WHAT:2nd annual Arctic Oil Spill Conference
WHEN: 29 – 30 Oct. 2012
WHERE: Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
This two day conference is billed as the conference to “arm participants with the very latest information on R&D and industry advances and assist industry players in the development of their strategy.
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Two Day Conference includes
Day 1
- Review of the key challenges between oil spill issues and the business aspects of global Arctic development
- Understanding the behaviours of offshore oil spills in the Arctic and the implications for response
- Regulatory and legislative requirements
- Oil spill response strategy in West Greenland for the drilling programme
- Canadian perspective on regulation and legislative requirements
- Norwegian perspective on regulation and legislative requirements
- Developing a contingency plan
- Environmental protection strategies for safe operation in the Arctic
- Arctic shorelines – protection and treatment strategies
- Understanding and addressing the long term implications of oil spill in the Arctic
Day 2
- Oil spill surveillance
- Detecting and monitoring oil in ice
- Oil detection under sea ice – a view from below
- SAR satellites for oil spill detection and mapping below ice and snow
- Techniques and technologies
- Innovative oil spill response vessel concept
- Panel session – Bridging the knowledge gaps
- Potential for use oil spill dispersants in ice infested waters
- In-situ burning for oil spills in ice-covered waters
- Advancing oil spill prevention and response techniques for application in the Arctic
- Testing and evaluation needed t bring Arctic oil spill response equipment to market