| Hakim Hayat |
A LIVE exercise was conducted in Seria, Belait District yesterday to test Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd’s (BSP) Incident Management Team and Crisis Management Team in handling oil spill incidents.
The National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Management Committee (NOSCOP MC) and BSP conducted the live exercise on the Tier 2 Oil Spill Response to strengthen ties between NOSCOP MC and BSP and to test the interface between various agencies involved in an oil spill response.
Minister of Communications Dato Seri Setia Awang Abdul Mutalib bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof observed the exercise.
Dato Seri Setia Awang Abdul Mutalib visited two sites where the oil spill response was deployed. The first site was at E22 beachfront in Seria for the onshore clean up followed by the river mouth near the Billionth Barrel Monument for the offshore response.
The BSP oil spill response team was supported by the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF), Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), the Fire and Rescue Department and National Disaster Management among others, under the incident management of NOSCOP MC.
The Minister of Communications also observed the response from BSP’s Crisis Management Team at the Crisis Suite at the BSP Head Office.
BSP said its Country Crisis Management Team focusses on safeguarding the reputation of BSP and its shareholders.
