Skip to main content
24/7 Emergency Response: +44 (0)23 8033 1551
24/7 Emergency Response: +44 (0)23 8033 1551
Header Image

About

OSRL is the world’s largest industry-funded oil spill response cooperative, supporting members in preparedness and response worldwide. With 300 experts across 13 bases, we enhance industry readiness, providing technical expertise and ensuring an effective, coordinated response whenever and wherever it’s needed. Our mission is to help mitigate the impact of spills on communities and the environment, strengthening global response capability.

Header Image
Decorative graphic

OSRL: A global industry cooperative

OSRL is the world’s largest industry-funded cooperative for oil spill preparedness and response.

With over 40 years of experience, we work in close collaboration with our members, regulators, and industry stakeholders to strengthen global spill response capability. Our services span preparedness, response, and technical expertise—delivered by a diverse team of professionals across 13 strategic locations worldwide.

As a member-owned organisation, we are uniquely positioned to support the industry with trusted, practical solutions that evolve alongside emerging risks, regulatory developments, and the changing energy landscape. Wherever our members operate, OSRL is ready to support them—anytime, anywhere.

Learn more about what we do

Discover who we are

A message from our CEO

Since 1984, OSRL has grown into the world’s largest industry-funded oil spill response cooperative, with over 300 professionals across 13 bases. Guided by our founding charter, we deliver trusted expertise to help members prepare for and respond to spills worldwide. Through strategic mergers and partnerships, we’ve expanded our geographic footprint and strategic capabilities with notable enhancements subsea well response and wildlife response, including launching the GOWRS Oiled Wildlife Assessment Service in 2022. In 2024, we celebrated 40 years with a refreshed brand and new investments in infrastructure, reinforcing our long-term commitment to global readiness. As the energy landscape evolves, OSRL continues to adapt, supporting our members wherever and whenever needed.

Global solutions for oil spill preparedness and response

With over 300 people across 13 strategic bases, OSRL provides industry-leading preparedness and response solutions to support members and industry worldwide.

Engage

We build long-term, trust-based relationships with our members and stakeholders, promoting collaboration and aligning good practice

Prepare

We help the industry stay ready for evolving risks by developing preparedness strategies and enhancing industry capability.

Respond

We provide global expertise and equipment to ensure effective spill response, anytime, anywhere

Learn more

Who we are

OSRL is the world’s largest industry-funded oil spill response cooperative, providing resources, technical support, and global response capability for over 40 years.

What we do at OSRL

Learn how OSRL supports the oil and gas industry through strategic response, preparedness, and collaboration—helping members stay ready for oil spill incidents worldwide.

How we operate

We operate to high safety, quality, and ethical standards, with HSEQ guiding our work—from training to risk management—to support our members as a trusted partner.