WCSS OIL SPILL CO-OPERATIVE EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT REPORT Oil Spill Co-Operative: Oil Spill Co-Op Chairman: VR-1 Dallas Morrell Exercise Date: September 16, 2015 Type of Exercise: Location of Exercise: OSCAR in a Small Water Body Riverdale Campground EXERCISE OBJECTIVES The objectives of the exercise were to: (check applicable ones) Objectives Met Yes No 1 Supply theoretical training (classroom) 2 Evaluate deployment methods (hands-on training) 3 Evaluate safety procedures 4 Evaluate boat handling and operations 5 Evaluate response capabilities 6 Evaluate communications 7 Evaluate Control Point x 8 Evaluate Co-op equipment 9 Evaluate WCSS equipment 10 Evaluate new equipment 11 Other (please specify) Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972. Main Office: #280, 6815-8 th Street N.E. Calgary, Alberta T2E 7H7 Mailing Address: Box 503, 3545 32 Avenue N.E. Calgary, Alberta T1Y 6M6 T : (403) 516-8160 E: info@wcss.ab.ca www.wcss.ab.ca
EXERCISE REPORT - CHRONOLOGICAL Time Event and Description Problems Set up of exercise and remove equipment from the trailer. 7:30-9:00 Started Exercise with Assistant Chairman Derren Wiemer welcoming the members and going over general logistics for the site. Introductions of Gov t Regulators / WCSS Contractors/SC members/isrt Jason Dahlgren out of the Wainwright office for AER reviewed the regulations relative to reportable spills. He also discussed cleanup expectations, containment of spills, storage of contaminated materials and the investigation process used by the field centre in the event of contravention of an order. 9:10 Jorden Utke with the Sask department ECON reviewed the production recording data stats, advised that there will be a change in the contact for spill reporting. He reviewed the process that will follow once fully rolled out. There is also some restructuring within the dept. underway and a new website is in the works. Assistant Chair, Derren introduced Todd & Kale from WCSS. They provided an overview of WCSS, its history, structure and 9:30 equipment available to the membership. Chairman Dallas Morrell invited those present to consider becoming active within the VR1 co-op by greater participation at the exercise and joining the Steering Committee. Kale discussed the equipment available to the membership. Touched on how important the wildlife trailer has become. It has proven to be the most requested of all the equipment available. Management of wildlife may take up as much 9:45 manpower at a spill as the spill itself. Dallas Morrell pointed out that we need to be cognizant of migratory birds as this has been an issue that is being experienced more frequently. Kale reviewed the procedure to follow in the event of a spill. Important to initiate response immediately, staging area and identification of roles is extremely important. 10:00 coffee break 10:15 Safety officer Tavis McKay (Devon) identified the hazards to the membership: slippery area due to rain, on the other side of the campground there will be students taking part in a cross country tournament this afternoon so participants were asked to be vigilant when leaving the area and to follow the posted speed limit. Communication will be key to safety today so be sure to be vocal about what you are doing and where you are moving to and from.
OSC Dean Deck provided an overview of the day s agenda. He spoke to the value of exercises and how we get out what 10:20 we put in. He advised the participants that there will be opportunity for each to have a hands on experience. Dean then reviewed the objectives of the exercise. Advised that we will have three stations with a rotation every 40 minutes. 10:45 Todd Whitby completed a dryland review of all of the equipment in the trailer and how it is used. 11:30 Lunch was provided 12:15 12:30 Exercise was started with brief safety discussion. Exercise was broken up into 3 separate areas: river boom deployment, wildlife equipment presentation, water dam & turner valley gate deployment Each area captain did a demo talk prior to starting with each group. The River area required the most volunteer participation as they used the dinghy, required individuals to man the line strung across the river, boom management & skimmer operators. Kale Haupt did the wildlife demo and provided information on practical techniques to keep wildlife out of a spill area. Delilah Stoyles (IOR) assistant OSC led the deployment of the water dam and turner valley gate at a small tributary on the opposite side of the site access area. 2:00 Teams were gathered for debrief. Area cleanup and equipment returned to trailer. 2:30 Exercise complete. Deficiencies - no garbage bags in trailer and could have used a pop up tent for registration. (should have one in each trailer)
AREA VR1 OIL SPILL CO-OP 2015 FALL EXERCISE Wednesday, September 16, 2015 on the Battle River at Riverdale Mini Park (10 miles north of Wainwright AB on HWY 41) Please bring: Please bring along full protective safety equipment as it is mandatory! All registrants will be expected to actively participate in this exercise. Special notes: Refer to AER Directive 71 Section 7. WCSS is required to notify the AER of all licensees that do not attend the exercise. As per Directive 71 the AER will issue non-compliance enforcement. Contact Audrey Campbell - AREA VR1 Administrator - 780-826-4146/780-812-5245 or arcadmin@mcsnet.ca, should you require additional information. Agenda 08:30 09:00 Exercise Registration 09:00 09:15 Introduction - exercise objectives/team selection 09:15 09:30 Regulator Presentations 09:30 10:00 Exercise Preparation - hazard assessment orientation/ics orientation 10:00 10:15 Coffee break 10:15 11:30 Equipment Deployment Demonstration - dryland exercise 11:30 12:15 Lunch will be provided 12:15 2:30 Participant Equipment Deployment Exercise Exercise Debriefing and door prize draw
