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.
Consultancy
Equipment
Aviation
Dispersant Stockpiles
Regional Response
Wildlife
Subsea Response
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.
Training Standards
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.
Media
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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Looking for help or clarity on OSRL’s services? Our FAQs cover key topics like booking, access, payments, course types, and how to get started with OSRL.
Understand OSRL’s cancellations, transfers, and substitution policy for training bookings, including notice periods, charges, and your available options.
This second session sees Simon McCosh and Simon Blean, explain the importance of situational awareness in a response.
Aerial observation with trained observers is a surveillance method often relied upon and considered critical to an effective response.
Join us to explore applications of UAVs in oil spill response, specifically in the area of beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS).
In this article, Global Aviation Manager, Shane Jacobs, explores satellite imagery as a valuable tool for surveillance and monitoring of oil spills.
Review the full terms for OSRL’s published training courses. This includes key policies on booking, payment, cancellation, transfers, course delivery, and data protection.
In the unlikely event of a subsea well control incident, the Offset Installation Equipment (OIE) allows installation of one of the OSRL Capping Stacks from a safe offset distance.
The Subsea Well Containment method safely diverts flow when a well cap can't shut in, using specialised equipment to create a temporary subsea production system.