MEMBERSHIP


Members

Associate Members

Vela International Marine Limited	Seacor Environmental Services
Fairdeal Marine Services	Fender & Spill Response Services LLC
Emarat Maritime (LLC)

AGREEMENT:

The concept of mutual aid in times of emergency is the keynote of the RECSO Agreement, originally drawn up in 1972 to maintain in readiness at all times, defined minima of oil spill response equipment and oil dispersant chemicals for use in emergency situations if required.

These equipment/materials must be made available to a member company when requested in order to assist in pollution response.

The most significant feature of the original (and subsequent) agreements is the provision for voluntary liability for the clean-up cost of other member companies when a member company is responsible for oil pollution.

Several revisions have been made to the original RECSO Agreement. The current agreement came into effect on August 2002 after been revised.

FULL MEMBERSHIP is open to any public or private company, joint venture, partnership, government-owned organisation, or other legally constituted business entity which maintains a permanent business office in any country bordering the Regional Sea, and which (i) owns or operates any INSTALLATION in the Regional Sea, and/or (ii) which owns, operates, charters or manages marine tankers of any size or description which are lawfully engaged in the transportation of crude oil or hydrocarbon products in the Regional Sea.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP is open to any other company, joint venture, partnership, government-owned organisation, or other legally constituted business entity which maintains a permanent business office in any country bordering the Regional Sea and which has a business interest in the activities of the Organisation, but which does not own or operate an INSTALLATION or engage in the transportation of crude oil or hydrocarbon products in the Regional Sea. Eligibility for Associate Membership shall include, but not be limited to, all private or public business entities and government-owned organisations providing goods and/or services related to the mission and objectives of the Organisation in or adjacent to the Regional Sea. Examples are Ports & Harbours, Oil and Gas Suppliers, Foreign Shipping Companies operating their fleet in the Gulf, Bunkering Companies and marine related business facilities, which may be useful to support the objectives of the organisation.

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

RECSO agreement commits member companies to create a joint capability in the Gulf Area to respond to major oil spills within member facilities.

Provides an opportunity for direct consultative interface with world’s leading oil companies senior level executives.

Sharing of technical information on marine safety, oil spill prevention and best operational procedures.

Developing capabilities among member companies through Training Programmes for preventing oil spills, improving response, enhancing the marine safety and transfer of advanced technology.

Helping member companies develop comprehensive crisis management capabilities.

Working with regional and national environmental and other government authorities to promote and develop workable regulatory procedures that will minimise marine accidents, pollution and oil industry operations.

To advertise members’ products and services in RECSO’s “Offshore Arabia” magazine and to be widely circulated.

To avail oil spill response equipments from the proposed RECSO equipment base to be setup at Dubai.

CURRENT LIST OF MEMBERS:

For the current year, the following 12 oil companies operating in the region are members of RECSO. The National Tanker companies based within the region are expected to become members very soon.