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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)
This document addresses Finding 9 of the OGP Global Industry Response Group (GIRG) report which recommended that industry conduct an assessment of potential exposure based on current Tier 2, Tier 3 and commercial response bases to help inform the potential location of any additional resources required.
Volunteer assistance can prove to be a useful resource for spill response activities, and can provide quick access to a large number of people who often possess useful local knowledge...
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel (Revision 2016)
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel.
Title Type Theme Published Download 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 The global distribution and assessment of major oil spill response resources Awareness brief Marine spill preparedness and response 16 Aug 2015 Volunteer management Case study Marine spill preparedness and response 01 Jul 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