Presentation
Early Warning Oil Spill Detection System - A new method of oil spill surveillance and monitoring in a Small Island Developing State
SessionSpill Surveillance Assets
DescriptionSince the development of the first port facility, Trinidad have been servicing vessels, providing berthing and dry-docking facilities, crew changes, cargo discharge, tourism facilitation amongst many more amenities. With such activity, Trinidad, in particular, is faced with increasing threats of oil spills that could have a deleterious impact to human health, the environment and property.
Chaguaramas, in the northwest of the Trinidad, is an area that services major shipping activity. With no active early oil spill detection in place, many incidents are occurred with no party taking responsibility, and leaving the government with a costly clean-up bill, and significant impacts to the property, such as and the environment.
Under the mandate of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP), the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) is responsible for any mystery petroleum-based spills that occur both on land and in the marine environment. In 2017, the Petroleum Operations Management Division of the MEEI proposed the use of a radar system for early oil spill detection in the Chaguaramas and Port of Spain marine area as a pilot for similar usage in other parts of the island by marine operators. The various early warning systems were proposed, and the concept was approved internally. The two systems were installed in 2022 and are expected to be fully functional in 2023. This paper chart the journey to improve oil spill detection and response by increasing surveillance and monitoring capabilities by using radar systems for an early warning system of oil spills.
Chaguaramas, in the northwest of the Trinidad, is an area that services major shipping activity. With no active early oil spill detection in place, many incidents are occurred with no party taking responsibility, and leaving the government with a costly clean-up bill, and significant impacts to the property, such as and the environment.
Under the mandate of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP), the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) is responsible for any mystery petroleum-based spills that occur both on land and in the marine environment. In 2017, the Petroleum Operations Management Division of the MEEI proposed the use of a radar system for early oil spill detection in the Chaguaramas and Port of Spain marine area as a pilot for similar usage in other parts of the island by marine operators. The various early warning systems were proposed, and the concept was approved internally. The two systems were installed in 2022 and are expected to be fully functional in 2023. This paper chart the journey to improve oil spill detection and response by increasing surveillance and monitoring capabilities by using radar systems for an early warning system of oil spills.
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TimeThursday, May 16th8:20am - 8:40am CDT
Location298-299
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