Industry Technical Advisory Committee

MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAIRMAN	CONTACT US
"Thank you for visiting the ITAC web site. The Industry Technical Advisory Committee is a unique international oil spill organization consisting of technical experts from the oil industry, large oil spill cleanup organizations, and other technical organizations that respond to or do research on oil spills. The group is a focal point for oil spill response experts to share their expertise and develop common approaches to oil spill response technical issues. On this site you will find projects being conducted and technical documents prepared by the committee, videos showing various aspects of oil spill response, and information on upcoming meetings and conferences. I hope you find them useful." David Fritz BP America	Contact us for further information on ITAC
WHAT IS ITAC
ITAC is the Industry Technical Advisory Committee for Oil Spill Response. ITAC members are drawn from the response community of the oil industry, response organisations and other parties that have oil pollution response and preparedness as their principal goal. The purpose of ITAC is to act as a focal point for technical issues and as a forum for information exchange in the areas of preparedness, oil spill response operations, response technology, and response training. This role is undertaken on behalf of the response community and the oil company shareholders of the industry owned response organisations.
KEY OBJECTIVES
Increase co-operation between industry sponsored response organisations to ensure that a common industry approach to response philosophies is achieved and to obtain greater overall value from the investment made by the industry. Be a forum in which to benchmark standards across the response industry in the areas of: 1) Response standards 2) Training standards 3) Personnel competence levels Be a forum to share best practice amongst response community Be a forum to share equipment performance criteria Be a centralised group that can be used by the industry as a focal point for up to date information on the current oil spill response activities in the different areas of the world. The forum can be used to ensure that there is not duplication of effort, and a common consistent approach to the activity. In that respect, ITAC provides technical support to the IPIECA Oil Spill Working Group for the conduct and delivery of technical aspects of their work. Be an internationally recognised forum not only among the oil and response industry but also for governments and international organisations such as the IMO.