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.
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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 organisation 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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This ninth session sees Andy Nicoll, discuss the use of dispersants in spill response.
How oil spill responders are trained to adapt, apply skills safely, and perform under pressure during complex, real-world incidents.
We help assess gaps in your oil spill preparedness and support the development of clear, practical plans to improve readiness and strengthen response capability.
This case study reveals how an OSRL workshop strengthened the oil spill preparedness of a major European port. A valuable learning experience in proactive planning.
A practical field guide supporting the planning and delivery of plastic pellets clean-up operations across shorelines and nearshore areas.
A summary of a large-scale response exercise in Egypt, focusing on planning, training, evaluation, and responder performance.
This Field Guide is intended as an overview of the strategic and technical aspects of Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT).
Nick Dyer, Spill Response Specialist, discusses how conventional spill response clean-up methods could affect groundwater and subsoil clean-up.
This Incident Management Handbook will assist response personnel in the use of the Incident Command System (ICS) internationally.
Rob Holland and Rhea Shears explore the gap between operational relevance and scientific focus.