Statutory guidance
Approved oil spill treatment products
List of UK approved oil spill treatment products including the name, nature and type, and what they are approved for
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Published 11 June 2014
Last updated
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31 July 2025
Corexit EC9500B - removed
14 July 2025
Eflochem OSD added to the Approved oil spill treatment products list - Monday 14 July 2025 update.
7 May 2025
FINASOL OSR 52 IBC added.
26 March 2025
Approved oil spill treatment products - updated
13 March 2025
Superdispersant-25 - update
27 February 2025
Update - Oil Spill Eater II
5 February 2025
Approved oil spill treatment products - update
8 January 2025
Radiagreen OSD expiry changed to 03/02/2030.
17 April 2024
Product Slickgone EW now expires 25/03/2029.
11 March 2024
Chimec Chimsperse 6000 - update
24 November 2023
Corexit EC9500A Type: D – 2/3 expiry date updated to 08/11/2028
3 November 2023
Update 03/11/23
3 August 2023
Product list updated
24 July 2023
Updated expiry date
3 March 2023
Finasol update
28 December 2022
Cleancare OSD Enviro added to list of approved products.
16 November 2021
OSD amendment
16 February 2021
Updated removed De Solve It 1000
31 July 2020
Update to Corexit TMEC9500B
29 January 2020
The product OSD ECO HD has passed Cefas testing and is now placed on the MMO’s approved dispersants list
20 January 2020
Page updated to reflect Approved Oil Spill Products updates
14 January 2019
Corexit EC9500A added
11 January 2019
Caflon OSD removed
19 December 2018
Corexit EC9500A removed
6 December 2018
Chimec Chimsperse 6000 added
20 November 2018
OSR removed
19 June 2018
Seacare Ecosperse 52 removed
7 June 2018
Slick gone updated
7 March 2018
Finasol 51 OSR date extended
21 March 2017
Seacare Ecosperse removed
9 February 2017
Eflochem added
15 July 2016
Disperep 12 added
20 June 2016
Agma OSD 569 removed
9 June 2016
Dates changed
12 February 2016
Nature Sorb and CI agent removed
29 October 2015
De Solv It 1000 expiry date amended to 28/10/2020
15 July 2015
Corexit EC9500B added and OD expiry date extended
19 May 2015
Finasol OSR 52 expiry date updated
29 April 2015
Telephone number changed
3 March 2015
Super-dispersant 25 expiry date amended to 17/03/2020
20 February 2015
Radiagreen OSD product added to list
26 January 2015
Oil Spill Eater II approved oil spill treatment product details added
11 June 2014
First published.