List of dispersants permitted for use in response to oil spill incidents within Vietnamese waters

Le Hai

17:38, 05/02/2021

Recently, MONRE issued Circular 19/2020/TT-BTNMT on list of dispersants permitted for use within Vietnamese waters and guidelines for using dispersants in response to oil spill incidents at sea.

According to Article 4 of Vietnam's Circular 19/2020/TT-BTNMT, list of dispersants permitted for use in response to oil spill incidents within Vietnamese waters: Corexit® EC9500A; Corexit® EC9527A; Radiagreen OSD; Seacare OSD; Seagreen 805; Slickgone EW; Super Dispersant 25.

List of dispersants shall be updated by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on practical request and must satisfy technical requirements specified under Annex I attached to Vietnam's Circular 19/2020/TT-BTNMT.

Procedures for using dispersants in response to oil spill incidents within Vietnamese waters are as follows:

Regulate the use of dispersants in response to oil spill incidents within Vietnamese waters.
Determine amount of dispersants necessary.
Spray or spread dispersants to respond to oil spill incidents.
Monitor oil dispersion efficiency while spraying or spreading dispersants.
Monitor environment quality after employing dispersants.
Produce reports after employing dispersants.

More details can be found in Vietnam's Circular 19/2020/TT-BTNMT, effective from 15/02/2021.

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