Title	:	PAJ Oil Symposium '98 'Recent Oil spills on the Oil Route and their Implications in PAJ'
Date	:	October 7, Wed. & 8, Thu., 1998
Venue	:	Hotel Okura (South Wing, Lower ground floor two, the "Akebono" room) 2-10-4, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8416, Japan Telephone : +81-3-3582-0111 Facsimile: +81-3-3582-3707
Objectives	:	Since last year two major oil spill incidents occurred around the Singapore Straits and Straits of Hormuz which are vital points on the oil route to Japan. The Petroleum Association of Japan(PAJ) participated in the cleaning-up operations of these incidents by quickly lending equipments from its bases to tackle the spills. In recognition of these contributions, the PAJ had honor to receive commemorative plaque from Maritime and Port Authority(MPA) of Singapore and a letter of appreciation from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company(ADNOC). In this Symposium, those involved in these incidents will give presentations on the outline of the cases, their response, and oil spill response systems in those area. The objectives of this symposium are to make the most of this information to help our response for any future accidents in Japan, and also to study the way for Japan's cooperation in this field through joint exercises so on.
Language	:	English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
Organizer	:	Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)
Supporter	:	Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI) of Japan
Secretariat	:	Oil Spill Response Department, Petroleum Association of Japan 1-9-4, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan Telephone : +81-3-3279-3819 Facsimile: +81-3-3242-5688

P R O G R A M Day 1 Wednesday October 7

	Symposium Coordinator Kenji Nishigaki/General Manager of Oil spill Response Dept. (PAJ)
10:00	Opening Address Masayoshi Okai Chairman of Transportation Committee,PAJ, President of General Sekiyu K.K
10:10	SPEECH by the Honorable Guest Mr. Takefumi Fukumizu Director, Petroleum Refining Division, Agency of Mineral Resources & Energy, MITI
	Key Notes Speech
10:20	The two incidents (Evoikos and Pontoon 300) and the response to the disaster - from the viewpoint of a technical advisor Dr. Brian Dicks Technical Advisor, The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF)
	Incident and Compensation Issues
11:00	Compensation issues under CLC and Fund Conventions Dr. Chao Wu Environmental law consultant, Thomas Miller (Americas) Inc.
11:30	The Pontoon 300 incident and the compensation issue Mr. Satoru Osanai Legal Counsel, International Oil Pollution Compensation Foundation
12:00 − 13:30	[Lunch]
	Session 1 Evoikos Incident
13:30	Summary of the Evoikos Incident and the Response to the Incident and the National Contingency Plan Captain Mark Heah Port Master, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)
14:05	Malaysia's Response to the Evoikos Incident Captain Abdullah H. Mohammad Manager, Petroleum Industry of Malaysia Mutual Aid Group (PIMMAG)
14:40 − 15:10	[Coffee Break]
15:10	Response to the Evoikos incident and shared responsibility Mr. Seow Hood Jin Chief Executive Officer, East Asia Response Pte. Ltd. (EARL)
15:45	Semco's response to the Evoikos incident and PAJ equipment usage Mr. Chris Richards Oil Spill Services Manager, Singapore Oil Spill Response Centre Pte. Ltd. Sembawang Maritime
16:20	The Evoikos incident and the response by JDR (Japan Disaster Relief Team) Mr. Nobuyuki Matsumura Leader,National Strike Team, Maritime Safety Agency

P R O G R A M Day 2 Thursday October 8

	Session 2 Pontoon 300 Incident
09:30	Response to the Pontoon 300 incident and the contingency plan and the present training programme Mr. Edward A. Svitil Crisis Management Coordinator, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
10:05	Lamnalco's response to the Pontoon 300 incident and PAJ equipment usage Mr. Andy Jackson Marketing Manager, Lamnalco
10:40	The impact on the ecology system caused by the Pontoon 300 incident Mr. Shigeyasu Tamaei Aquaculture Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
11:15	Saudi Aramco Contingency Planning and Training Mr. Muhammad A. Saber Regional Oil Spill Coordinator, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
11:50 − 13:00	[Lunch]
	Presentation of new technology for oil spill response and R&D results
13:00	Response to the Sea Empress Incident, 1996 (Application of Dispersant and Bioremediation Technologies) Dr. Peter Wood Principal Consultant, AEA Technology
13:35	Introduction of accumulated data regarding changes of spilt oils by weathering processes (Changes in the Properties of Spilt Oils over Time) Mr. Tsutomu Tsukihara Supervising Qualt Imspector, KOA OIL Co. Ltd.
14:10	Closing Address Masayoshi Okai Chairman of Transportation Committee,PAJ, President of General Sekiyu K.K
	Closed session
15:00 − 17:00	Information exchange meeting between representatives from PAJ's eleven domestic and overseas bases Free discussion on the theme 'What we have learned in dealing with incidents'

Notice All participants of the symposium will receive a free CD-ROM containing the results of studies on how spilled oil changes by weathering processes. In this symposium, the PAJ will deliver a presentation on its study, "Introduction of Accumulated Data regarding Changes of Spilled Oil by Weathering Processes ." The CD-ROM will contain data from this study as well as data on the changes of 26 types of crude oil and 1 C heavy fuel oil by weathering processes which the PAJ has gathered up to 1997 (including 864 pictures).