Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective

365 Pages·2008·8.7 MB·English

by  A. Tucci (auth.), W. F. Davidson, K. Lee, A. Cogswell (eds.)

Oil Spill Response: A Global Perspective
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Series C: Environmental Security
Oil Spill Response: A Global
Perspective
edited by
W.F. Davidson
NATO/CCMS National Representative,
Director (National Facilities) National Research Council,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K. Lee
Centre for Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

and

A. Cogswell
Centre for Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Research,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada,
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Proceedings of the NATO CCMS Workshop on
Oil Spill Response
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
11– 13 October 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY REPORT xiii
INTRODUCTION xvi
PART 1. ARCTIC RESEARCH ISSUES 1
OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND THE CHALLENGES OF ARCTIC
MARINE SHIPPING: AN ASSESSMENT BY THE ARCTIC COUNCIL 3
A. TUCCI
OIL SPILLS IN THE ARCTIC: A REVIEW OF THREE DECADES
OF RESEARCH AT ENVIRONMENT CANADA 5
B. HOLLEBONE & M.F. FINGAS
OIL UNDER ICE DETECTION: WHAT IS THE STATE-OF-THE-ART? 7
R. GOODMAN
1. Introduction 7
2. Existing Technology 10
3. What’s Next? 18
4. Conclusions 18
References 18
PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR OIL SPILL
RECOVERY OPERATIONS IN ARCTIC CONDITIONS 21
J.P. MACKEY
IN-SITU BURNING FOR OIL SPILLS IN ARCTIC WATERS:
STATE-OF-THE-ART AND FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS 23
S. POTTER & I. BUIST
1. Introduction 24
2. The Fundamentals of In-situ Burning 25
3. Environmental and Human Health Risks 28
4. Burning Spills in Ice and Snow 31
5. Technologies for Conducting In-situ Burns 35
Reference 38
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RECENT MID-SCALE RESEARCH ON USING OIL HERDING
SURFACTANTS TO THICKEN OIL SLICKS IN PACK ICE
FOR IN-SITU BURNING 41
I. BUIST, S. POTTER, L. ZABILANSKY, A. GUARINO
& J. MULLIN
1. Introduction 42
2. Background 42
3. Testing at CRREL 45
4. Testing at Ohmsett 54
5. Future Plans 60
6. Sumary 61
7. Acknowledgements and Disclaimer 61
References 62
WEATHERING OF OIL SPILLS UNDER ARCTIC CONDITIONS:
FIELD EXPERIMENTS WITH DIFFERENT ICE CONDITIONS
FOLLOWED BY IN-SITU BURNING 63
P.J. BRANDVIK, L.-G FAKSNESS, D. DICKINS & J. BRADFORD
DISPERSANT EFFECTIVENESS EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED
ON ALASKAN CRUDE OILS IN VERY COLD WATER
AT THE OHMSETT FACILITY 65
J.V. MULLIN
ENHANCED CHEMICAL DISPERSION USING THE PROPELLER
WASH FROM RESPONSE VESSELS 67
T. NEDWED & W. SPRING
EVALUATION OF ARCTIC IN-SITU OIL SPILL RESPONSE
COUNTERMEASURES 69
K. LEE
OMA FORMATION IN ICE-COVERED BRACKISH WATERS:
LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENTS 71
D. CLOUTIER & B. DOYON
1. Introduction 71
2. Materials and Methods 73
3. Results and Discussion 76
4. Conslusions 87
References 87
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JOINT INDUSTRY PROGRAM ON OIL SPILL IN ARCTIC AND ICE
INFESTED WATERS: AN OVERVIEW 89
S.E. SØRSTRØM, I. SINGSAAS & P.J. BRANDVIK
COUNTERMEASURES FOR THE BEAUFORT TRANSITION
SEASON 91
L. SOLSBERG
1. Introduction 91
2. Oil/Ice Behaviour 92
3. Countermeasures for Oil in Ice 95
4. Conclusions 108
5. Acknowledgements 109
References 109
