Norwegian Oil Spill Contingency and Risk based Governmental Contingency planning.
The intention of my presentation is to give you a broad picture of the Norwegian Contingency system and how we carry out risk based contingency planning in SFT. During the last two years a working group from the department of Control and Emergency response has developed and tested a method which mak...
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| Summary: | The intention of my presentation is to give you a broad picture of the Norwegian Contingency system and how we carry out risk based contingency planning in SFT. During the last two years a working group from the department of Control and Emergency response has developed and tested a method which make it possible to transform very different information and knowledge about oil pollution and oil spill recovery operations, into detailed proposals for governmental oil response capacity along our coast. 2 Norwegian contingency today 2.1 Geography, weather & climate The Norwegian economical zone is located between 56 and 82 degrees North and covers 2 million square kilometres. While the land area constitutes 324 220 square kilometres only, the total beach line- fjords and islands included- is close to 57 000 kilometres, and the population of Norway is only 4,5 million. At this northern latitude, huge variations in weather and light conditions prevail and while some parts of the country have arctic climate, mild winters with temperatures above freezing is common in mainland coastal areas. All this, in combination with extensive shipping and petroleum exploration, production and transport, represent a risk of severe environmental impact from oil and chemicals. 2.2 The Pollution Control Act |
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