2 Operations Covered 17
1.5.3 Area Covered 17
1.5.4 Oil Types 19
1.5.5 Spill Volumes 19
1.6 INTEGRATION WITH OTHER PLANS 21
1.6.1 PTTEP AA Crisis and Emergency Management Plans 21
1.6.2 External Plans 21
2 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS 23
2.1 RELEVANT JURISDICTIONS 23
2.2 COMMONWEALTH ACTS AND REGULATIONS 23
2.3 NORTHERN TERRITORY ACTS AND REGULATIONS 24
2.4 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACTS AND REGULATIONS 24
2.5 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS 24
3 RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS 32
3.1 PTTEP AA CRISIS AND EMERGENCY ORGANISATION 32
3.1.1 Crisis Management: The Crisis Management Team 32
3.1.2 Emergency Management: The Emergency Management Team 32
3.2 MAINTENANCE OF PTTEPAA RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS 33
3.2.1 OSCP Review and Maintenance 33
3.2.2 Training 33
3.2.3 Exercises and Audits 33
3.3 THE NATIONAL PLAN 33
3.3.1 Division of Responsibilities 33
3.3.2 NATPLAN Organisation 35
3.4 INDUSTRY ARRANGEMENTS 36
3.4.1 The Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC) 36
3.4.2 Oil Spill Response Ltd 36
3.5 LEVELS OF RESPONSE: RESPONSE TIERS 36
4 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM 38
4.1 TIER 1 RESPONSE: PTTEPAA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM 38
4.1.1 Consistency with the National Plan 38
4.1.2 EMT Structure for OSR 38
4.1.3 Size of the EMT 39
4.1.4 Key EMT Roles 39
4.1.5 Personnel Nominated to the EMT 39
4.2 TIER 2 OR TIER 3 RESPONSE: INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM 40

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4.2.1 IMT Size and Structure 40
4.2.2 Role of PTTEPAA in a Higher Tier Response 41
5 INCIDENT REPORTING AND ACTIVATION OF EMT 45
5.1 INITIATING THE RESPONSE 45
5.2 REPORTING PROCEDURE 45
5.2.1 Reports from PTTEPAA Staff or Contractors 45
5.2.2 Reports from External Sources 47
5.3 IMMEDIATE RESPONSE PROCEDURES 47
5.4 INCIDENT ASSESSMENT: DETERMINING THE RESPONSE TIER 50
5.5 ACTIVATION OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM 50
5.5.1 EMT Personnel 50
5.5.2 Emergency Control Centre (ECC) 51
6 ESTABLISHING INCIDENT CONTROL 52
6.1 THE ROLE OF THE PTTEPAA EMT LEADER 52
6.2 ESTABLISHING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM 52
6.3 DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES 52
6.3.1 Location of Control 52
6.3.2 Forward Control 53
6.4 MEDIA LIAISON 53
6.4.1 Tier 1 53
6.4.2 Tier 2 or Tier 3 53
6.5 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT 54
6.5.1 Tier 1 Responses 54
6.5.2 Tier 2 or Tier 3 Response 54
6.6 GOVERNMENT LIAISON 55
6.7 COMMUNITY LIAISON 55
7 PLANNING 56
7.1 THE PLANNING FUNCTION 56
7.2 THE PLANNING PROCESS 56
7.2.1 Information Inputs 56
7.2.2 The Planning Cycle 56
7.3 INITIAL PLANNING MEETING 57
7.4 DEVELOPING THE INCIDENT ACTION PLAN 58
7.5 EXECUTION OF THE INCIDENT ACTION PLAN 58
7.6 MONITORING THE RESPONSE 59
7.7 ONGOING REVISION OF THE INCIDENT ACTION PLAN 60
8 OPERATIONS 61
8.1 THE OPERATIONS FUNCTION 61
8.1.1 Responsibilities 61
8.1.2 Operations Procedures 62
8.2 MARINE RESPONSE GUIDELINES 62
8.2.1 Immediate On Site Response 62
8.2.2 Secondary Response 65
8.2.3 Determining Ongoing Marine Response Strategies 65
8.2.4 Monitoring Only: Natural Weathering and Dispersal 66
8.2.5 Containment and Recovery 67

