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The Oil Spill Working Group was established in 1987 and serves as a key international industry forum to help improve oil spill contingency planning and response around the world. The group aims to enhance the state of preparedness and response to marine oil spill incidents through: acting as a high level strategic and technical forum for members to exchange information and best practices; supporting joint industry-government cooperation at all levels; encouraging ratification of relevant international conventions; promoting the principle of ‘Net Environmental Benefit Analysis’ and the tiered response concept when designing response strategies; and developing and communicating industry viewpoint and activities to external audiences.

OSWG News
IMO/IPIECA/OSRL Workshop in East Asia: 24 November 2009
East Asian Congress 2009: 23-27 November 2009
Interspill 2009: 12-14 May 2009
Updated guide to Tiered Preparedness and Response now in Russian and Chinese
IPIECA Workshop: Emergency Response in the Latin American region, 12-13 May 2008, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Report now available!
IPIECA Participation at PAJ Oil Spill Symposium
Updated Oil Spill Compensation Guide now available in French
Report published: Workshop on Tiered Preparedness & Response in the Gulf Region, 22 October 2007, Bahrain
Updated Global Initiative brochure