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It’s been a very busy time since the last edition of The Good Oil. The Marine Pollution Response Service (MPRS) has been involved in two international oil spill responses, has hosted the annual regional council workshop in Auckland, and has also convened a workshop for the media and community relations professionals we will be calling on in the event of a Tier 3 oil spill in New Zealand.
As the recent two Australian oil spills – one in Queensland in March and the recent spill from the Montara well head near Darwin – have shown, big spills are still happening and we will be called upon to respond.
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has sent two staff members to assist with the Montara response – they will be involved in a unique spill response and gain a huge amount of experience and knowledge from this spill.
The oft-quoted adage that “spills don’t happen that frequently” seems to be becoming a thing of the past.
We continue to appreciate your efforts in the regions to ensure New Zealand has an effective and exercised oil spill response system in place.
As many of you will already be aware, to underpin and support the national and regional activities, we are conducting a 2009 marine oil spill risk assessment similar to the 2004 risk assessment.
Following on from this, a capability review of the New Zealand response system will be undertaken – with the ultimate aim of crafting a strategic document to take the response system further in terms of capability.