Throwback 30: Macondo
dimanche 22 novembre 2015
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Oil Spill Response Limited, we are publishing a series of articles covering our milestones. In this article, Paul Schuler, OSRL’s Director for Regional External Affairs, shares about his experience overseeing the Macondo spill response in 2010. At that time, Paul was the CEO of Clean Carribean and Americas (CCA). CCA merged with OSRL in 2013.
Apprenticeship with a Heart
jeudi 19 novembre 2015
OSRL is pleased that the apprenticeship scheme with Brockenhurst College in 2012 not only brought about a transfer of technical knowledge, skills and experience to these young mechanical engineers but also culminated in meaningful contribution to the society.
Resizing our command centre equipment package for quicker deployment
mardi 10 novembre 2015
A command centre package is usually stored in a 20-foot container, but OSRL has recently installed the package in a fully contained, highly transportable trailer (with dimensions of 4.78 (L) x 2.1 (W) x 2.05 (H) metres and a gross weight of 1800 kilograms) to enable faster deployment during a spill incident.
Throwback 30: A tale of two mergers
jeudi 5 novembre 2015
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Oil Spill Response Limited, we will be publishing a series of articles covering our milestones. In this article,we document our company's expansion over the years.
OSRL raises £4,170 for charities from sale of restored tractor project
jeudi 22 octobre 2015
A 1969 Nuffield 4/65 tractor was restored to its former glory by our hard working apprentices and sold at the largest agricultural machinery auction in Hereford, UK on 14 August 2015.
Throwback 30: MV Tasman Spirit, Pakistan
mardi 20 octobre 2015
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Oil Spill Response Limited, we will be publishing a series of articles covering our milestones. In this article, Jamaluddin bin Jaafar, our Spill Response Specialist, shares his memory of our response in Pakistan in 2003.
Communication skills put to the test during GI WACAF Exercise
lundi 21 septembre 2015
A two-day bilateral exercise took place between Congo and Gabon at the beginning of last week (14-15 Sept), organised within the framework of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa GI WACAF Project, a partnership between IMO and IPIECA.
Throwback 30: How it all began
mercredi 9 septembre 2015
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Oil Spill Response Limited, we will be publishing a series of articles covering our milestones. In this article, we share about how OSRL came to be a global oil spill response company.
What happens during a subsea well-blowout?
mardi 1 septembre 2015
In May 2015, OSRL responded to a fictional scenario of a drill ship drifting off site, while still connected to the Blow Out Preventor (BOP). Named Exercise Leviathan I, this major internal exercise tested OSRL’s Major Mobilisation Plan.
SPE Offshore Europe
mardi 18 août 2015
At OSRL we are already getting excited to showcase our people and our services at the upcoming SPE Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition in Aberdeen, from 8th-11th September.