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
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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.
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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OSRL CEO on maritime decarbonisation: why preparedness, resilience and robust planning are as important as technological innovation.
With fewer women in oil and gas than in almost any other industry, Gemma Littlewood reviews the business case for diversity, inclusion & equality.
Explore the plastics pollution crisis and how oil spill response expertise can shape practical, proven solutions for one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues.
Explore the Tobago Case Study on the 35,000-barrel oil spill's environmental and economic impacts, response efforts, and lessons for preventing future disasters.
The MT Evoikos spill in Singapore Strait released 29,000 tonnes of oil in a high-traffic zone. Learn how OSRL led containment, recovery, and cross-border coordination.
This seventh session sees Principal Consultant, Richard Tindell, discuss the considerations and techniques for an Inland Response.
Explore how oil type affects spill behaviour and clean-up response, from persistence to volatility and environmental impact.
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.
A guide to operational and monitoring requirements for in-situ burning at sea.
An overview of OSRL's first offshore cold weather exercise in partnership with Greenland Oil Spill Response (GOSR).