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Emergency Response and Risk Assessment Plan for the Coastal Facility of
Turkish Petroleum Corporation
Bahadır Ekizer, Elif Küçük, Pınar Aydoğdu
Turkish Petroleum Corporation, HSE Department, Ankara
Turkey is surrounded by sea on three sides. In the northwest, Sea of Marmara, between the
straits of the Canakkale and the Istanbul Strait, is important waterways that connect the Black
Sea with the rest of the world. Particularly Istanbul Strait is under the threat of marine pollution,
from increasing oil transportation. This strait with 12-mile passage is one of the most risky
waterway in the World. Therefore an effective legislative framework and protective policy should
be developed for preventing marine pollution Turkey is active member of IMO and several
international organizations on Mediterranean - Black Sea area for marine pollution prevention.
Additionally, Turkey is party to Barcelona Convention, Bucharest Convention, MARPOL 73/78,
OPRC 1990 CLC 92 and Fund 92 Protocols. In this situation, an important step has been achieved by
a new law No. 5312 on response to emergencies and compensation of losses in case of pollution
of marine environment from oil and other harmful substances sharpens that came into force in
March 2005. The aim of the new law is to determine the principles and procedures to respond
to pollution of marine area by accidents of ships or activities in the coastal areas and to limit and
prevent this kind of pollution in case of emergency, to determine the liability and compensation
after an accident, to fulfill the international obligations and to determine the authorities, duties
and obligations of the authorities and other organizations involved. According to this law, one
national, 6 regional Emergency Response and Risk assessment Plans are prepared. Turkish
Petroleum Co. has 3 coastal facilities which are Kuzey Marmara and Değirmenköy Underground
Natural Gas Storage, Marmara Ereğlisi Crude oil Transfer and Çayağzı Natural Gas Production.
For these three coastal facilities Emergency Response and Risk Assessment Plans are prepared
and approved by Ministry of Environment and Forestry. In addition, for there facility Trier-1 and
trier-2 training programme and practices are organized in 2010.
Keywords: Costal facility emergency response plan
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