Bringing together the oil and gas industry on global, environmental and social issues   Home About IPIECA Focus Areas IPIECA Library Events Oil Spill Working Group (OSWG)   About the OSWG   The Issue   OSWG Publications   Global Initiative   Interaction with UN   Oil Spill conferences   Case Studies   Members' area Username: Password: Home > Focus Areas > Events > Workshop October 2007 Workshop on Tiered Preparedness and Response in the Gulf Region Bahrain, 22 October 2007 IPIECA organised a one day workshop on Tiered Preparedness and Response in the Gulf region on the 22nd October. The workshop aimed to enable all stakeholders to gain a better understanding of how Tiered Preparedness and Response works in the Gulf region, with opportunities to examine why, in practice, gaps and cracks often appear between the old rigid definitions of Tier 1, especially Tier 2 and established Tier 3. Workshop programme (PDF, 270KB) Workshop report (PDF, 1.7MB) Presentations Welcome & Introduction - Bernie Bennett, BP & IPIECA OSWG Chairman (PDF, 432KB) International perspective on risk and preparedness - Richard Johnson, ITOPF (PDF, 724KB) Saudi Aramco Oil Spill Prevention and Response - Ali A. Al-Mohssen, Saudi Aramco (PDF, 4.5MB) Status of Regional Preparedness and Cooperation in the ROPME Sea Area - Captain Al- Janahi, MEMAC (PDF, 4.3MB) Preparedness and response arrangements in the Gulf region: a regional industry perspective - Khamis Juma Bu-Amim, RECSO (PDF, 1.4MB) Tabletop Exercise Briefing - Andrew Nicoll, OSRL/EARL (PDF, 1.7MB) SEACOR: Regional Contingency Plan - Robin Perry, SEACOR Environmental Services International (PDF, 454KB)