Michael Keating

Ambipar Response - UK

Responding to its first oil spill incident over 70 years ago, Ambipar Response growth and expansion into all arenas of Incident Response are deeply rooted to that first oil spill. Today, the company maintains its credibility and reputation as one of the major Oil Spill Response providers in the world. Its personnel having responded to major Marine Oil Spills in numerous countries to incidents including the Exxon Valzez, Sea Empress, Erika and Prestige, Napoli, New Flame, Fedra and Rena in New Zealand Whilst large marine oil spills are rare, Ambipar Response provides Tier 2 response coverage to many UK Ports and Harbours and its nationwide network of response bases provides for very short response times when Marine Oil Spills occur. Accredited to the highest environmental agency level, the highly experienced Oil Spill Response Teams are fully equipped to responded to both Marine and Inland Oil Spill Incidents, from Diesel Spillages to those of Heavy Fuel Oil. In addition to this, all personnel are trained and response bases equipped to undertake Road Tanker Rollover Responses, transferring cargoes of road tankers to minimise the negative effect of the Environment . Where spills do occur, rapid intervention reduces the overall impact on the Environment. In addition to being trained and experienced in physical oil spill response, all responders within the company are trained to respond in highly safety critical environments such as on the Road and Rail infrastructure and also within facitlities such as Oil Refineries and Airports.