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This document identifies the principal health and safety issues when an oil spill occurs, their degree of severity and the practical steps to minimize the impact of the spill.
An Incident Management System (IMS) is essential to optimizing response times and efficiency, providing clarity in command and control, improving resource coordination and communications, and facilitating the cooperation and integration of responding organizations.
This guidance considers the effects of oil releases on fisheries, tourism and other commercial activities, and outlines available compensation schemes.
Ipieca and IOGP have launched a quick reference infographic and video for local responders to use when deciding whether to spray surface dispersant on oil spills.
This document aims to help operators navigate the steps involved in implementing and maintaining a surveillance programme during a response to an oil spill.
This joint Ipieca-IOGP technical support document helps operators navigate the steps and good practices involved in planning for, and implementing, a monitoring and sampling programme.
This technical support document describes how to manage all the required onshore activities when dealing with an oil spill.
Ipieca has released updated guidance on oil spill preparedness and response.
This Good Practice Guide (GPG) builds on two reports, the first produced on behalf of the Ipieca-IOGP OSR-JIP...
In-situ burning (ISB) is the controlled combustion or burning of hydrocarbon vapours...
This document sets out the important factors to be considered when contemplating the clean-up of an oiled shoreline... (Revision 2016)
At sea containment and recovery is the controlled encounter and collection of oil from the water's surface. (Revision 2016)
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel. (Revision 2016)
Most large, well-known oil spills have occurred in the marine environment rather than inland... (Revision 2016)
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel (Revision 2016)
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel.
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel.
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel.
This report provides recommended practice for GIS/mapping in support of oil spill response...
Oil spill contingency planning is the process of developing a suitable spill response capability that is in compliance with the local regulatory framework and commensurate with the oil spill risks of an organization or facility. (Revision 2016)
The Oil Spill Response Joint Industry Project (OSR-JIP) technical document (Revision 2016)
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on estimating the effectiveness of dispersant application in the field by describing: the factors that determine the effectiveness of dispersant; and how the effectiveness of dispersant application in the field may be monitored, evaluated and verified
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel (Revision 2016)
In the event of a major incident, neighbouring companies may be asked to provide responders, oil spill response equipment and associated materials, either individually or as part of a mutual aid programme.
In general, mutual aid plans are written to encompass the possibility that respondersResponder training is an essential pre-condition for effective oil spill response, which requires personnel who understand... (Revision 2)
Despite the best intentions of an on-water response to an oil spill at sea or in a river, the likelihood is that at least some of the spilled oil will eventually reach the shoreline. (Revision 2016)
This document refers to the importance of oil characterisation and the oil spill response parameters important in assessing strategy following a spill.
A document detailing the planning principles of ensuring a robust dispersant logistics and supply chain during an incident.
A technical support document to accompany the Ipieca-IOGP guidance on surface and subsurface dispersant
The Oil Spill Response Joint Industry Project (OSR-JIP) technical document (Revision 2016)
Sensitivity maps convey essential information to those responding to oil spills by identifying the sites of coastal resources and environmentally-sensitive areas. (Revision 2016)
This publication communicates how the oil and gas industry is using partnerships to respond to challenges of meeting global energy demand and to contribute to sustainable development. The publication explores the partnering process through challenges and lessons learned identified by Ipieca members and their partners in the forty case studies featured.
Title Type Theme Published Download Oil spill responder health and safety Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 10 Aug 2023 Incident Management System for the oil and gas industry Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 10 Aug 2023 Economic assessment and compensation for marine oil releases Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 20 Oct 2022 Dispersant decision toolkit Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 11 Feb 2022 Oil spill surveillance planning guidance Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 23 Nov 2021 Oil spill monitoring and sampling Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 20 Nov 2020 Shoreline response programme guidance Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 14 Jul 2020 Oil spill preparedness and response: An introduction (2019) Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 12 Aug 2019 Satellite remote sensing of oil spills at sea Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 20 Dec 2016 Controlled in-situ burning of spilled oil Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 20 Oct 2016 A guide to shoreline clean-up techniques Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 10 Dec 2015 At-sea containment and recovery Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 01 Dec 2015 Impacts of oil spills on marine ecology Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 12 Nov 2015 Oil spills: inland response Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 09 Sep 2015 A guide to oiled shoreline clean-up techniques Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 11 Jun 2015 Response strategy development using net environmental benefit analysis (NEBA) Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 01 Jun 2015 Impacts of oil spills on shorelines Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 21 May 2015 In-water surveillance of oil spills at sea Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 01 May 2015 Common Operating Picture Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 17 Apr 2015 Contingency planning for oil spills on water Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 15 Apr 2015 At-sea monitoring of surface dispersant effectiveness Oil Spill Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 08 Feb 2015 At-sea monitoring of surface dispersant effectiveness Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 15 Dec 2014 Oil spill waste minimization and management Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 17 Apr 2014 Mutual Aid Indemnification and Liability including a template Emergency Personnel Secondment AgreementGood practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 16 Apr 2014 Oil spill training Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 24 Feb 2014 A guide to oiled shoreline assessment (SCAT) surveys Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 24 Jan 2014 Guidelines on oil characterization to inform spill response decisions Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 16 Nov 2013 Dispersant logistics and supply planning Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 27 Jun 2013 Dispersant storage, maintenance, transport and testing Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 01 Jun 2013 Oil spill risk assessment and response planning for offshore installations Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 08 Feb 2013 Sensitivity mapping for oil spill response Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 27 Apr 2012 Partnerships in the oil and gas industry. Good practice guidance Climate, Nature, People, Sustainability, Marine spill preparedness and response 13 Apr 2006