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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.
Ipieca has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to develop a shared understanding of the implications of the UN SDGs for the oil and gas industry and how the industry can most effectively contribute.
This report was developed to share guidance with those interested in understanding subsea well response competency and the skills that sit within it.
A joint UNDP, IFC, Ipieca and ICMM side event summary
Ipieca has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to develop a shared understanding of the implications of the UN SDGs for the oil and gas industry and how the industry can most effectively contribute.
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)
Title Type Theme Published Download 
Shoreline response programme guidance Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 14 Jul 2020 
Oil spill preparedness and response: an introduction Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 12 Aug 2019 
Mapping the oil and gas industry to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas (Executive summary) Awareness brief Sustainability, Marine spill preparedness and response, Corporate 17 Jul 2019 
Guidance for subsea source control competency and skills Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 01 Jan 2019 
A joint UNDP, IFC, Ipieca and ICMM side event summary Awareness brief Corporate, Marine spill preparedness and response 17 Nov 2017 
Mapping the oil and gas industry to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas Awareness brief Sustainability, Marine spill preparedness and response, Corporate 19 Jul 2017 
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