No more Waste Oil Problem
and the government in each of the 3 countries
participating in the TARC agreement, to deal with
spills of moderate size within territorial waters.
In the same year, 1973, all dealers who had been
concerned about how to dispose of waste motor
The main benefit of the third tier arrangement is
its cost effectiveness. The combination of resources
to meet oil spill contingencies replaces the need for
individual oil companies to set up its own regional
equipment stockpile. Another benefit is that the third
tier oil spill response capability can be deployed
outside territorial waters.
oil were relieved when BP made arrangements for
a truck to visit the service stations every month to
collect the waste motor oil.
When motorists send their car in for servicing
and for changing their lubricants or motor oil, the
dealers retain the waste motor oil in drums so that
the sewers and water course will not be polluted.
The waste oil was brought back to the
refinery and disposed accordingly.
Keeping the Sea-Lanes Clean
The respective Chairmen and Managing Directors
of 5 oil companies in Singapore – BP, Caltex, Esso,
Mobil and Shell – signed a joint agreement on 14
November 1985 to acquire additional oil spill cleanup equipment worth S$4.2 million.
To prevent any oil spill at sea, all BP
tankers, before being dry docked at
Singapore shipyards, discharge their slops
at the refinery.
Designed to help the regional oil industry and
governments deal more effectively with major oil
spill emergencies in the region, the arrangement is
the third tier in the Tiered Area Response Capability
(TARC) agreement.
Owning to its sensitivity and importance as a sea
lane, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore is the
primary area of coverage for TARC. However the
South China Sea, where exploration and production
activities are growing, is yet another area in which
TARC can be applied.
The first tier is represented by the existing
capability of each individual oil company
to handle small operational spills, and the
second tier is represented by the combined
capability and resources of both local industry
Extracted from: Berita BP 1971 and 1973
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