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Under the patronage of

Minister of Energy & Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

 

 

Day 1, 27 May 2008

 

 

09:00 – 09:25

Dr. AbdulRahman Al-Awadhi

Regional Organization for the Protection of Marine Environment, Kuwait

ROPME Role in Combating Oil Pollution in ROPME Sea Area


09:30 – 09:55

Captain Ali Haydar

Director General, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait


10:00 – 10:25

Mr. Khamis Juma Bu-Amim

President and CEO, Regional Clean Sea Organization (RECSO) 

Regional perspective and challenges


10:30 - 11:25

 

Exhibition Opening

 

11:30 – 11:55

Mr. Ali Rajab Ashkanani

Manager, Oil Spill, Emergency Dept., Qatar Petroleum

Oil Spill Management in Qatar Petroleum


12:00 – 12:55

Capt. Abdul Munim Al-Janahi

Director, Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre, ROPME

Status of Regional Preparedness and Co-operation in the ROPME Sea Area


13:00– 13:25

Mr. John Dipple

Managing Director, SEACOR Environmental Services Middle East Ltd

Preparation of a Regional Contingency Plan for the ROPME Sea Area


13:30 – 14:00

Mr. Abdalla El-Suleiman

Manager, Environmental Affairs- Fairdeal Marine Services LLC

Case Study - Lubricant Storage Fire and Spill Response Clean-up Operation


 

 

Day 2, 28 May 2008

 

 

09:00 – 09:25

Mr. Waleed Al-Qimlass

Wataniya Environmental Services Co. Kuwait

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Installation of New 20” Gas Oil Pipeline from MAA to New Gas Turbine Station at Subiyah Power Station, State of Kuwait


09:30 – 09:55

Mr. Garry Kolafa

Consultant, PDSG, Kuwait Oil Company

Submersibles, in and around the event of Oil Spillage


10:00 – 10:25

Dr. Karim Rakha

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

Interactive Oil Spill Model for Kuwaiti Territorial Waters
10:30 - 11:00
Dr. Hussein Harahsheh

Global Scan Technologies L.L.C.

SeaDarQ Spill Master , A new vision on real time oil spill detection and Monitoring.


11:00 - 11:25 Break
11:30 - 11:55

Mr. Alex Spence

SEACOR Environmental Services Middle East Ltd

The Need for a Monitoring and Enforcement Capability in the ROPME Sea Area

12:00 – 12:25

Eng. Shahad Dashti

Business Development Manager, Wataniya Environmental Services

Oil Spill Response Techniques

12:30 – 12:55

Mr. Dhaifallah Ali Al-Shamrani

Environment Management Dept., Khafji Joint Operations

Adopting Environmental Management System: Challenges in implementation and operation

13:00 – 13:25

Dr. Foudan Salem

George Mason University

HSI for oil Spill Monitoring


13:30 – 14:00

 

Dr. V. Byfield,

NOCentre, Southampton, UK

Monitoring oil pollution using remote sensing data and international cooperation.


   

Day 3, 29 May 2008

 

 

09:00 – 09:25

Mr. Ary van den Adel

KOSEQ B.V, Netherlands

Development of a new type of oil recovery system


09:30 – 09:55

Mrs. Hania A. Joudy

Physics Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Remote Sensing of Oil Spills for Kuwait Coastal Zone


10:00 – 10:25

Dr. Ali M. Khuraibet

ECO Environmental Consultants

Environmental Impacts and Management of Marine Dredging Activities


10:30 - 10:55 Break
11:00 - 11:25

Mr. Fahad  Al Awadi

Identifying Oil spills in ROPME Sea Area by means of MODIS Imaging Spectrometry Techniques


11:30 - 11:55

Dr. Hamdi AL-Gamili

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

Use of GIS in Oil Spill Management


12:00 – 12:25

 

Dr. P. Petrov

Near real time remote sensing of oil spills in ROPME Sea Area

 

12:30 - 13:00

Dr. Mehdi Mohammadi

Distribution and Origin of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in pore water and sacrificial sediment in mangrove areas