Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research Programme
UK Offshore Forum
You can also visit the EU Environment Register, below, to find out about EU proposals for environmental legislation that have or may have impacts on the offshore oil/gas industry.
OSPAR Offshore Industry Committee (
OIC)
OSPAR is the common name for the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, to which the UK is one of 16 contracting parties.
The Offshore Activities Strategy emphasises the importance of a goal-setting approach to regulation and the use of internationally recognised environmental management systems (
EMS). It is pursued within