Korea National Oil Corporation Conducts Disaster Response Safety Korea Drill ... Securing Safety at Yeosu Oil Storage Base

Assuming Complex Disaster Situations, Prioritizing Public Safety and Lives

Participants of the Disaster Response Safe Korea Drill are conducting containment training at the crude oil loading and unloading facility.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Korea National Oil Corporation conducted the '2022 Disaster Response Safety Korea Drill' on the afternoon of the 16th at the Yeosu Oil Storage Base together with Yeosu City, the Coast Guard, and military units.

This drill assumed a complex disaster scenario where a ship with an engine failure collided with a tanker undergoing cargo handling operations, causing a fire and spreading oil, leading to a marine pollution accident.

The corporation focused on protecting the lives and property of the public by checking the promptness of initial disaster response activities, as well as capabilities in rescue operations and environmental pollution containment and recovery.

Using an offshore disaster prevention vessel and disaster monitoring drones, the drill was conducted in a three-dimensional manner. The joint evaluation team and public experience group checked whether the corporation's step-by-step emergency response measures, on-site crisis response capabilities, and cooperation system with related organizations operated effectively when faced with a disaster situation.

Before the drill began, the corporation provided intensive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to all participants, including the evaluation team and observers, in preparation for the occurrence of acute cardiac arrest patients. The importance of basic first aid skills essential for saving lives was emphasized in the training program.

President Kim Dong-seop stated, “As the disaster management responsible agency, the corporation must fulfill its role unwaveringly even in actual disaster situations,” and added, “Please strive to thoroughly inspect and improve the disaster safety management system with a sense of mission to ensure energy security through the safe protection of the oil storage base, a national critical infrastructure.”

About 170 people from 14 organizations, including the corporation, Yeosu City, Yeosu Coast Guard, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation, Yeosu Fire Station, Yeosu Police Station, Army Unit 7931, and GS Caltex, participated in the drill.

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