Since 1993 NOSCA has conducted an annual seminar in Norway, where NOSCA members an a maximum of 50 international participants engaged in an in-depth review of pressing issues related to oil spills. Over the years, representatives from more than 27 countries have attended NOSCA seminars. The seminar also includes participation in Norway's oil spill control exercise.

Previous  seminars: 
2006 -  2005 -  2003 -  2002 -  2001 -  2000 -  1999

2002

The 10^th International  Seminar on Training & Exercise 10-14 June   

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2001

The 9^th International Oil Spill Technology Seminar 10-14 June   

The seminar took place at the Norwegian Center for Marine Environment and Safety in Horten, which was the headquarters of the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (the Norwegian Coastal Administration), and in Bergen on the west coast of Norway

Day one, June 11, was devoted to a presentation of the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s activities and Norwegian preparedness against acute pollution, including a tour of the Centre facilities. In the morning of day two, all seminar attendants traveled to Bergen by air, where the seminar continued with a follow-up lecture on the wastage of 11000 ton to fuel oil from the two sunken parts of the tanker "Erika", off the coast of France, as well as presentation on recent spills in Latin America. On day three, June 13, seminar participants attended the Norwegian Coastal Administration's comprehensive oil spill response exercise, involving vessels from the Norwegian Coast Guard, NOFO (Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies) and from the Sture crude oil terminal (Norsk Hydro) and the Mongstad terminal/refinery (Statoil), as well as the Norwegian Coastal Administration's own vessels, approx. 25 in all.

These companies where represented under the 2001 seminar;

2000

The 8^th International Oil Spill Technology Seminar  8-11 May
OIL SPILL PREVENTION & TECHNOLOGY

The seminar program started in Horten (situated on the Oslo fjord, 1 ½ hours by car south of Oslo) with a presentation of and by the Norwegian Coastal Administration (the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority) and of Norwegian on-/offshore preparedness, including a status report on recent incidents along the Norwegian coast, i.e. ’Green Aalesund’ and ’John R’.

In the morning of the second day, we took us across the country to beautiful Bergen on the west coast, where seminar participants was been invited to visit the oil spill control units of two major Norwegian oil companies. The main focus of the second day was presentation of papers on recent incidents in Latin America and a follow-up report on the ‘Erika’ discharge operations.

On the third and final day we were invited to observe a large-scale simulation of an oil spill at sea, the Annual Coordinated Depot Training Exercise, headed by the Norwegian Coastal Administration and involving 25 vessels in all, from the Norwegian Coast Guard, from two local refineries (Norsk Hydro and Statoil), and from the Norwegian Clean Seas Organization for Operating Companies - NOFO. 

1999

The 7^th International Oil Spill Technology Seminar 7 -10 June

NOSCA was pleased to invite our colleagues to the 7^th annual seminar on Oil Spill Technology, which was held at the Norwegian Center for Marine Environment and Safety in Horten (1-1/2 hour drive from Oslo) in the beginning of June. Norwegian Coastal Administration, Headquarters for the governmental response organization for major acute pollution incidents, will co-host the event.

From the program we would like to highlight the following:
The Work Group and Professional Study Sessions that Norwegian Coastal Administration presented was:
Resources: equipment directly related to mechanical oil spill recovery, and Norwegian Coastal Administration’s new basin where tests of the equipment are made.
Training: Norwegian Coastal Administration’s training facilities incl. simulator training (a case from the Oslo fjord).
Oil Spill Response: incl. Action Command – relating to how Norwegian Coastal Administration responds in case of an oil spill.

The special session on Coastal protection and beach cleaning with 3 widely different case presentations.

The Annual Inter Nordic Response and Combat Exercise, taking place the last day of the Seminar in the Oslo Fjord, where a wide variety of Nordic oil spill response vessels and equipment will be involved.