OIL SPILL CO-OPERATIVE WINTER DEPLOYMENT EXERCISE REPORT

Oil Spill Co-Operative: Area E

Oil Spill Co-Op Chairman: Mike Krawetz

Exercise Date: February 27, 2019

Location of Exercise: Sturgeon Heights Community Club, AB

OUTCOME GOAL The goal of Coop exercises in water bodies with an ice sheet is to enable attendees to assist the Operations Chief or designate with the deployment of specialized and conventional response equipment, in an effort to contain and recover the spilled material in winter conditions. WCSS COOP WINTER EXERCISE LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. After the instructor delivers the classroom theory attendees will be able to:

a. Identify spill reporting requirements. b. Describe the general behavior of oil under an ice sheet. c. Describe typical containment and recovery tactics. d. Locate WCSS’ winter spill response units (and other types), and process to obtain and

equipment from WCSS. e. Carry out a hazard assessment and Identify a safety program to protect workers. f. Determine the weight-bearing capacity of an ice sheet. g. Describe how to locate ice slotting area(s). h. Determine ice slotting tactics based on the weight-bearing capacity of the ice sheet. i. Recognize the WCSS Oil Spill Contingency Manual. j. Recognize a basic ICS structure.

2. After reviewing the equipment used to contain and recover oil under an ice sheet, attendees will be

able to: a. Identify typical equipment required to respond to a spill on a water body with an ice sheet. b. Determine the amount of white ice and blue ice in an ice block and calculate the weight-bearing

capacity. 3. After participating in the 3 hands-on activities in the Coop Winter Exercise, attendees will be able

to: a. Participate on a response team to an oil spill under an ice sheet. b. Identify tactics to locate and recover accumulations of oil under ice upstream of the containment

and recovery site. c. Provide exercise evaluation feedback.

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EXERCISE REPORT – CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION

Time Event and Description Obstacles / Challenges

08:30-09:00

09:00-09:10

Sign in

Area E Introductions – Mike Krawetz

09:10-10:00

10:00-10:10

WCSS Information Session/Overview – Lee Tarr

Break

10:10-10:35

10:35-10:55

AER Presentation – Clint Neville

AEP Presentation – Erik Dahl

10:55-11:00

11:00-12:00

Break

PPT: Oil Spill Containment & Recovery in Winter

Conditions – Kale Haupt

12:00-12:15

12:15-13:00

13:00-13:30

Video: Winter Deployment

Lunch

Clean up hall & travel to Youngs Point Provincial Park

13:30-16:00

Three stations: Ice Assessment, Ice Safety & Rescue, Ice

Slotting Demonstration

Group Demonstration: Ice Slotting – removing a block with

a Capstan Winch

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CLASSROOM

ICE SAFETY/RESCUE DEMONSTRATION

4

ICE ASSESSMENTS

5

6

ICE SLOTTING

7

8

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EXERCISE OBJECTIVES FOR CLASSROOM THEORY / DEBRIEF

The objectives of this exercise were to: Check all that apply

Comments

1 Identify spill reporting requirements ✓

2m3

1-800-222-6514

2 Describe the general behavior of oil under an ice sheet ✓

Slows down, 1/2 to 2/3, seeps up through ice

3 Describe typical containment and recovery tactics ✓

Test holes J – slots

4 Locate WCSS’ winter spill response units (and other types), and process to obtain and equipment from WCSS

✓

Grande Prairie, Acheson, Grande Cache, Lloydminster, Edson, Fox Creek

5 Carry out a hazard assessment and Identify a safety program to protect workers

✓ Rescue Plan

6 Determine the weight-bearing capacity of an ice sheet ✓ Gold’s Formula

7 Describe how to locate ice slotting area(s) ✓ Velocity

8 Determine ice slotting tactics based on the weight-bearing capacity of the ice sheet

✓

9 Recognize the WCSS Oil Spill Contingency Manual ✓ Yellow

10 Recognize a basic ICS structure ✓

Incident Commander Ops plan, Financial, Logistics

11 Coop Objectives (if applicable)

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EXERCISE OBJECTIVES FOR HANDS ON TRAINING / DEBRIEF

The objectives of the exercise were to: Check all that apply

Comments

1

Identify typical equipment required to respond to a spill on a water body with an ice sheet. ✓

