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Interview

Adapting to challenges of rebooting society safely after lockdowns

Is PIMA (Pandemic Impact Mitigation Assessment) the answer to rebooting society safely after lockdowns?

  • May 21, 2020 
  • Crisis Management
Recorded Seminar

The Unseen Consequences of Integrated Spill Response Strategies

Nick Dyer, Spill Response Specialist, discusses how conventional spill response clean-up methods could affect groundwater and subsoil clean-up.

  • May 20, 2020 
  • Response
Recorded Seminar

How Confident Am I With Identifying and Quantifying Oil Spills via Aerial Surveillance?

Aerial observation with trained observers is a surveillance method often relied upon and considered critical to an effective response.

  • May 19, 2020 
  • Surveillance
Recorded Seminar

Establishing Virtual Response Management Teams - Lessons Learned

In this seminar, we share lessons learned on remote Emergency Operations Centre mobilisation and remote member Incident Management Team support.

  • May 19, 2020 
  • Incident Management
Recorded Seminar

Developments in Shoreline Clean-up and Assessment Techniques (SCAT)

The OSRL Shoreline Subject Matter Expert (SME) Core Group introduce some of the latest innovations and developments in shoreline response.

  • May 18, 2020 
  • Response
Recorded Seminar

Are You Ready To Respond? A Practical Guide To Self-Assessment

Consultant Tristan Barston explains how to use the Ready Check Tool and what to draw from its responses.

  • May 12, 2020 
  • Capability Reviews
Article

Thoughts on the evolution of oiled wildlife response planning for titleholders in Australia

Current State plans are not operational. For wildlife planning to evolve, consideration is needed to implement activity specific plans.

  • Mar 4, 2020 
  • 3 min read
  • Wildlife
Case Study

All-Encompassing Preparedness and Delivery Solutions for Staatsolie in Suriname

Preparedness services and successful delivery accomplished through the close collaboration between OSRL, Staatsolie, and its contractors.

  • Dec 18, 2019 
  • 6 min read
  • Capability Reviews
Case Study

Case Study: Equipment Hire Services in Bulgaria

OSRL was contracted by Shell for the provision of oil spill response equipment, for use at its offshore drilling activities in Bulgaria.

  • Jul 29, 2019 
  • 5 min read
  • Equipment
Article

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV)

AUV’s can be mobilised rapidly through OSRL and be operational soon after spill events have been identified, communicating near real-time information.

  • Jun 20, 2019 
  • 2 min read
  • Surveillance
Article

The Capability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) provide distinct advantages during a response compared to traditional methods of surveillance in certain scenarios.

  • Jun 18, 2019 
  • 2 min read
  • Surveillance
Article

Understanding the World of Surveillance, Modelling and Visualisation (SMV)

James Pringle explains the latest technological developments and the results from recent testing and exercises for each major SMV technology

  • Mar 7, 2019 
  • 9 min read
  • Surveillance

OSRL Resource Library

First-hand experience in responding to oil spill incidents of varying nature and locality across the global, allow's Oil Spill Response to provide a wealth of resources and insights.

From case studies with our Members to industry insights and operational field guides spanning response and crisis management to dispersants and contingency planning. All resources are freely available to view or download.