Membership gives you guaranteed ready access to response services 24 hours a days, 365 days of the year, no matter where and when you need us. Alongside guaranteed response, there are many benefits of Membership with OSRL.
Membership gives you guaranteed ready access to response services 24 hours a days, 365 days of the year, no matter where and when you need us. Alongside guaranteed response, there are many benefits of Membership with OSRL.
Our Duty Team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every single day of the year.
We’re ready to take Members' call and give the advice needed, whatever the situation. This can range from sense-checking the actions taken during an ongoing small incident to letting us know of a potential incident emerging. From testing communications protocols in an OSCP to chekcing what is covered with a specific membership, right through to involvement in a planned exercises or drills. Always at the end of the phone, the Duty Manager is ready to answer any kind of call.
There are many reasons to regularly exercise; test capabilities and develop staff competencies, validate and enhance knowledge of your plans, test procedures and identify gaps for improvements to address. Whatever your reasons we’re here to support you as part of your membership, here’s how:
Why not get involved in our planned exercises too! We have our annual Global Exercise Planner, which includes a Calendar - check it out to find and see if you’re available.
Every Member is entitled to at least one Preparedness Review each year. We will meet our Members wherever, and however they desire, whether that's virtual or face-to-face. And if we can, we’ll conduct as many meetings as needed throughout the year. A Preparedness Review can take many forms, here's some examples of the types of reviews conducted over the years:
There are several opportunities throughout the year to come together, share information and be a part of something special. Members are able to shape OSRL’s strategic direction and join us in advocating industry good practice. Here are some of the events OSRL Members can expect to be involved in thoughout the year:
We can send five personnel to a Members' incident location for five days in-field to give technical advice for an ongoing incident, or even to the threat of a potential incident. In these siutaions, early notification is key; the sooner we know, the sooner we can assist - this will help ensure Members are in the most optimal place to deal with what lies ahead.
We can advise in any capacity, here are the most common ways we’ve assisted Members during these five days of free advice:
There is no commitment for continued support, no risk, no costs, even our travel costs are free.
Use the Membership Calculator to answer a few questions and determine the level of membership you need to cover your operations.
Participant membership provides companies with global access to the full range of spill response and preparedness services.
Associate membership is available to companies that have a specific operational requirement for defined sites.
Shipping Associate membership is available to shipping companies, whether globally or regionally (except USA waters).
This tool will help you assess your level of preparedness to respond to an oil spill incident.
This tool will help you assess your level of crisis preparedness and readiness for any unexpected events.
Check My Crisis PreparednessJoin us for one of our exercises! Take a look at the Exercise Calendar to see if you are free to participate.