PART 2. OIL SPILL COUNTERMEASURES 111
NEW OIL CONTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY: FOR FAST
AND NARROW WATERS 113
J. ALLERS & D. TRITES
VISCOUS OIL PUMPING TECHNOLOGY AND ANNULAR
WATER LUBRICATION TECHNIQUES 115
J.P. MACKEY
DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGY FOR OFFSHORE USE
OF DISPERSANTS IN NORWEGIAN WATERS 117
I. SINGSAAS, M. REED & T. NORDTUG
FRENCH SEA TRIALS ON CHEMICAL DISPERSION:
DEPOL 04 & 05 119
F.-X. MERLIN
1. Introduction 120
2. DEPOL 04 General Organization 121
3. Description of the Tests 122
4. Depol 04 General Conclusions 133
5. Depol 05 Presentation 135
6. General Conclusions 139
7. Acknowledgements 140
References 140
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DISPERSANT RESEARCH IN A SPECIALIZED WAVE TANK:
MIMICKING THE MIXING ENERGY OF NATURAL SEA STATES 141
A.D. VENOSA, K. LEE, Z. LI & M.C. BOUFADEL
WAVE TANK STUDIES ON CHEMICAL DISPERSANT
EFFECTIVENESS: DISPERSED OIL DROPLET SIZE
DISTRIBUTION 143
Z. LI, K. LEE, P. KEPKAY, T. KING, W. YEUNG,
M.C. BOUFADEL & A.D. VENOSA
1. Introduction 14
2. Materials and Methods 145
3. Results and Discussion 147
4. Conclusions 156
5. Acknowledgements 157
References 157
WAVE TANK STUDIES ON FORMATION AND TRANSPORT
OF OMA FROM THE CHEMICALLY DISPERSED OIL 159
K. LEE, Z. LI, T. KING, P. KEPKAY, M.C. BOUFADEL
& A.D. VENOSA
1. Introduction 160
2. Materials and Methods 161
3. Results and Discussion 164
4. Conclusions 173
5. Acknowledgements 174
References 174
PART 3. BIOLO GICAL EFFECTS AND MONITORING 179
HABITAT RECOVERY
OPTIMAL NUTRIENT APPLICATION STRATEGIES FOR THE
BIOREMEDIATION OF TIDALLY-INFLUENCED BEACHES 181
M.C. BOUFADEL, H. LI, C.-H. ZHAO & A.D. VENOSA
BENTHOS COMMUNITY MONITORING OF A DUMPING AREA
DURING LIQUID NATURAL GAS PLANT CONSTRUCTION 183
A.D. SAMATOV & V.S. LABAY
1. Materials and Methods 184
2. Results 185
3. Conclusion 189
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OIL FINGERPRINTING AND SPILL SOURCE IDENTIFICATION 191
Z. WANG
WHAT COMPOUNDS IN CRUDE OIL CAUSE CHRONIC TOXICITY
TO LARVAL FISH? 193
P. HODSON, C. KHAN, G. SARAVANABHAVAN, L. CLARKE,
B. SHAW, K. NABETA, A. HELFERTY, S. BROWN, Z. WANG,
B. HOLLEBONE, K. LEE & J. SHORT
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF AN ORIMULSION SPILL ON MARINE
(ATLANTIC HERRING; Clupea harengus) AND ESTUARINE
(MUMMICHOG; Fundulus heteroclitus) FISH SPECIES
IN ATLANTIC CANADA 195
S. COURTENAY, M. BOUDREAU, K. LEE, P. HODSON
& M. SWEEZEY
EFFECTIVENESS OF DISPERSANTS FOR COASTAL HABITAT
PROTECTION AS A FUNCTION OF TYPES OF OIL AND
DISPERSANT 197
Q. LIN & I.A. MENDELSSOHN
HOW CLEAN IS CLEAN?: DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING
METHODS TO DETERMINE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIALLY
ACCEPTABLE END-POINTS OF CLEAN-UP 199
J. FEJES, A. MARTINSSON & E. LINDBLOM
PART 4. MODELLING, FATE AND TRANSPORT 201
MICROBIAL AND ABIOTIC REMOVAL OF HYDROCARBON
COMPONENTS IN OIL TANKER BALLAST WATER PROCESSED
BY THE ALYESKA BALLAST WATER TREATMENT FACILITY
IN PORT VALDEZ, ALASKA 203
J.R. PAYNE, W.B. DRISKELL, J.F. BRADDOCK, J. BAILEY,
J.W. SHORT, L. KA’AIHUE & T.H. KUCKERTZ
OIL SPILL DRIFT AND FATE MODEL 205
M. SAYED, M. SERRER & E. MANSARD
1. Introduction 205
2. Governing Equations 206
3. Implementation 213
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4. Examples 214
5. Conclusions 219
6. Acknowledgements 219
References 219
MODELLING OF OIL DROPLET KINETICS UNDER BREAKING
WAVES 221
Z. CHEN, C.S. ZHAN, K. LEE, