• COMBATTING AT SEA. Response techniques when the oil is still in the water and has not yet reached the shoreline.

  • COMBATTING ON LAND. Response techniques when the oil is very close to the shoreline or has already stranded.

  • PREVENTION AT SEA. Measures that can be taken to make extraction and transportation of oil at sea safer.

  • PREVENTION ON LAND. Measures that can be taken to avoid oils from being discharged from land-based sources into the marine environment.
Different methods to clean up and fight oil that is already in the sea and on the shores. However, measures include also all the things we can do to at sea and on land to prevent marine oil pollution. Photos: © U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.