Response Resources
Spill Journal: Montara, West Atlas
The Montara incident was an oil and gas leak, and subsequent slick, that took place in the Timor Sea, off the coast of Australia in 2009.
Precaution and preparedness: Key to handling oil spills
Aaron Montgomery, Development and Assurance Lead, gives his perspective on preventing and handling incidents with the right management technologies.
Spill Journal: SSL Kolkata
A fire erupted following an explosion on board the SSL Kolkata, in India. OSRL were mobilised to respond to a potential spill under RESPONSECON.
How to Deal with Inland Oil Spills
Interestingly, there are more inland oil spills than marine spills globally. How can we best mitigate the damages caused by inland spill incidents?
30 Years Since Piper Alpha
Tim Swift, OSRL's Quality Manager, talks about Piper Alpha, lessons learnt and improvements made since.
Containment and Recovery Field Guide
A guide to containment and recovery operations at sea
Inland Operations Field Guide
An operational guide to the containment and recovery of oil spills in the inland environment
Offshore In-Situ Burn Operations Field Guide
A guide to operational and monitoring requirements for in-situ burning at sea
Oil Spill Response Field Guide
A Strategic and Technical Overview of Oil Spill Response
Case Study: Does Current Global Training Curriculums Meet The Needs of Exploration & Production?
Should we have a dedicated harmonised global training curriculum on oil spill response for global exploration and production activities?
Case study: Experiences in Developing Cold Weather Response Capability
An overview of OSRL's first offshore cold weather exercise in partnership with Greenland Oil Spill Response (GOSR).
Maximising the use of Containment and Recovery systems in rivers with enhanced encounter techniques
When responding to incidents in lower courses of rivers, maximising containment and recovery equipment to help protect resources is paramount.
The latest response insights and documents
These response resources cover a myriad of topics across the broad spectrum of surface response techniques, oil properties and behaviours, and latest insights on response options. Find case studies of oil spill incidents through to field guides of the different oil spill response techniques and everything in between.