Serica are now participants in the UK Mutual Aid Framework Agreement (UK MAFA). 

Mike Killeen, Serica's VP Operations, commented: 
"I’m delighted that Serica has now formally signed the Mutual Aid Framework Agreement (MAFA), launched by OEUK and Oil Spill Response Limited (ORSL) earlier this year, which commits North Sea operators to sharing specialist expertise in the event of a sustained incident response. It is in everyone’s interest to work together and minimise any impact of an emergency situation and signing this initiative demonstrates our ongoing commitment."

On the launch of UK MAFA in April this year, Caroline Brown, OEUK’s environment manager, commented:
“We are delighted to announce the launch of the UK Mutual Aid Framework Agreement (UK MAFA) in collaboration with OSRL, and the opportunity to share specialist expertise in the event of a sustained incident response.

“For the last three years, an OEUK Task Finish Group has been working on this initiative to ensure industry could respond to a large, long-term spill should the worst-case scenario occur.

“Thankfully these incidents are few and far between, but this demonstrates our continued commitment to ensuring companies have access to the necessary resources to respond effectively to an emergency situation.”

She added: “We hope this new initiative will give well operators greater resilience should an incident occur, whilst the ability to share personnel is hugely beneficial.

“At OEUK, we know that operators and companies across the offshore energy sector have comprehensive oil spill response plans in place to mitigate against potential incidents occurring and minimise the impact should they occur.  This initiative will add to that by allowing the wealth of experience across industry to be shared.”

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