• Oil production and transport at sea
Patterns, trends, pollution prevention and response
• Shoreline response
Tools and techniques, performance, waste disposal, alternative uses of oily
waste, European waste disposal legislation
• Oil pollution legislation and policies
National and international levels
• Response at sea
Rationale, tools and techniques, performance
• Regional preparedness
Cooperation agreements, mutual assistance
• Dispersants
Efficiency, toxicity, decision making, new developments
• Oil pollution impacts and restoration
Assessment, implementation
• Inland water pollution from production and transport
Prevention, contingency planning
• Rigs, wrecks & sunken oil
Tracking slicks, quantifying oil in wrecks, removal from wrecks
• Heavy fuel oil versus crude oil aspects
Challenges of heavy oil response, impacts
• Oil slick detection and monitoring
Organisation, detection, sampling techniques and equipment, subsurface
monitoring
• Response and business continuity in emergencies
