Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

Numerous controls are put in place to prevent spills occurring and to limit their potential impact upon the environment if they occur.

Esso has long-established oil spill response plans for all our operations offshore and onshore, as well as our own oil spill response equipment.

We continuously assess the risks associated with our offshore operations and potential oil spill scenarios form the basis of our planned response strategies, which are documented in our Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (OPEP).

The OPEP demonstrates the capability to respond to spills that may result from activities identified in current offshore operations and is submitted to NOPSEMA with each offshore Environment Plan.

Esso regularly engages in practice exercises, which can include with government departments and agencies, to maintain response readiness. The OPEP will also detail the roles and responsibilities of Esso and other stakeholders involved in a spill response.

Esso’s parent company, ExxonMobil, is a founding member of the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre , which is a co-operative enterprise established by the petroleum industry to provide response equipment and expertise in the event of a major oil spill.

Various external government departments, including the state department responsible for marine pollution and environmental protection authority, review strategies for oil spills that could reach state waters and/or the coastline.