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Oil Spill Contingency Plans

All offshore oil and gas facility owners or operators must submit an oil spill contingency plan for approval prior to beginning any exploration, development or production activities. These plans must describe in detail what actions will be taken in the event of a spill to control, contain and recover the oil from the environment. Response activities are described in the worst-case discharge scenario which includes identification of equipment, personnel and support services required to cleanup a facility’s worst case discharge. The Alaska Region verifies that the company has sufficient response resources either through company owned or contracted assets such as an Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO). Additionally these plans must include spill trajectories to identify where currents and wind will most likely carry the oil and identification of environmentally sensitive areas that could come in contact with the spill and protective actions to be taken to limit the oil’s impact.