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8.2.6 Use of Dispersants from Vessels 72
8.2.7 Physical Breakup of Slicks (Mechanical Dispersion) 74
8.2.8 Use of Sorbents 74
8.2.9 In Situ Burning 74
8.3 AERIAL RESPONSE 75
8.3.1 Responsibility 75
8.3.2 Aerial Response Strategies 75
8.3.3 Aerial Surveillance and Monitoring 75
8.3.4 Aerial Spraying of Dispersants 78
8.4 SHORELINE RESPONSE 78
8.4.1 Responsibility 78
8.4.2 Shoreline Response Strategies 78
8.5 WILDLIFE RESPONSE 79
8.6 WASTE MANAGEMENT 79
8.6.1 Responsibility 79
8.6.2 Shore Based Temporary Storage 79
8.6.3 Segregation of Waste 79
8.6.4 Temporary Storage 79
8.6.5 Offsite Transport 80
9 LOGISTICS 82
9.1 THE LOGISTICS FUNCTION 82
9.2 RESPONSIBILITY 82
9.3 LOGISTICS SUPPORT 82
9.3.1 National Plan Resources 82
9.3.2 Industry Resources: AMOSC 83
9.4 COMMUNICATIONS 83
10 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 84
10.1 THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FUNCTION 84
10.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 84
10.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 84
10.3.1 Documentation 84
10.3.2 Emergency Procurement and Contracting Procedures 84
11 HEALTH AND SAFETY 86
11.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY 86
11.2 IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING HAZARDS 86
11.3 PUBLIC WARNINGS AND SAFETY ALERTS 86
11.4 ESTABLISHING EXCLUSION ZONES 87
11.5 SITE SAFETY ASSESSMENTS 89
11.6 HEALTH AND SAFETY SUB-PLANS 89
11.7 MONITORING HEALTH AND SAFETY 89
11.8 AVAILABLE MEDICAL SUPPORT 90
12 RESPONSE TERMINATION 93
12.1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR TERMINATING THE RESPONSE 93
12.2 CONDITIONS FOR TERMINATION 93
12.2.1 Planning 93
12.2.2 Operations 94

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12.2.3 Logistics 95
12.2.4 Finance and Administration 95
12.3 STAND-DOWN PROCEDURES 95
12.3.1 Return of Equipment 95
12.3.2 Servicing of Equipment 95
12.3.3 Debrief 95
12.3.4 Incident Report 96
12.4 COST RECOVERY 96
12.4.1 Montara Insurance Arrangements 96
13 APPENDICIES 99
13.1 APPENDIX A - TIER 1 CHECKLISTS AND PROCEDURES 99
13.1.1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM (EMT LEADER) 100
13.1.2 LIAISON OFFICER 102
13.1.3 SSHE COORDINATOR 103
13.1.4 PLANNING OFFICER (PO) 104
13.1.5 OPERATIONS OFFICER (OO) 105
13.1.6 LOGISTICS OFFICER (LO) 106
13.1.7 ADMINISTRATION OFFICER (AO) (RECORD KEEPER) 107
13.1.8 SHOREBASE LOGISTICS COORDINATOR (LC) 108
13.1.9 EMERGENCY CONTROLLER (EC) 109
13.1.10 VESSEL MASTERS 110
13.1.11 PERSON IN CHARGE (PIC) 111
13.1.12 PREPARATION OF THE INCIDENT ACTION PLAN 112
13.1.13 BRIEFING MEETING PROCEDURE 113
13.1.14 SAMPLING AND SAMPLE CONTROL PROCEDURES 114
13.1.15 FIELD TEST FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISPERSANTS 116
13.1.16 OIL SPILL TRAJECTORY MODELLING REQUEST 118
13.1.17 OSR LTD MOBILISATION AUTHORISATION FORM (CALLOUT) 119
13.1.18 OSR LTD NOTIFICATION FORM 120
13.2 APPENDIX B - RESPONSE SUPPORT CONSIDERATIONS 122
TABLE 13.2 TIMEFRAMES FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES 125
13.3 APPENDIX C - DOCUMENTATION (STANDARD OSR FORMS) 126
13.3.1 POLLUTION REPORT FORM (POLREP) 128
13.3.2 SITUATION REPORTING FORM (SITREP) 130
13.3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENT FORM 132
13.3.4 PERSONAL LOG 135
13.3.5 AERIAL OBSERVATION REPORT 137
13.3.6 SHORELINE OILING ASSESSMENT FORM 140
13.3.7 SHORELINE CLEANUP TEAM DAILY WORK REPORT 142
13.3.8 WASTE HANDLING LOG 144
13.3.9 LABOUR REGISTRATION FORM 147
13.4 APPENDIX D - DISPERSANT AND OIL MSDS 149
13.5 APPENDIX E - MAINTENANCE OF OSR PREPAREDNESS 150
13.5.1 Table E.2 Indicative OSR Training Levels for PTTEPAA 152
13.5.2 Table E.3 Indicative OSR Training Levels for Offshore Contractors 152
13.6 APPENDIX F - MEDIA GUIDELINES 154
13.7 APPENDIX G - CONTACT DIRECTORY 160

