Trans-boundary exercise to test the lines of communication in case of an oil spill

Name: Trans-boundary exercise to test the lines of communication in case of an oil spill
Start: 2015-09-14T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2015-09-15T00:00:00+01:00
Location: Libreville

Date(s)
14-15 Sep 2015
Location
Gabon (Libreville)

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Information

Countries invited	Congo, Gabon
Activity	Trans-boundary exercise
Topic	Trans-boundary cooperation
Host	Direction Générale de l’Environnement (Gabon) et Ministère Délégué chargé de la Marine Marchande (the Congo)

Objectives

To present issues related to trans-boundary oil spill incidents
To test lines of communication between Gabon and the Congo in the case of a trans-boundary oil spill incident
To test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plans of the respective countries in the case of a trans-boundary oil spill incident
To discuss different mechanisms for requests for assistance and allocation of international resources

The exercise will be conducted in real time with a prearranged script based on an incident resulting in an oil spill impacting the Gabonese and Congolese coastlines.
The event will gather delegates from different ministries and agencies as well as representatives from the Oil & Gas industry.