Oil spills Experience from incidents and the need

Oil spills Experience from incidents and the need for improved coastal predictions Hilde Dolva Senior Adviser

NCA’s main tasks Authority under the Ministry for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. Main tasks: • Piloting and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) • Navigational Aids • Construct, improve and maintain shipping lanes and fishing harbours, transport-planning activities • Acute pollution – at sea and onshore – Manage governmental oil spill response – primarily spills from vessels – Co-ordinate the national contingency – Regulatory authority for industry and municipal oil spill response operations

Norway in a nutshell • Geographical features: – North - South: 1752 km – Coastline: 80 000 km – Climatic variations form arctic in the north to coastal in the south. – EEZ approx 2 mill. km 2 • Petroleum industry: – Production 3 mill. bbl. /day – 90 % is exported, 3 rd largest exporting country – Exploration and production starting in the Barents Sea. • Large shipping industry – And Increasing traffic off the Norwegian coast Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

Some incidents in Norway…. Rocknes 2004 Green Ålesund 2000 John R 2000 Server 2007 Godafoss 2011 Full City 2009 Crete Cement 2008

…not only oil Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

National principles – counter pollution • Focus on preventive measures and risk reduction – Risk based – not “worst case” • Coordination – Private – Municipal - Governmental • Response – As close to the source of the spill as possible to reduce further pollution and achieve the best net damage reduction – Use of both mechanical measures and chemical dispersants • Continuous surveillance of response operations

Pollution incidents- focus on: • Type of pollution • Sensitive areas affected/might be affected • Oil drift and spreading

Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

Sensitive areas http: //kart. kystverket. no/

Info needed • • • Wind Waves Currents Drift Ice Tides

When incidents happens • Need data (weather forecast, oildrift) quickly, information needed to operational use (e. g. where to send oil recovery equipment) • Information integrated in maps used • The information - used in the planning for the next step

Where is the oil…

Predictions oildrift Godafoss Local knowledge

Foto: Svein regiongeolo

Beach cleaning - time consuming - expensive Can it be avoided?

Godafoss incident, 17 February 2011 www. kystverket. no - public information Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

Full City – registrert og modellert strandpåslag

Oil in ice, estimated 1. 2 l oil pr 1000 m 2

Ice Information must be: - detailed (grid) - updated

Oil weathering

Incident Godafoss 2011 Estimated oil spill 112 m 3 Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

Oil recovery budget– Full City Total on board "Full City" 1154 m 3 From open sea 28 m 3 From beaches 74 m 3 Emergency pumping from ship 860 m 3 Left in nature 191 m 3 Tømt Götavärket ? Tømt Langesund In total 2930 tons is collected (963 tons of oil) Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

Oil samples • Sampling: – Thin oil – Thick oil – Oil on beaches – Birds • Oil identification What is the source/ securing evidence

Sampling Figurer: SINTEF Spills from: vessels, illegal oil discharge, satellite observations The oils have different fingerprints Extent of damage

Chemical dispersion - using vessel, helicopter and/or air plane

Chemical dispersion • • Must reduce overall environmental impact Protect seabirds and shoreline Can harm marin organisms If used- e. g. Deep Water Horizon – remaining oil? Stril Poseidon, Draugen 2006

New technology • Drift buoys – improved oil drift models • Operation in the darkness - oil recovery • Low temperatur/ice are limiting factors

Challenges • Weather and current forecasting - linked to oil recovery possibilities • Near coast predictions – more accuracy • Currents • Ice • Transfer oil drift predictions (wms) to maps • NCA needs: – oil drift predictions during incidents – historical data for contingency planning Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response

Thank you for your attention! “working to keep our coast and waters among the safest and purest in the world” Norwegian Coastal Administration, Department for Emergency Response