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This week we spoke with Tim Coombs, senior spill response specialist and co-chair of the ‘Incident Management Systems’ core group for OSRL. We discussed the historic and current objectives of the group, why it’s such an important topic and where the discipline is heading.

In part 6 we chatted with Andy Nevin, Response Process Manager for OSRL and the co-chair of its ‘Cold Weather’ core group. Here he explains the team’s objectives and previous successes, and discusses how the group’s activity is helping OSRL grow its position as global experts in cold weather oil spill response.

OSRL were fortunate to be invited by CEDRE* to observe a series of dynamic trials to assess the manoeuvrability and collection capacity of the High speed OilTrawl NorLense boom.

This week we speak to Nick Olden, SWIS Operations Supervisor and co-chair of the Offshore Working Group. Here, he explains the activity of the group, its current objectives and why it is such an important topic for the industry and OSRL.

We speak to Dr. Rob Holland, the co-chair of the Shoreline Working Group at OSRL. Rob explains the team’s achievements to date, their current activity, and their long-term ambitions for this vitally important area of spill preparedness and response.

In this instalment, we’re chatting with James Pringle, the co-chair of the surveillance sub-group, who explains the team’s goals and activity, and how they are helping OSRL maintain its position as the world’s foremost oil spill expert.

Liam Harrington-Missin explains the Modelling and Visualisation subgroups goals and activity, and how they are helping OSRL maintain its position as the world’s foremost oil spill expert.

Our newest member Hibiscus Petroleum visits our Singapore base.

Aaron Montgomery, development and assurance lead for OSRL, explains the path the organisation has taken to develop and implement a benchmark framework for training, developing, measuring and recognising subject matter experts in key technical disciplines.

Our Trainer, Kai Jing shares some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from our IMO Level 3 delegates as well as the challenges they often face when managing a spill. Interestingly, our OSRL trainers would discuss these at the course and provide practical tips to resolve these challenges from their own spill experience.

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