Guidance document: Incident Management Teams – Knowledge requirements for responding to marine oil spills†
Daniel Hazell A * and Phillip Starkins BA Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
B Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
The APPEA Journal 62 S278-S281 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ21099
Accepted: 21 January 2022 Published: 13 May 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of APPEA.
Abstract
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Authority undertakes the assessment of environmental plans and oil pollution emergency plans for petroleum activities in Australian Commonwealth waters. In 2019, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association’s Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Working Group (OSPRWG) developed a work program to address identified Incident Management Team (IMT) training issues, with an aim to develop industry good practice guidance in relation to IMT skills, competencies and oil spill training. The OSPRWG has now produced a guidance document on IMT oil spill training, that was developed in collaboration with the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre and peer reviewed by Oil Spill Response Limited. The guideline should facilitate a greater and more coordinated mutual aid IMT oil spill capability within the Australian offshore petroleum industry.
Keywords: competency, Incident Management Team, industry collaboration, oil spill, training.
Daniel Hazell holds an Honours degree in Environmental Science and has worked for 20 years in heavy industries, including 15 years in the offshore petroleum industry in Australia. In his career, he has managed environmental approvals and overseen environmental compliance during the construction, commissioning and operation of several large infrastructure projects, both in mining and petroleum. In recent years, his focus has shifted to oil spill response, where he has led several APPEA collaboration projects to deliver improvements in oil spill preparedness. These have included industry spill response and source control preparedness during COVID-19, the development of regional oil pollution response planning models and the IMT oil spill training guidance document. He is currently employed by INPEX Australia, as a Senior Environmental Advisor, supporting exploration and production activities in Australia. In recent years, he has also played a pivotal role in the coordination and development of the APPEA OSWG’s Guidance Document: Incident Management Teams – Knowledge requirements for responding to marine oil spills. |
Phillip Starkins holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of International Relations and a Master of Public Policy and Management. He joined the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre in 2012 and is the Deputy General Manager – Policy and Advocacy. He leads AMOSC’s external outreach, working with members, governments and other partners to deliver good oil spill response practise. Phillip brings to AMOSC significant experience from the Victorian and Australian public sector, across transport and infrastructure portfolios. In the Victorian Government, he led teams that ensured effective preparation and response to marine pollution; and senior roles implementing the state’s critical infrastructure protection programme. He was also part of the Black Saturday bushfire response, providing logistics support and transport that enabled relief for affected communities. Working for the Australian Government, Phillip held policy development and programme roles, focussing on the protection of Australia’s maritime infrastructure and international trade liberalisation. |
