Activity
Dispersant Application Planning
Planning and evaluating dispersant application capabilities and deployment.
Documents
- 202631 Mar
Source control planning and procedures information paper
This information paper sets out regulatory expectations for offshore loss-of-well-control preparedness across environment plans, well operations management plans and safety cases. It covers capping-stack selection and deployment, relief-well design and dynamic kill analysis, plume modelling, subsea dispersant supply, water-column monitoring, response-time modelling, coordinated operations and readiness exercises.
- 202410 Jan
Australian dispersant acceptance processes information paper
This information paper compares chemical dispersant acceptance for maritime and offshore petroleum spill response in Australian Commonwealth waters. It explains AMSA product registration and incident-specific approval, alongside NOPSEMA acceptance through environment plans. It discusses surface and subsea application, environmental trade-offs, and activity-specific efficacy and toxicity evaluation.
- 2022Jun
OPEP Guidance - Rev 7 - June 2022
Guidance for preparing and obtaining approval for oil pollution emergency plans covering offshore oil and gas operations and oil handling facilities. It specifies plan interfaces, worst-case spill modelling, response resources, training and exercises, pollution notification, sea-surface sampling, dispersant decisions, shoreline protection and arrangements for government involvement.
- 201812 Oct
2016.1 Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) Guidelines
Voluntary multi-agency guidelines describe exercises for oil pollution response plans covering vessels, facilities and pipelines. They distinguish notification drills, incident management tabletop exercises and equipment deployment, with agency-specific schedules and evaluation arrangements. Guidance addresses operator training, equipment maintenance, dispersant simulations, documentation and credit for actual responses.
- 201817 Aug
Oil spill dispersants at a glance - July 2018
This information sheet explains how chemical dispersants support oil spill response through surface or subsea application. It outlines environmental trade-offs, the need to demonstrate a net environmental benefit, and NOPSEMA’s assessment of oil pollution emergency plans. Timely deployment within the limited effectiveness window is a central planning requirement.
- 2012
Notice to Lessees 2012-N06
BSEE guidance clarifies regional oil spill response plan preparation under 30 CFR Part 254, distinguishing requirements from encouraged practices. It addresses worst-case discharge strategies, recovery capability, dispersants, subsea containment, reporting, training and equipment maintenance. Planning instructions incorporate lessons from Deepwater Horizon and address resource availability for prolonged responses.
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Dispersants Man
User manual for a calculator estimating single-system dispersant application potential for aircraft and vessels. It explains mobilisation, transit, loading, spray configuration, replenishment and operating-period calculations, with worked scenarios and equations. Outputs support response planning rather than predicting successful oil dispersion or determining total required resources.
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Instructions for Adding the MSRC B737 Jet Aircraft
Explains how to add the MSRC Boeing 737 dispersant aircraft to a locally saved EDSP Calculator database. An accompanying capability form supplies regulatory calculation inputs, operating ranges and data provenance for spraying, transit, loading and repositioning. Instructions cover creating, naming and saving the aircraft platform.
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Instructions for Adding the OSRL B727 Jet Aircraft
Instructions explain how to add the OSRL B727 dispersant aircraft to a locally saved EDSP Calculator database. An accompanying capability form supplies aircraft and airport parameters, with data-source confidence categories. The document covers platform creation and input entry for planning estimates, rather than predicting performance during an actual spill.