The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a news release stating that a major maritime exercise to test preparedness for a maritime and oil incident, called
Exercise Discovery, will be held in Aberdeen, Scotland on January 29, 2002.
The exercise is intended to test the interaction between those who might be involved in a real incident, including MCA, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), oil companies, and organizations that provide emergency services.
Source: HK Law