Membership
Be ready for tomorrow, join us today. At OSRL, we provide expert oil spill response services to help protect our members, their stakeholders, and the environment.
Services
OSRL delivers global preparedness and response services, helping members reduce risk, build resilience, and respond rapidly to oil spills of any scale, anytime, anywhere.
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Regional Response
Wildlife
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Training
Build your oil spill response capability with accredited training year-round. Courses include OPRC (IMO equivalent), OPEP, MCA, and IMS—available face-to-face, distance learning, or on-demand. Customisable options available.
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Knowledge Hub
Over 40 years of spill response expertise, case studies, and field guides. All resources are free to access, explore, download, and stay prepared.
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Stay informed, inspired, and connected through our latest news, blogs, videos, webinars, and events. From technical forums and live exercises to insightful updates and industry perspectives, this is your gateway to everything happening across the global oil spill response community.
In Action
Through our global network, we build strategic partnerships with key industry stakeholders to drive good practice.
About
OSRL is the world’s largest industry-funded cooperative for oil spill preparedness and response. We work with members, regulators, and industry stakeholders to strengthen global spill response capability, ensuring that the industry is ready to respond anytime, anywhere.
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Learn how a major oil spill exercise with Tullow Ghana strengthened national preparedness, tested coordination, and improved response readiness.
James Pringle explains the latest technological developments and the results from recent testing and exercises for each major SMV technology.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) provide distinct advantages during a response compared to traditional methods of surveillance in certain scenarios.
Get essential guidance for aerial surveillance and oil quantification. Learn how to confirm spills, assess volumes, and support effective oil spill response decisions.
Mario Fazio is joined by Paul Love from Clarksons Plc to take a look at the Sea/response software platform developed by Maritech.
The WCM Equipment complements existing equipment designed as a response option when relevant.
A guide to waste management operations during oil spill clean-up.
Nick Dyer, Spill Response Specialist, discusses how conventional spill response clean-up methods could affect groundwater and subsoil clean-up.
What one of the largest animal rescue missions in history can tell us about wildlife response preparedness.
This seminar demonstrates some of the socio-economic effects through a case study and highlights considerations needed for holistic decision making.