TY - JOUR N2 - The international community is presently facing a new hazard in the form of oil spills from drilling platforms rather than ships. The issue was first brought to public attention in conjunction with the 2009 West Atlas rig fire that resulted in oil pollution of Indonesia and northern shores of Australia. The wrangle continues in the wake of the recent Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. As of today there are no international measures that regulate the issues of civil liability for offshore drilling related pollution. Indonesia has put forward the matter to the International Maritime Organisation; the IMO intends to draft a convention. Civil liability for offshore drilling related pollution within domestic law is aseparate issue. In Polish law, Article 435 et seq of the Civil Code would apply. The pollution threat extends to the Baltic Sea, Northern Sea and other parts of the world. The issue is also being examined by the European Union. The European Agency for the Maritime Safety has mandate to act in case of damage related to offshore drilling. Following the example of the American Oil Pollution Act (1990), the EU aims to draft comprehensive laws that would cover pollution associated with the entire mining industry. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/93260/mainfile.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/93260 PY - 2013 IS - No XXIX EP - 47 A1 - Krężel, Paweł PB - Oddział PAN w Gdańsku DA - 2013 T1 - Civil liability for offshore drilling related pollution SP - 37 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/93260 T2 - Prawo Morskie ER -