OPA Management of Gosport and Green Initiatives
Paul Grange
OPA Operations Director
Tim Backhouse
OPA Finance Director
Gosport Tank Farm is close to completion and the integrated teamapproach has meant that the final project will produce a fit forpurpose, fully compliant tank farm for the full-service life of the QEclass carriers, this element is an update on the project to date. As the OPA transitions to the completion of the “Journey to Compliance”the opportunity to retain the learnings from the 5yr investmentprogram are being explored. The OPA has agreed to a phasedtransition of responsibility for the O&M of OFD Senoko, subject toappropriate approvals. This transition follows the DIO CapitalInvestment program at the site with OPA able to offer synergies from their management of the UK OFDs.
The future opportunities of the OFDs are constantly being explored,with a long-term deal for capacity being agreed with US DLAimproving their fuel resilience in the area. We are also exploring thelong-term utilisation of our asset base to support alternative fuelproduction or storage in line with government Net-Zero initiatives.