Title	:	PAJ Oil Spill International Conference - Effective Training for OSR both in Preparedness and Combating -
Date	:	March 1, Wed. & 2 Thu. 2000
Venue	:	Hotel Okura 2-10-4, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8416, Japan TEL: +81-3-3582-0111 FAX: +81-3-3582-3708
Objectives	:	The Major Oil Spill Response Programme which was launched in FY1991 now has a total of 11 bases, 6 in Japan and 5 overseas, while virtually all the necessary equipment had been set in place by the end of March 1999 with, for example, the establishment of large oil skimming systems (Transrec systems) at two Japanese bases. These systems can be used in rough weather and open seas, the necessity of which was revealed by the Nakhodka incident. Ten loans of varying scale have been made to date, with the bases contributing to a greater oil spill response capacity both at home and internationally. "Soft" infrastructure was improved during FY1999 through Transrec 250 system operation exercises (including joint exercises with the Maritime Safety Agency) and oil response equipment skill-up exercises at home, as well as joint oil spill response exercises abroad in the Arabian Gulf with Saudi Aramco and ADNOC respectively. As its next step, the Petroleum Association of Japan will hold an international conference bringing together oil spill response equipment stockpile base personnel from within and beyond Japan to consider the results of the training which has been implemented and to acquire more practical oil spill response know-how from international experts, opening the way for more effective and efficient use of the PAJ's oil spill response equipment bases.
Language	:	English and Japanese With simultaneous interpretation
Organizer	:	Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)
Supporter	:	Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI) of Japan
Secretariat (contact)	:	Oil Spill Response 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

P R O G R A M Day1 Wednesday March 1 ，2000

	Conference Coordinator: Kenji Nishigaki General Manager of Oil Spill Response Dept. (PAJ)
09:30	Opening Address Masayoshi Okai Chairman of Transportation Committee, PAJ, President of General Sekiyu K.K
09:40	Speech by the Honorable Guest Mr. Takefumi Fukumizu Director, Petroleum Refining and Reserve Division, Agency of Natural Resources & Energy, MITI
	Keynote Speech
09:50	The Importance of Oil Spill Response Exercises (Examining the gap between exercises and actual oil spill incident responses) Mr. Archie F. Smith Director and Chief Executive, Oil Spill Response Limited(OSRL)
	Lectures by International Oil Spill Experts
10:35	The Role of ITOPF in Major Oil Spill Responses Mr. Hugh D. Parker Technical Advisor, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation LTD(ITOPF)
11:15	Oil Spills and Compensation Systems Mr. Herry Lawford Chairman, Thomas Miller (Asia Pasific) Ltd.
12:00 －13:00	Lunch
	Emergency Oil Spill Response Equipment Transportation
13:00	Emergency Oil Spill Response Equipment Transportation (including prior maintenance of equipment, creation of transportation arrangement manuals) Mr. Donalad J. Blackmore, Manager, Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre(AMOSC)
13:30	Emergency Oil Spill Response Equipment Transportation (including prior maintenance of equipment, creation of transportation arrangement manuals) Mr. Donald A. Toenshoff, Jr., Executive Vice President, Marine Spill Response Corporation(MSRC)
14:00 －14:30	Coffee Break
	Training and Human Resource Development (PAJ) Skill-up Exercises
14:30	Implementation and Effect of Major Oil Recovery System Exercises Capt. Svein E. Kjellsen, Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Pollution Control Authority(SFT) Supplement Mr. Kenichi Nakanishi Receiving & Shipping Supervisor, Kyokuto petroleum Industries, Ltd. Mr. Kazunori Nagai, Niigata Branch Office Manager, Heiwa Kisen K.K Mr. Hisashi Moriyasu, Chief, Nippon Marine Co., Ltd. Mizushima Branch.
15:20	Implementation and Effect of Skill-up Exercises Mr. Isemi Toyama, Cosmo Kaiun Co., Ltd. Yokkaichi Office Supplement Mr. Andrew Crawford, PAJ Technical Advisor

P R O G R A M Day2 Wednesday March 2 ，2000

	Joint Exercises
09:30	ADNOC's Large-Scale Oil Spill Exersise: "Exercise Ghazal" Mr. Edward A. Svitil, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company(ADNOC) Supplement Mr. Hitoshi Morino, Nippon Marine Co., Ltd. Mr. Glyn W. Higginson, Marketing Manager, Lamnalco
10:15	Implementation of Joint Oil Spill Response Exercise Between PAJ and Saudi Aramco Mr. Saleh O. Balawi, Superintendent, Saudi Arabian Oil Corporation(Saudi Aramco) Supplement Mr. Toshiaki Ono, Nisseki Section, Kuribayashi Corporation Mr. Dhaifallah Ali Al Shamrani, Supervisor, AOC
	Expert Development Training
11:00	PAJ Expert Training in Singapore (at SEMCO) Mr. Chris A. J. Richards, Manager, Singapore Oil Spill Response Centre pte Ltd(SEMCO)
11:30	PAJ Expert Training in Singapore (at EARL) Mr. Chew Joo Kim, Manager, East Asia Response Pte Ltd(EARL)
12:00 －13:00	Lunch
	Current Issues
13:00	Recent PIMMAG Oil Spill Response Equipment Operating Training Capt. Jaffar B. Lamri, Head Operations, Pestroleum Industry Malaysia Mutual Aid Group(PIMMAG)
13:30	Alyeska Pipeline Service Company/Ship Escort Response Vessel System "Safe Transportation of TAPS Crude" Ms. Sharon O. Hillman, Regulatory Management, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company
14:00	Erika Incident and its Response Mr. Joseph G. Small, Head of Response Operations, Briggs Marine Environmental Services Ltd.
14:30 －14:45	Closing Address Nobutaka Miyazoe Managing Director Petroleum Association of Japan
	Closed session
15:00 －16:30	Information exchange meeting between representative from PAJ's domestic and overseas bases. Theme: Toward the Efficient Operation of PAJ Oil Spill Response Equipment Stockpile Bases