Continuing the commitment of progressing in the implementation of best practices in the operation, professionals from Petropar participated in the training course: “Evaluation of programs for oil spill response” using ARPEL Manual and RETOS® tool, which took place in the facilities of said company.

It has been the first experience for PETROPAR, in carrying out an ARPEL In-Company course, which it was of great value for the technical staff.

In this opportunity, the training got more than 90% rating satisfaction by participants, who made comments such as "very constructive and positive training" highlighting “excellent development”.

The course on “Evaluation of programs for oil spill response” 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 Mrs. Veronica Ferreira: E-mail: cursos@arpel.org.uy or calling (+598) 2410 6993 ext. 123.