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14 ATTACHMENTS 161
14.1 ATTACHMENT 1 – INCIDENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TIER 2 AND TIER 3
RESPONSE 161
14.2 ATTACHMENT 2 – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN OSR 191
SUPPLEMENT F.1 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA TIMOR SEA 196
SUPPLEMENT F.2 NEBA PROCEDURE 263
SUPPLEMENT F.3 GUIDELINE FOR PREDICTING POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF OIL ON TIMOR
SEA REGION RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT 275
14.3 ATTACHMENT 3 – ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT 279
14.3.1 HYDROCARBON SPILL MODELLING CASH-2/MAPLE-2 279
14.3.2 OIL SPILL MODELLING MONTARA 286
14.3.3 OIL SPILL MODELLING JABIRU/CHALLIS 288

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DISTRIBUTION LIST

Hard (H) or
RECIPIENT COPY No. Electronic (E)
Distribution
PTTEPAA Perth Office
Chief Executive Officer 1 H
Technical Specialist 2 H
Operations Manager 3 H
Projects Manager 4 H
Safety, Security, Health and Environment Manager 5 H
Environmental Coordinator 6 H
SSHE Coordinator 7 H
Production Operations Manager 8 H
Drilling Manager 9 H
Drilling HSE Coordinator 10 H
Emergency Response Room 11 H
Crisis Management Room 12 H
PTTEPAA EMT Duty Roster Functions
EMT Leader 13 H
Operations Coordinator 14 H
Safety, Security, Health and Environment Coordinator 15 H
Materials and Logistics Coordinator 16 H
Planning Coordinator 17 H
Media and External Affairs Coordinator 18 H
Offshore
`TST Base Manager 19 H
TST Helicopter Base Manager 20 H
Montara Offshore Installation Manager 21 H
Montara Development FPSO Manager 22 E
Montara Development Wellhead Platform & Subsea 23 E
M
Montara Development Well Construction Manager 24 E
Montara Development HSE Coordinator 25 E
Darwin Support
Supply & Logistics Manager 26 H
27 E
S e 28 E
29 E
Marine
e 30 H
31 E
Montara Development Contractors

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Hard (H) or
RECIPIENT COPY No. Electronic (E)
Distribution
As required Spare Copies E
External Bodies
Northern Territory Department of Resources (NT DoR) (now 32 E
represented by the Northern Territory Department of Mines
and Energy (NT DME)
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, 33 E
Population and Communities (Commonwealth)
Australian Search and Rescue (AusSAR) 34 E
AMOSC Geelong 35 E
Darwin Port Corporation 36 E
AMSA – Canberra 37 E

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AIIMS Australian Integrated Incident management System
AMOSC Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre
AMOSPlan Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre Plan
AMSA Australian Maritime Safety Authority
API Gravity American Petroleum Institute measure of density. An API gravity of >10
indicates that an oil is lighter than water, if <10, it is heavier. API gravity
is an inverse measure of the relative density of a petroleum liquid and
the density of water. Also APIo
AusSAR Australian Search and Rescue
BoP Blowout Preventor
CA Combat Agency (or Control Agency) (under the National Plan)
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CLC International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969
CLO Community Liaison Officer (CLO)
CMP Crisis Management Plan
CMT Crisis Management Team
cP Centipoise (measure of viscosity)
cSt Centistoke (measure of kinematic viscosity)
CV Challis Venture (Decommissioned 2010)
DA Designated Authority
DEWHA Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
(Commonwealth) now the Department of Sustainability, Environment,
Water, Population and Communities (SEWPAC)
DRET Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (Commonwealth)
E&P Exploration and Production
ECT Emergency Control Team (Site Emergency Control Team) the response
team on site or at a facility
EMA Emergency Management Australia
EMP Emergency Management Plan
EMT Emergency Management Team (PTTEPAA)
EMTL Emergency Management Team Leader
EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
ERP Emergency Response Plan
ERRG Employee and Relative Response Group
ESC Environmental and Scientific Coordinator (Commonwealth and
State/NT)
FAO Finance and Administration Officer (IMT position)
FRA First Response Agency under WestPlan MOP (see below). The agency
(usually a Port Authority) responsible for responding to spills within a
response division (see WestPlan MOP).
FPSO Floating Production, Storage and Off-take
GRT Gross Registered Tonnage
H&S Health and Safety
HF High Frequency
HMA Hazard Management Agency under the WA Emergency Management
(WestPlan) system. The agency designated to manage a particular type
of emergency.
HSC Health and Safety Coordinator (IMT position)
HSE Health, Safety and Environment

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