Current Buster 6 exercise
vendredi 16 août 2019
The Current Buster 6 systems represent the latest in offshore containment and recovery technology.
NOPSEMA Subsea Wells Source Control Workshop
lundi 22 juillet 2019
Ahead of the Spillcon international oil spill conference in Perth this past May, Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) hosted a Subsea Wells Source Control Workshop. OSRL’s Andy Myers, Robert Limb and Mitch Guinn joined 122 other participants of government regulatory officials, well control specialists, oil spill and recovery specialists and industry E&P organisations.
Brixham Team 2A Exercise
jeudi 18 juillet 2019
Working in partnership, The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), and responders from Ambipar Response, with the cooperation of the National Trust and Tor Bay Harbour Authority, OSRL’s responders carried out deflection and protection booming within the environmentally protected coves surrounding Brixham.
OPRED IMS Awareness Session
mardi 16 juillet 2019
Lucy Bly, Consultant and Aberdeen Base Manager delivered a workshop recently jointly with the Acting Deputy SOSREP...
Bridging Research to Response
mardi 25 juin 2019
In March, OSRL facilitated a tour of UK research institutes for two of our Member companies, ExxonMobil and Chevron...
What does it take to be a true expert? (Part 8: Inland)
vendredi 23 novembre 2018
In the final instalment of the series, we spoke with Rhys Jenkins, Senior Spill Response Specialist & Duty Manager for OSRL and co-chair of the Inland Core Group. He explains the objectives and activity for his team and how they are helping to build confidence in OSRL’s inland capabilities.
What does it take to be a true expert? (Part 7: IMS)
vendredi 16 novembre 2018
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.
What does it take to be a true expert? (Part 6: Cold Weather)
vendredi 9 novembre 2018
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.
Loire Valley NorLense Boom Trials
vendredi 2 novembre 2018
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.
What does it take to be a true expert? (Part 5: Offshore)
vendredi 19 octobre 2018
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.