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Spill Journal

Spill Journal: Montara, West Atlas

The Montara spill released 30,000 barrels of oil over 74 days in the Timor Sea. Learn how OSRL led a Tier 3 response to contain the spill and protect marine ecosystems.

• 20 Feb, 2019
• 5 min read
• Response

Case Study

Case Study: Tullow Ghana Limited’s Major Exercise

Learn how a major oil spill exercise with Tullow Ghana strengthened national preparedness, tested coordination, and improved response readiness.

• 11 Feb, 2019
• 3 min Read
• Exercises

Article

Precaution and preparedness: Key to handling oil spills

Aaron Montgomery, Development and Assurance Lead, gives his perspective on preventing and handling incidents with the right management technologies.

• 02 Sep, 2018
• 11 min read
• Response

Spill Journal

Spill Journal: SSL Kolkata

The SSL Kolkata fire threatened India’s Sundarbans. Learn how OSRL deployed surveillance, containment, and salvage support to prevent environmental damage in this UNESCO site.

• 31 Jul, 2018
• 6 min read
• Response

Case Study

Case Study: Improving Thailand’s Oil Spill Preparedness Strategy

See how OSRL helped Thailand's IESG improve oil spill response through stockpile reviews, training, and strategy alignment.

• 23 Jul, 2018
• 5 min read
• Capability Reviews

Article

Effective Strategies for Inland Oil Spill Response

Interestingly, there are more inland oil spills than marine spills globally. How can we best mitigate the damages caused by inland spill incidents?

• 18 Jul, 2018
• 2 min read
• Response

Article

30 Years Since Piper Alpha

OSRL's Quality Manager, talks about Piper Alpha, lessons learnt and improvements made since.

• 09 Jul, 2018
• 2 min read
• Response

Case Study

Case Study: An Exercise Evolving into a Real Emergency Management

A client suffered a real cyber-attack on their IT systems during training. The OSRL team assisted with the emergency in the incident command post.

• 10 May, 2018
• 5 min read
• Incident Management

Case Study

Case Study: Western Australia MEER Response Exercise

Discover how Western Australia’s MEER exercise brought agencies together to test large-scale oil spill response and improve maritime emergency readiness.

• 10 Jan, 2018
• 5 min Read
• Exercises