2

Determine the amount of white ice and blue ice in an ice block, and calculate the weight-bearing capacity ✓

COOP OBJECTIVES: COOP STEERING COMMITTEE WAS SATISFIED WITH OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED BY WCSS; NOTHING

FURTHER TO ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: SMALLER GROUPS PREFERABLE.

ATTENDANCE:

NO. OF PARTICIPANTS 66

NO. OF MEMBER COMPANIES IN AREA 93

NO. OF AREA COMPANIES REPRESENTED 34

% OF MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTATION 37%

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Member Companies in Attendance:

Anegada Oil Corp Mancal Energy Inc

ARC Resources Ltd Murphy Oil Company Ltd

Athabasca Oil Corporation NAL Resources Limited

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd Orlen Upstream Canada Ltd

Cequence Energy Ltd Pembina Pipeline Corporation

Chevron Canada Limited Plains Midstream Canada ULC

Encana Corporation Point Loma Resources Ltd

Enercapita Energy Ltd Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc

Enerplus Corporation Secure Energy Services Inc

Gain Energy Ltd Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd

Hitic Energy Ltd Strath Resources Ltd

Houston Oil & Gas Ltd Tenth Avenue Petroleum Corp

Husky Oil Operations Ltd Tervita Corporation

Jupiter Resources Inc Torc Oil & Gas Ltd

Kelt Exploration Ltd Velvet Energy Ltd

Kicking Horse Oil & Gas Ltd Whitecap Resources Inc

Long Run Exploration Ltd XTO Energy Canada ULC

Member Companies Not in Attendance:

ACCEL Energy Canada Ltd Cenovus Energy Inc

Advance Drilling Ltd Centennial Petroleum Company Ltd

Alphabow Energy Ltd Clampett Energy Ltd

Arrow Point Oil & Gas Ltd Continental Energy Corporation

Bonavista Energy Corporation DEL Canada Gp Ltd

Briko Energy Corp Delphi Energy Corp

Canadian Oil & Gas International Inc Dienerian Resources Inc

Canlin Energy Corporation Executive Adventures 2008 Inc

Catapult Environmental Inc Gibson Energy ULC

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Halo Exploration Ltd Procyon Energy Corp

Hammerhead Resources Inc Questfire Energy Corp

Harvest Operations Corp Razor Energy Corp

Huron Resources Corp Red Angus Energy Inc

ISH Energy Ltd Response Energy Corporation

Kaden Energy Ridgeback Resources Inc

Kaiser Exploration Ltd Rising Star Resources Ltd

Kinder Morgan Canada Sanling Energy Ltd

Long Term Asset Management Inc SemCAMS ULC

Modern Resources Inc Serinus Energy Inc

Mojec Resources Inc Seven Generations Energy Ltd

NVP Exploration Inc Shell Canada Limited

Obsidian Energy Ltd Signalta Resources Limited

Outlier Resources Ltd Sprocket Energy Corporation

Panam Energy Services Ltd Tangle Creek Energy Ltd

Paramount Resources Ltd TAQA North Ltd

Perpetual Energy Inc Timberrock Energy Corp

Persta Resources Inc Tori Resources Inc

Petrus Resources Corp Tourmaline Oil Corp

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp Trans Mountain Pipeline

Pine Cliff Energy Ltd Tyrannex Energy Ltd

Non-Member Companies in Attendance:

Arrow Exploration Kelt Exploration (Area W)

Chevron (Area W) Kanata Energy

Encana (Area G) Pembina Pipeline Corporation (Area W)

Husky Energy (Area C) Plains Midstream Canada ULC (Area G)

Jupiter Resources (Area W)