Accidents and incidents cannot be eliminated, but the risk can be minimised. Our experience in the oil and gas industry in emergency response and oil spill contingency planning can help you maintain the highest standards. We can focus the sum of our experience on your activities. The principle is to identify risk, examine controls and plan for the unexpected.

Borthwick and Associates assignments have been completed across the world from Valdez, Alaska to South Africa; from Long Beach, California to Indonesia. Covering all working environments from tundra to desert, and temperate climes to tropical rain forest, mangrove and coral reef.

Borthwick and Associates also provides specialist in-house courses in Emergency Response Planning and Crisis Management. Courses are typically two, three or four days in duration and may be customised in any format to suit the client's structure and organisation. Please click on a link below for detailed course outlines:

Environmental Awareness and Concepts of Environmental Control

Emergency Response Planning

Crisis Management

Environmental Auditing

Oil Spill Contingency Planning and Management

HSE Management Systems

Recent Assignments:

• Regional Clean Seas Organisation (RECSO) Dubai
  Provision of two day crisis management training course
  
• Novus Petroleum
  Conduct emergency response drills and exercises at offshoreBukha Platform UAE/Oman
  
• Talisman Energy Qatar
  Preparation of Emergency Response and Oil Spill Contingency Plans offshore Qatar Block 10 oil and gas exploration drilling project
• OMV Libya
  Conduct emergency management training
  
• Turkish Government (Coastal Safety and Salvage Administration)
  Preliminary review of emergency and crisis management structure and organisation.
  
• Total Exploration and Production Libye (TEP Libye)
  Preparation of Oil Spill Contingency Plan Libyan onshore Block - NC 191 oil and gas exploration drilling project.
• Total Exploration and Production Libye (TEP Libye)
  Preparation of Oil Spill Contingency Plan Libyan offshore Block - NC 137D-3 oil and gas exploration drilling project.
• Occidental Oman
  Conduct eight emergency response exercises and drills in head office and field operations to test the capability of emergency response procedures.
• LASMO Libya
  Full review and development of operational and head office emergency response and crisis management organisations.
• Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)
  Development of KPC and subsidiary companies crisis management system.
• UK Government Treasury Solicitor
  Expert testimony on pipeline oil spill incident.
• ADNOC and BP
  Develop role playing scenarios and take part in oil spill exercise "Gazhal" November 1999, Abu Dhabi
• Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)
  Review and audit KPC and subsidiary companies oil spill contingency and emergency response procedures. Advise and develop crisis management system.
• Holman Fenwick & Willan/Smit
  On site advice and support during the Sea Empress oil spill.
• VICO Indonesia (BP/LASMO)
  Conduct risk assessment and detailed review of emergency response and oil spill response capability. Implement upgrade.
• Federal Environment Agency - United Arab Emirates
  On site advice and support during the Pontoon 300 oil spill.
• Shell Indonesia
  Oil spill contingency plan for offshore exploration programme
• CSIR
  Oil Spill Risk Assessment for Saldanha Bay Oil Terminal
• CSIR
  Technical review of oil spill modelling for Saldanha Bay.
• Various
  Expert testimony on oil spill incidents: PUFFIN BUFF, BAY, GOLDEN UNION, SEA EMPRESS, PATRIAKOS II, CARINA, NIKITAS ROUSSOS, NASSIA, AEGEAN SEA
• Texaco
  Oil spill contingency planning UK North Sea Operations
• ADMA-OPCO
  Oil spill contingency planning offshore Abu Dhabi
• Mobil
  Planning Adviser, Regional Response Team - Europe, Africa and Middle East
• Svenska Petroleum
  Oil spill contingency planning onshore Lithuania
• Shell, Caltex, China Resources, Esso, Mobil
  Advise on establishment of joint industry response - Hong Kong
• Tunisian British Services (TBS)
  Oil spill contingency plan for offshore production operation, Cercina Field - Sfax
• Sun Gabon
  Oil spill contingency planning onshore and offshore Gabon - Port Gentil
• Shell Oil UK
  Audit oil spill response capabilities at six major marine terminals in UK and Eire.
• BP
  Attend American Trader oil spill - Long Beach California
• Exxon
  Attend Exxon Valdez oil spill - Valdez Alaska