Information sources on research and development, preparedness and response to oil spills
The directory of web links on oil spill response is designed to provide information to users on prevention, preparedness and response to oil spills in the marine environment as well as the latest information on research and development for oil spills.
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Information
Government Agencies
International Organizations
Non-Governmental Organizations
Regional Organizations
Response Organizations
Scientific Organizations
Equipment Manufacturers
Equipment Suppliers
Spills History
Glossaries and Journals
International Oil Spill Conferences
Other Topics
General Information top
Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway
Norwegian Oil Spill Control Association
Government Agencies top
Australia
Belgium
Cyprus
Canada
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
International Organizations top
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
World Bank Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals
Non-Governmental Organizations top
Oil Industry
American Petroleum Institute (API)
Association of Petroleum Industry Cooperative Managers (APICOM)
Regional Association of oil and natural gas companies in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARPEL)
UK Spill, British oil spill industry association
Conservation of Clean Air and Water in Europe (CONCAWE)
European Oil Refining and Marketing Industry (EUROPIA)
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)
Mediterranean Oil Industry Group (MOIG)
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP)
Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ)
Regional Clean Sea organisation (RECSO)
Spill Control Association of America (SCAA)
Oil Spill Control Association of France (SYCOPOL)
The Great Lakes Spill Protection Initiative
European Oil and Gas Innovation Forum (EUROGIF)
Shipping
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO)
International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF)
Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
Regional Organizations top
BONN Agreement
Caspian Environment Programme (CEP)
Commission for the Protection of the Black Sea
Permanet Commission for the South Pacific (PCSP)
European Community Information System
European Maritime Safety Agency(EMSA)
Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)
Helcom Maritime and Response Groups (Baltic Sea)
Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)
NOWPAP MERRAC
Oslo-Paris Commission (OSPAR)
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (Malta) (REMPEC)
Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Center for the Wider Caribbean (REMPEITC-Caribe)
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
The Blue Plan Environment and Development in Mediterranean Region
The European Commission - Energy and transport DG
European Commission / DG Environment: Contingency Organisation
European Commission / DG Environment: Community Information System (CIS)
UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme
UNEP Regional Seas
European Space Agency (ESA)
European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
European Maritime Industry Forum (MIF)
Response Organizations top
Eastern Canada Response Corporation
Western Canada Marine Response Corporation
Point Tupper Marine Services Corporation
Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC)
Clean Caribbean & Americas (CCA)
Centre de Documentation de Recherche et d'expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des Eaux (CEDRE)
East Asia Response Ltd (EARL)
Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC)
Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO)
Oil Spill Response Ltd (OSRL)
Petroleum Association of Japan Oil Spill Response Dept. (PAJ-OSR)
Cleanupoil: The international directory of oil spill cleanup contractors
Scientific Organizations top
Environment
European Centre of Information on Marine Science and Technology
(EUROCEAN)
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)
European Science Foundation Marine Board (ESF-Marine Board)
UN Atlas of the Oceans
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration: Long-Term Monitoring Program
Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI)
European Commission/ DG Research: Cordis database: Oil pollution related R&D projects database (e.g. Oceanides, Themes, Cleopatra, Dismar, ARCOP, MERSEA)
Instituto Centrale per la Ricerca scientifica e technologica Applicata al Mare (ICRAM)
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Marine Science and Technology - Maritime R&D projects database
Spanish Scientific Intervention Program Against Accidental Marine Spills
TNO Environment, Energy and Process Innovation: Oil Spill Response Research, Development and Consulting
Modelling and Monitoring
Météo-France
Canadian Space Agency
RadarSat International
SeaDarQ: radar spill detection and oil recovery (associated to TNO Physics an Electronics Laboratory), Netherlands
Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models : Emergency interventions, Belgium (MUMM)
AIS Live - Overview of vessels' position
European Group of Experts on Satellite Monitoring of sea-based Oil Pollution (EGEMP)
European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET)
Earth Observation Portal (ESA/EO)
European Space Agency Multimedia Gallery (ESA)
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Development of operational oceanography in European sea areas (EuroGOOS)
European Satellite Navigation System (GALILEO)
Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
The International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG)
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Sea WiFS Project (NASA)
Satellite imaginary (UNOSAT)
European Environment Information Observation Network (EIONET)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center: DISMAR (Data Integration System for Marine Pollution and Water Quality) (NERSC)
Research
SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd.
