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Offshore Energy Emergency Response
Pete Lowson
Offshore Energy Liaison Officer
HM Coastguard
020 381 72070
07772 352 612
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London
Coastguard
Shetland CGOC
Stornoway
CGOC
Aberdeen CGOC
Humber CGOC
Dover CGOC
Falmouth
CGOC
Milford
Haven
CGOC
Holyhead
CGOC
Belfast
CGOC
NMOC Fareham
Steady State Dec 2015
National network with built in
resilience & following Functions -
Search and Rescue
Pollution Response
Vessel Traffic Management
Maritime Safety Information
Accident and Disaster Response
Maritime Security
National Coastguard
Network
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Contact HM Coastguard
Alert the Coastguard direct by telephone or radio call to the CoastguardOperations Centre (CGOC) to remove delays which occur throughnotification via operator or contractor shore bases, particularly outside normalworking hours.
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Piper Alpha – July 1988167 fatalities
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➢ EPOL – Emergency Preparedness Offshore Liaison - formed in 1995
➢ EPOL Media Protocol created to provide guidance on agreed procedures
between Police, HM Coastguard and industry during major offshore
incidents.
➢ PFEER Regulations 1995.
➢ Major Emergency Management Training.
➢ Offshore SAR Management Courses run by HM Coastguard with Police
Scotland support.
➢ Inter agency cooperation between emergency services and the offshore
oil and gas industry much improved
➢ There was no strategic overview particularly in the at sea emergency
response.
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KABOOM
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Emergency Arrangements
OIM
HMCG
ERT
Alarms
Muster
Deluge
S/D & B/D
ERT
Intentions
T-T-T
Info gathering
Phase
Incident #
Call-back
Site contact
HR
Logistics
Safety
Media
Environment
Technical
MICO
PolicePLO
PLO
Crisis
Management
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IOER – Onshore & Offshore Response
OIM – OSC Installation in difficulty
ACO
SAR helicopters –Coastguard, Industry SAR,
Norwegian national & offshore based
Civilian transport
helicopters –Babcock,
Bristow, CHCSurface vessels –ERRV, AHTS, PSV,
Dive Support, Vessels of
opportunity
Nearby installations -ReceptorRefuelling
Medical facilities & communications
CGOCSMC
Maritime Incident Communications
Officers(MICOs)
Company Emergency
Response Centre
UK ARCC
Aberdeen ATSU
Police Scotland
MCA area & national support, SOSREP, Counter
Pollution and Salvage Officer , Media Response
Police support, PLO, FOCC, SIM, SIO,
Casualty Bureau, FLO, Media Response
Company technical support, HR, Logistics,
Finance, Media Response
Example – Central North Sea – Platform Emergency Evacuation
Strategic Coordinating Group - SCG
National Health Service –
Ambulances, hospitals
Regulators & Investigators –
HSE, MAIB, AAIB, OPRED
Local, regional, national &
international government
bodies as appropriate
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Challenges to SAR
• Wind turbine size
• Geographic size of wind farms
• Adjacent development
• Distance offshore
• Layout design
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• Aligned in straight lines
• 2 x lines of orientation
• Assessed case-by case
Figures provided courtesy of Anatec Ltd
Serious concerns
Open to discussion
Nav & SAR friendly
Layout Design
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Evacuation
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Evacuation
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Onshore Wind
• Very similar issues
• Non-uniform layouts
• Varying heights
• Remote areas
• Communications issues
• Emergency Response Plans
• More than one Emergency Service
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SAR Helicopter Exercises2016 Humber Gateway
2017 Gwynt y Môr
2018 Walney Extension and Burbo Bank
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Medical Advice & Medical Evacuation
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One Word…
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Mumbai High
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In summary