BP,
Chevron,
ConocoPhillips,
Eni,
ExxonMobil,
Shell,
Statoil,
North
Caspian
Oil
Company
and
Total
are
all
part
of
the
research
group
launched
late
last
month
known
as
the
Arctic
Oil
Spill
Response
Technology
Joint
Industry
Programme.
The
group
is
an
initiative
of
the
International
Association
of
Oil
&
Gas
Producers
(OGP),
whose
Arctic
Co-ordination
Task
Force
(ACTF)
is
chaired
by
Robert
Blaauw,
Shell’s
senior
advisor
on
the
Arctic.
Speaking
at
International
Petroleum
Week
in
London,
Blaauw
acknowledged
finding
a
suitable
location
for
such
a
test
may
prove
difficult.
“Voluntary
spills
are
hard
to
arrange.
We…