AEA Technology UK
AIP - Australian Institute of Petroleum
API - American Petroleum Institute
ETC - Environmental Technology Centre Canada
IFP - Institut Francais du Petrole
NMRI - National Maritime Research Institute Japan
TNO - Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
SINTEF - Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research: Oil spill, contingency and response, Norway
MMS - Minerals Management Service: Oil Spill Response Research Program, United States
GESAMP - Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection
Equipment Manufacturers top
Equipment Suppliers top
Spills History top
Cedre inventory
ITOPF Statistics
NOAA - Historical Incidents Database
Bonn Agreement Incidents Reporting scheme (North sea)
Environment Canada's - Tanker Spill Database
HELCOM - Ship Accidents and combating sea-based pollution in the Baltic Sea
MAIF-Marine Accidents Investigator's International Forum
MARS - International Marine Accident Reporting Scheme
REMPEC - Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea: Oils Database List of alerts and accidents involving oil in the Mediterranean
Sea-Web: Lloyds register - Fairplay Register of Ships™ and List of Ship owners™ on the Internet. Find casualty incident or view a ship's casualty history
Glossaries and Journals top
EEA - European Environment Agency: Multilingual Environmental glossary
IMO/UNEP, Regional Information System-Concise Dictionary of Marine Anti-Pollution Terms (REMPEC, 2003)
GPA - Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway: Oils glossary
Golob's Oil Pollution Bulletin
Hazardous Cargo Bulletin
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Oil Spill Intelligence Report (OSIR)
International Oil Spill Conferences top
Interspill Conference
International Oil Spill Conference
Spillcon International Oil Spill Conference
International Oil Spill Technology Seminar
Other Topics top
Preparedness and risk assessment
Sub-regional Risk of oil and hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea (BRISK)
Bonn Agreement Counter Pollution Manual (2004)
HELCOM Clean Seas Guide - The Baltic Sea Area (2009)
EMSA Action plan for Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response
HELCOM Response Manual: Vol I (Oil)
HELCOM Response Manual Vol II (Chemicals)
IMO/UNEP, Regional Information System-Operational Guides and Technical Documents "Guide for combating accidental marine pollution in the Mediterranean" (REMPEC, 2000)
US Coast Guard: Incident Management Handbook (2001)
IPIECA - Publications
EEA - European Environment Agency: Indicator of Accidental Oil spills from Marine Shipping
MMS - Minerals Management Service: Oil-Spill Risk Analysis (OSRA)
SINTEF - Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research: modelling tools for environmental risk analysis and impact assessment
TNO Environment, Energy and Process Innovation: accidental spills risk assessment models
Oil properties
API - Fate of spilled oil in marine waters: Information Booklet for decision-makers (Americam Petroleum Insitute)
European Commission / DG Environment: Summary of Oil properties
European Commission: Eurocrude database
European Commission: Oil spill identification
Environment Canada's - Oil Properties Database
Environment Canada's - Oil, Water and Chocolate Mousse
ITOPF - Fate of Marine Oil Spills (ITOPF Technical Information Paper)
GPA - Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway: Facts on Oil - Hydrocarbons
MMS - Minerals Management Service : Properties and Behaviour of Spilled Oil
MUMM - Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models: Modelling of the behaviour of hydrocarbons
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration: Aid for Oil spill response
Response equipment
Oil Spill Control Directory (response products, services and organisations)
GPA - Global Marine Oil Pollution Information Gateway: Response Techniques
Absorbents
Biology
Booms
Chemicals
ITOPF Technical Information Paper: The use of chemical dispersants to treat oil spills
Cedre - Tested Dispersants
Manufacturers and Suppliers
Dispersant testing
Others
Pumps
Response Vessels
EMSA Inventory of EU Member States Oil Pollution Response Capacity
Manufacturers and Suppliers
Skimmers
Storage and Separation
Guidelines for Oil Spill Waste Minimization and Management - IPIECA report series
Manufacturers and Suppliers
Surveillance - Modelling
Swedish Space Corporation Airborne Systems
Aerial Surveillance Handbook (OTSOPA 2004)
NOAA - Oil Spill Softwares
Severe Weather Information Centre
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Wildlife
IBRRC - International Bird Rescue Research Center
Sea Alarm Foundation
WWF - World Wildlife Fund
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