DEBRIEFING EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT Safety: What safety issues were not identified and could be managed more effectively? Equipment Deployment: How could we have improved the equipment deployment portion of the exercise? -No garbage bags in trailer. Equipment Deficiencies: What equipment deficiencies did you see? Communications: How can we improve communications? (i.e. was the sound acceptable? Were directions clear?) Training Effectiveness/Exercise Improvement: How can we make these exercises more effective? Lessons Learned: What were the lessons learned? Other Types of Training: What other types of co-op exercises would you like to see? Other Equipment Needed in this Area: What additional equipment would be beneficial to this co-op area? Pop-up tent for registration
ATTENDANCE: No. of Participants 134 No. of Member Companies in Area 153 No. of Area Companies Represented 61 % of Membership Representation 40% AREA VR-1 EXERCISE DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 MEMBER COMPANIES IN ATTENDANCE: Access Pipeline Inc Arsenal Energy Inc Ascent Energy Ltd Baytex Energy Ltd Bellatrix Exploration Ltd Blackpearl Resources Inc Bow River Energy Ltd Brahma Resources Ltd Broadview Energy Ltd Caltex Resources Ltd Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNR Echo) Canadian Oil & Gas International Inc Can-Expo Energy Inc Cardinal Energy Ltd Cenovus Energy Inc Chinook Energy Inc City of Medicine Hat Cold Lake Pipeline Ltd Crescent Point Energy Corp Crew Energy Inc Deltastream Energy Corp Devon Canada Corp Direct Energy Marketing Ltd (Centrica) Enbridge Pipelines Inc Enerplus Corp Fire Sky Energy Inc Freehold Royalties Ltd Gear Energy Ltd Halo Exploration Ltd Husky Oil Operations Ltd Imperial Oil Resources Ltd Inter Pipeline Ltd John Lake Disposal Ltd Kairos Resources (2011) Ltd Kaisen Energy Corp Longview Oil Corp Marquee Energy Ltd Mutiny Oil & Gas Ltd NEP Canada ULC NewAlta Corp
Northern Blizzard Resources Inc Serafina Energy Ltd Omers Energy Inc Sphere Energy Corp Osum Production Corp Suncor Energy Inc Pengrowth Energy Corp Surge Energy Inc Perpetual Energy Inc Taku Gas Ltd Petrocapita GP 1 Ltd Talisman Energy Inc PMC (Nova Scotia) Co (Plains Midstream) Tama Petroleum Ltd Prosper Petroleum Ltd Teric Power Ltd Questfire Energy Corp Tervita Corp Rife Resources Ltd TransCanada Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd Secure Energy Services Inc Zeal Energy Inc Member Companies Not in Attendance: 101231712 Saskatchewan Ltd BP Canada Energy Company 3K Oil Services Ltd Bridgeoil Corp 611890 Alberta Ltd Buzzard Resources Inc Alberta Oil Sands Pipeline Ltd (went in March) Check Energy Ltd Alice Petroleum Ltd (went in March) ConocoPhillips Canada (went in March) Altagas Ltd (went in March) Croverro Energy Ltd (went in March) Apache Canada Ltd Emerex Oil & Gas Ltd Aqua Terra Water Mgmt. (went in March) Endurance Energy Ltd (went in March) ARC Resources Ltd Ener T Corp (went in March) Avalon Exploration Ltd Five O Oil & Gas Ltd Avalon Oil & Gas Ltd Fogo Energy Corp Barcomp Petroleum Ltd Fort Calgary Resources Ltd Barnwell of Canada Ltd Freemont Resources Ltd Bernum Petroleum Ltd (went in March) Galaxy Energy Ltd Bonavista Energy Corp (went in March) Goldenkey Oil Inc (went in March) Border Petroleum Inc Harvest Operations Corp (went in March)
Hawk Exploration Ltd (went in March) Hazard Field Services Ltd Incipient Exploration Ltd ISH Energy Ltd JRJ Energy Ltd Kasten Energy Inc Lockwood Resources Ltd (went in March) LOF Energy Ltd Long Run Exploration Ltd (went in March) Mooncor Energy Inc Murphy Oil Company Ltd Nexen Inc Northern Spirit Resources Inc Oil Sands One Ltd Ontic Energy Inc Optimal Resources Inc Pacific Oil Company Palliser Oil & Gas Corp Pembina NGL Corp Penn West Petroleum Ltd (went in March) Petrobank Energy & Resources (Touchstone) Petromin Resources Ltd Prevail Energy Canada Ltd Provident Energy Ltd Response Energy Corp (went in March) Rock Energy Inc (went in March) Rockbridge Energy Alberta Inc Roswell Petroleum Corp Sekur Energy Mgmt. Corp Silver Strand Energy Corp Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd Sojourn Energy Inc (went in March) Spry2 Energy Inc (went in March) Spur Resources Ltd (went in March) Stander Resources Ltd Stealth Ventures Ltd Striker Exploration Corp (Elkwater Resources) Sun Century Petroleum Corp Tamarack Acquisition Corp (went in March) TAQA North Ltd Term Oil Resources Inc Tonare Energy LLC Top Gun Energy Ltd Top Oil Production Ltd Tuscany Energy Ltd (went in March) Twin Butte Energy Ltd (went in March) Unit 18 Corp (Unicorn Agri-Oil) Venture Field Services Ltd Venturion Oil Ltd (went in March) Vital Energy Inc Waseca Energy Inc White Ram Resources Ltd Williams Energy Canada ULC (went in March) Windtalker Energy Corp XTO Energy Canada ULC (went in March) Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd
Non-Members in Attendance: CanPar Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (I/J) Ceiba Energy Cenovus Energy Inc (W) Chinook Energy (Y) Conserve Oil & Gas Ener Capita Madalena Energy (W) New Orleans Canada Perpetual Energy (N) NEP Canada ULC (I/J) New North Petroleum (W) Omers Energy (Y) Purechem Services Ridgeline Canada Superman Resources Inc (Y) Vermilion Energy