Oil spills

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Services

• Report an environmental problem

  How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.

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Guidance and regulation

• Oil Spills at Sea
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 February 2025
  • Marine Management Organisation
• How we respond to marine pollution incidents
  • Detailed guide
  • 31 July 2018
  • Marine Management Organisation
• Approved oil spill treatment products
  • Statutory guidance
  • 7 May 2025
  • Marine Management Organisation
• UK national standard for marine oil spill response organisations
  • Guidance
  • 20 December 2023
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• How to use oil spill treatment products and equipment
  • Guidance
  • 29 April 2015
  • Marine Management Organisation

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Research and statistics

• Exercise Phoenix
  • 7 October 2022
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Transport, and Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning
  • Research
• Exercise CELTIC DEEP
  • 9 February 2021
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Department for Transport
  • Research
• Exercise SHEN
  • 5 August 2019
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, North Sea Transition Authority, The Scottish Government, Closed organisation: Oil and Gas Authority, and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Research
• Exercise grey seal
  • 20 July 2017
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Research

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Organisations

• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Marine Management Organisation
• Department for Transport
• Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment & Decommissioning
• Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

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