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This report from Ipieca-Energy Institute-CIRIA helps companies integrate circular economy principles into every stage of an asset’s life cycle. It provides practical guidance, tools and examples to support the transition from linear approaches to more circular, resource-efficient ways of designing, building, operating and decommissioning assets.
The 'Plastic pellets clean-up field guide' provides practical, operational guidance to support safe and effective recovery following a marine or coastal plastic pellets incident.
A technical support document to accompany the Ipieca-IOGP guidance on surface and subsurface dispersant
Responding to the continuous advancement of technology, Ipieca, IOGP, OGCI, and the Energy Institute have released an update of this guidance and online tool to help operators select and deploy methane detection and quantification technologies.
This document introduces the principles of oil spill waste management, emphasising the need to incorporate a waste management plan as part of the oil spill contingency planning process.
This Ipieca-IOGP report provides guidelines and practical information to control adverse health effects from working in extreme climates.
This compendium from Ipieca and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) explores co-use opportunities that optimise land use and infrastructure by combining renewable energy production with other productive activities such as agriculture or nature-based activities.
This updated edition reflects five years of industry experience and technical advancements.
A framework to help companies shape the structure and content of their sustainability reporting, including for companies starting to report.
This guidance clarifies currently used terminology in the water stewardship space and presents users with a streamlined water stewardship action scheme that synthesises water frameworks and disclosure standards for the energy sector.
Title Type Theme Published Download 
Embedding circularity across the life cycle of assets Good practice guidance Nature 13 Jul 2026 
Plastic pellets clean-up field guide Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 26 Jan 2026 
Dispersant storage, maintenance, transport and testing Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 22 Jan 2026 
Recommended practices for methane emissions detection and quantification technologies - upstream Good practice guidance Climate 19 Dec 2025 
Oil spill waste minimization and management Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 04 Dec 2025 
Health aspects of work in extreme climates Good practice guidance People 27 Nov 2025 
Co-use opportunities in wind and solar energy projects Good practice guidance Sustainability 08 Oct 2025 
Source control emergency response planning guide for subsea wells Good practice guidance Marine spill preparedness and response 11 Sep 2025 
Sustainability reporting guidance for the oil and gas industry Good practice guidance Sustainability 23 Jun 2025 
Water stewardship Good practice guidance Nature 16 Dec 2024