The correlation between management approaches towards oil spill preparedness and response: A case study in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia Free

This research determines the successful factors of oil spill preparedness and response at management approach. The oil spill can be regarded as a release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into a marine environment that is primarily caused by human activities and, resulting as a form of water pollution. Due to high customers’ needs and demands around the globe, shipping activities is increasing and leads to a growing risk of marine pollution. In the shipping industry, the oil spills occurred from various sources such as release of crude oil from tanker, drilling rigs and wells; as well as spills of refined petroleum products into the sea. Millions of dollars need to be spent in recovery and it takes several months or even years to recover and clean up the affected waters. Failure in taking appropriate actions after the occurrence of the oil pollution leads to serious damage to the environment and human health. This research focuses on eight management approach towards the successful factors of oil spill preparedness and response which are; incident management systems, emergency plan, situational awareness, preparedness program, assignment of responsible staff, compliance of maritime law, response framework and regular inspection of the equipment and facilities. A questionnaire survey was used and distributed to two different companies in Lumut, Perak. In this research, 53 respondents have participated which comprises of 30 respondents from a government agency and 23 respondents from an oil & gas company. Correlation results show that the management approach has a strong correlation towards the success of the oil spill preparedness and response at 0.735 and 0.625 respectively.