Oil spill response resources
IPIECA plays a leading role in collaborative development of good practices and technical reports on oil spill preparedness and response.
Browse the resourcesIPIECA has been working for over 30 years to harness the oil and gas industry’s collective expertise and technology on oil spill preparedness and response. While prevention is always the ultimate goal, IPIECA gives equally high priority to developing the capability to respond to spills. IPIECA develops good practice and facilitates industry forums to share oil spill preparedness and response.
This technical support document helps operators navigate the steps and good practices involved in planning for, and implementing, a monitoring and sampling programme.
The 2019 update of the guidance document is now available in French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish language versions.
The guidance describes how to manage all the required onshore activities when dealing with an oil spill.