Oil spills

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Report an environmental incident

How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
Get an oil spill treatment product approved: application form

Application form for getting an oil spill treatment product approved.

Clean an oil spill at sea and get oil spill treatments approved
- Detailed guide
- 6 August 2024
- Marine Management Organisation
How we respond to marine pollution incidents
- Detailed guide
- 31 July 2018
- Marine Management Organisation
Get an oil spill treatment product approved: tests
- Statutory guidance
- 10 November 2023
- Marine Management Organisation
Marine Pollution Contingency Plan
- Statutory guidance
- 27 September 2023
- Marine Management Organisation
Approved oil spill treatment products
- Statutory guidance
- 17 April 2024
- Marine Management Organisation

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