Technical Library

The members of the Inland Core Group share collective thoughts on the nuance of inland spill preparedness and response activities. Their observations have been formed through their time at a global tier 3 centre covering risks from onshore production, transportation, storage and refining operations.

We have had the pleasure of working with our member Total E&P Denmark (TEPDK) since 2017, helping them build and maintain the confidence and competence of their Emergency Management Team (EMT). We recently returned to Denmark to resume this training programme and further develop the skills of TEPDK EMT Members.

Our Response Readiness Report 2020 takes you through all the components of readiness and how they combined to maintain our capability, and how these were assured. We are pleased to share the activities that were undertaken to support readiness and various lessons learned which helped form the roadmap for 2021 and beyond. 

Our Wildlife Preparedness & Response Manager, Paul Kelway kicked off our GOWRS Wildlife Partners interview series with an interview with Valeria Ruoppolo at Aiuká in Brazil.

Our Subsea Manager, Mario Fazio is joined by Paul Love from Clarksons Plc and Chris Lund, Senior Project Engineering Manager to take a closer look at the Sea/response software platform developed by Maritech (Clarksons Plc). We have also invited Tilly Manley from Clarksons Platou Asia and Colin Young from Maritech based in Aberdeen to share their expertise and market knowledge.

In this seminar, Yann Hajeri, Saipem Technical Manager and Mario Fazio, OSRL Subsea Manager to take a closer look at the use of OSRL Offset Installation Equipment to deploy a capping stack and equipment when vertical access over the subsea well is not possible.

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Incident and Crisis Management - Working Together To Bring Order To Chaos. This webinar recording goes through the essential elements for responding to major events, how escalation is managed and the role of liaison between the different teams to enable them to achieve their objectives

Presented by the OSRL Cold Weather Core Group, this seminar recording explains the steps that OSRL, as a temperate response organisation, has taken to prepare for an extreme cold weather response.

The presentation also examines the background behind why this was necessary, before elaborating on the issues that can be encountered during a cold weather response and detailing the training that OSRL has implemented to best prepare for these challenges.

The KrisEnergy-operated Apsara oil field is Cambodia’s first hydrocarbon development, which could mark an unprecedented milestone in the economic growth of the Southeast Asian nation. OSRL is fortunate to witness and play a role in this significant event by advising the first upstream producer (KrisEnergy) in Cambodia in the planning and writing of the Oil Spill Contingency Plan (OSCP).

Watch the recording of this seminar presented by Mario Fazio (OSRL),  Alistair Gill and Chris LeCompte (Wild Well Control) on the topic on "Planning for a Successful Capping Operation."