PAJ Oil Spill Symposium 2008


gInternational Challenges in Preparedness and
Response to Oil and Chemical Spill Incidentsh

February 21 & 22, 2008

Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)

Title : PAJ Oil Spill Symposium 2008
gInternational Challenges in Preparedness and Response to Oil and Chemical Spill Incidentsh

Date : 21st Thursday, February, 2008 Opening door: 10:00 AM starting: 10:30AM
22nd Friday, February, 2008 Opening door: 9:30 AM starting: 10:00AM
Venue : Keidanren Kaikan (at gInternational Convention Roomh, 11F)(Cloak 1F Lobby)
1-9-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8188, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5204-1500
Fax: +81-3-5255-6233
Objectives :

PAJ Major Oil Spill response Programme, triggered by the Exxon Valdez incident, now marks its eighteenth year.
During the time, we have gained experience through several major oil spill incidents such as Nakhodka, Erika
and Prestige, and a series of international systems and cooperative frameworks has been developed.
When we look around the present situation on oil spill preparedness, reinforcement of PSC and accelerated
implementation of double hull tankers have been promoted as preventative measures.
Under the United Nationfs Environment Program (UNEP), NOWPAP has been activated as a Regional Seafs Program
and applied to North West Pacific Sea area, and under the auspices of IMO, Global Initiatives has been taken
by IPIECA in wider Asia and African areas.
As for the spill related compensation regimes, an additional fund (Supplementary Fund) went into effect in March,
2005.
Moreover, with the OPRC-HNS Protocol coming into force last year, the preparedness and response to spill of
various chemicals has emerged as a new challenge.
The subject of this year symposium focuses on eInternational Challenges in Preparedness and Response to Oil
and Chemical Spill Incidentsf and highlights recent events and the steps being taken by various Governments and
Industry organizations to cope with the preparedness and response to major pollution incidents. It will address
the steps being taken by various organizations both commercial and governmental under OPRC to reduce these risks
and to put systems in place to deal with the consequences. @@@@
Under the theme focused above, we gather and comprehend information from activity of international organizations
and extend the attention to the recent spill incident in Korea in the context.

Language : English and Japanese
With simultaneous interpretation
Organizer : Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)
Supporter : Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Secretariat

(contact) 		: Oil Spill Response & Industry Support Department,
Petroleum Association of Japan, 1-9-4, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3279-3819
FAX: +81-3-3242-5688

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Day1 Thursday February 21C2008

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Symposium Coordinator:
Mr.Kenji Tawa
Manager, Oil Spill ResponseOffice
OSR & Industry Support Dept, PAJ
10:30 @
Opening Address
Mr. Jun-ich Hatano
Managing Director
Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)
10:40 @
Speech by the Honorable Guest
Mr. Shuzo Takada
Director, Petroleum Refining and Reserve Division
Natural Resources and Fuel Dept., Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
10:50 @
Keynote Speech
Towards a Sustainable Energy Era
Mr. Richard Sykes
Executive Secretary
International Petroleum Industry Environment Conservation Association (IPIECA)
11:30 @
EMSA Pollution Response & Detection service
Mr. Bernd Bluhm
Head, Unit G - Pollution Response,
European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
12:10 -13:30 @

Lunch

13:30 @
International Compensation Regime for Oil Pollution Damage and the HNS Convention
Mr.Nobuhiro Tsuyuki
Legal counsel
International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds iIOPCFj
14:10 @
Industry Resources for Responding to Oil Spills - What Determines the Effectiveness
Mr. Paolo Linzi
Chairman, Oil Spill Response -East Asia Response Ltd. (OSRL/EARL)
Mr. David Salt
Operations Director, OSRL/EARL
15:00 -15:20 @

Break Time

15:20 @
Response to Oil Spills and Other Accidents in Waters around Japan
Mr.Tomoo Miura
Director, Marine Environment Protection and Disaster Prevention Division
Guard and Rescue Department, Japan Coast Guard (JCG)
16:00 @
Application of Wavelet Spectrum Analysis to Oil Spill Detection by using Satellite Observation Data
Dr. Masanao Hara
President, Vision Tech Inc.
16:40 @

End of the Day 1

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Day2 Friday February 22C2008

10:00 @
gNAPOLIh Case study on a major containership incident in the United Kingdom
Mr. Robin Middleton,
Former Secretary of Statefs Representative for Maritime Salvage
and Intervention, UK (SOSREP), MCA
10:50 @
SAKHALIN ‡UOil Spill Response Preparedness
for Expansion to Phase 2 Operations
Ms. Lauren Glushik
OSR Team Supervisor HSE Department
Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
11:30 @
Legislation & protection of the Marine Environment in Oman
Col. Suleiman M. Al-Busaidy
Superintendent General Pollution Control
Ministry of Environment & Climate Affairs- Sultanate of Oman
12:10 - 13:30 @ Lunch
13:30 @
Development of reforestation technique for rehabilitation of mangrove ecosystem
Mr. Makoto Nogami
Group Manager,Power Engineering R•D Center
The Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc.
14:10 @
The HEBEI SPIRIT Oil Spill Response - The Technical Advisorfs Perspective
Mr. Richard Johnson
Technical team manager
International Tanker Owners Pollution FederationiITOPFj
14:50 @
Closing Remarks
Mr. Kenji Nishigaki
Senior Counselor
Oil Spill Response and Industry Support Dept., PAJ
15:00 @

End of the 2008 Symposium