Technical Information

The National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) (currently under review):

  • Preparedness, Response and Cooperation to Marine Oil Spills
  • Overview of Global Initiative for West and Central Africa (GI-WACAF)
  • The status of oil spill sensitivity mapping in the West and Central Africa and examples of sensitivity mapping development
  • Introduction to Sensitivity Mapping
  • Sensitivity maps: Harmonisation and needs
  • Sensitivity mapping and ranking for decision makers
  • Sensitivity Mapping: Operations
  • Oil spill sensitivity mapping and its integration into the national oil spill preparedness effort
  • Action Plan for the development of a national oil spill coastal sensitivity mapping project
  • DPR Policy on Use of Dispersant
  • Environmental Sensitivity Index mapping of Nigerian Coastline
  • The Dispersant Approval Process
  • Regional Guidelines for Oil Spill Sensitivity Mapping
  • ESI Mapping Standards & Protocol (DPR)
  • Video Clip on Use of Dispersants

IMO Conventions

  • International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC) 1990
  • Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS Protocol)
  • International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971 (FUND 1971)
  • International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC 1969)

Relevant Websites

  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • Oil Spill Response Limited/ East Asia Response Limited (OSRL/EARL)
  • International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  • International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA)
  • International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Limited (ITOPF)
  • Interim Guinea Current Commission (IGCC)
  • IPIECA Oil Spill Working Group
  • Norwegian Oil for Development Initiative
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency, UK (MCA)