Our People Say

- Tan Swee Huang, based in Singapore

Swee Huang is a spill response specialist and also serves as Duty Manager, acting as main liaison point between Oil Spill Response and the client during a spill.

Swee Huang is pictured here riding a quad bike during the 2008 Pacific Adventurer spill in Australia.

Swee Huang riding a quad bike during
the 2008 Pacific Adventurer spill in Australia.

"As a spill response specialist, I have attended spills in Philippines, West Africa and Gibraltar, from which I have gained some insight into the challenges and complexity of managing an emergency response. Through training, exercises and projects, I gained much learning and enjoyed a wide spectrum of assignments as well as opportunities to travel to places like Kazakhstan, China, Thailand, USA and Canada. One can also be transferred to other departments to strengthen the skills and broaden the vision, on the territory as well as on the rest of the world. My experience truly reflects the Company’s commitment to staff training and development."

- Alam Syah bin Mohamed Amin, based in Singapore

Alam Syah joined as a spill response specialist and subsequently extended his job scope to training which has seen him travel frequently to several locations to deliver training courses. Alam Syah is able to conduct training courses confidently, banking on his knowledge of response techniques and equipment and practical spill response experience.

Alam Syah with locals in the Yemeni desert
while attending to an inland spill in 2008.

"The challenges of my job greatly accelerated my learning curve. Being in the Operations department initially, I was a part of a team whose main responsibility was to respond to oil spills. I would also carry out maintenance of the response equipment to ensure it is ready for rapid deployment. Now, as a trainer, I have opportunities to share knowledge and experience with people of different cultural backgrounds. I count it a privilege to be part of this globalized entity and I am convinced that my journey with Oil Spill Response will be filled with continual learning, growth and opportunities to contribute. "

- Andy Nevin, based in the United Kingdom

Andy is a Senior Spill Response Specialist and has attended major oil spills in Georgia, Cameroon, Yemen, Gibraltar and various smaller spills in the UK. These spills have included well blow outs, land based and offshore spills.

Andy has also been involved in project work within the oil industry in South Africa, Kazakhstan and the USA, carrying out aerial surveillance equipment audits, well testing stand-by duties and a six week rotation working with Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) in Savannah, Georgia, in the USA.

Andy recently completed a 14-month secondment to eastern Russia working as the Oil Spill Response Manager of a large oil export facility for a major oil company. He is pictured in Sakhalin while cutting an ice pit.

Andy is pictured in Sakhalin while cutting an ice pit.

Andy in Sakhalin while cutting an ice pit.

"My duties in Sakhalin included the training of local responders, managing the maintenance of oil spill equipment and technical advice on the fates and effects of potential oil spills from the offshore export facility and the overland pipeline. During the winter this work was carried out in extreme cold weather conditions where all the containment and recovery techniques had to be changed to meet the conditions"