Abstract

Abstract In the first "Integrated Management Plan for the Barents Sea and the Sea Areas off the Lofoten Islands", issued by the Norwegian government in 2006, oil spill preparedness was one of the main significant issues to be addressed, with a relevant political focus for near shore petroleum activities and environmental vulnerable resources. A need to improve the coastal oil spill response capability was therefore identified early in relation to the planning and development of the Goliat oil field, located in the south western part of the Barents Sea, and consequently a strategy was developed. Eni Norge and eni e&p joined forces to substantially contribute to the development of this strategy through the COSPIP JIP and a Memorandum of Understanding issued with Statoil, the only license partner in Goliat. More than 30 Research & Development projects were carried out in order to get new technologies and knowledge that could improve the coastal oil spill capability. This paper describes the comprehensive approach adopted in the JIP. Focus has been on coastal clean-up and protection, strategy development, equipment and software improvement, spill detection and monitoring technologies, logistics and local operations as well as on the study of behaviour of oil spilled in proximity of the coast. The main obtained results, which will be applied in the Goliat Oil Spill Preparedness, are presented. This paper also illustrates how the stakeholder management and the communication strategy were carried out successfully during the project, mainly through the participation at public meetings and the development of an oil spill preparedness website, with the aim to transfer the acquired knowledge by mean of articles and video presentation to local communities and general public. The paper is closely related to the SPE paper 156773-PP "Implementation of the oil spill preparedness for the Goliat offshore oil field development – The first oil field development in the Barents Sea" (1).

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