Oil Spills at Sea
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Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Information on responding to an oil spill including your options, how to get a product approved and how long it will take. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Report a marine pollution incident
- Responding to oil spills at sea
- Do nothing
- Use an oil spill treatment product (OSTP)
- Request authorisation to use an OSTP during a pollution incident
- Standing approvals
- Approved Oil Spill Treatment Products
Source and licence
Marine Management Organisation
AttributionMarine Management Organisation, ‘Oil Spills at Sea’ (updated 26 February 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026