ARPEL and the Argentinian Oil & Gas Petroleum Institute (IAPG) carried out the second edition of the course: “Evaluation of programs for oil spill response” using ARPEL Manual and RETOS® tool

In this opportunity, the course – took place at IAPG Headquarters in Buenos Aires- met 30 technicians and professionals from Axion, ENAP, Total, YPF, Pluspetrol, Tecpetrol, Oiltanking, Terramar, Bruno Schillig, IESC, and Mining & Energy Minisitry of Argentina.

Participants made comments such as "excellent training course" highlighting “RETOS® is a clear and concise tool”.

This course aims to facilitate the development of skills to implement the use of RETOS® in the evaluation of OSR planning and readiness and at the same time provided alternatives to move from basic management stages to excellence levels The RETOS® tool provides a unique assessment tool that brings a guide to oil and gas sector operators and governments to check its own management preparedness and response to oil spills and identify the best practices to ensure the continuous improvement.

One of the particular features of this valuable tool is the automatic generation of the “Global Improvement Program – Implementation Plan” in which criteria that does not meet or are incomplete are automatically listed in a table highlighting priorities for improvement and guiding the user towards more than 150 bibliographic references with international best practices that allow to close the indicated gaps.

The ARPEL Manual and RETOS® can be downloaded free in the following link: https://arpel.org/library/publication/341/

For further information about ARPEL courses, contact Veronica Ferreira: E-mail: cursos@arpel.org.uy - Tel. +598 2410 6993 ext. 123.