Hundreds of emergency responders snapped into action at sea, on land and in the air off Norway last week during one of Europe’s largest oil-spill exercises.

Multinational co-operation is essential for saving lives and the environment in today’s modern oil spills because no single country will be able to tackle a truly major incident all on its own. That was one of the primary messages from the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) as it hosted what was the largest oil-spill exercise in the country's history.