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

       Technical Information

1. Preparedness, Response and Cooperation to Marine Oil Spills
2. Overview of Global Initiative for West and Central Africa (GI-WACAF)
3. The status of oil spill sensitivity mapping in the West and Central Africa and examples of sensitivity mapping development
4. Introduction to Sensitivity Mapping
5. Sensitivity maps: Harmonisation and needs
6. Sensitivity mapping and ranking for decision makers
7. Sensitivity Mapping: Operations
8. Oil spill sensitivity mapping and its integration into the national oil spill preparedness effort
9. Action Plan for the development of a national oil spill coastal sensitivity mapping project
10. DPR Policy on Use of Dispersant
11. Environmental Sensitivity Index mapping of Nigerian Coastline
12. The Dispersant Approval Process
13. Regional Guidelines for Oil Spill Sensitivity Mapping
14. ESI Mapping Standards & Protocol (DPR)
15. 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)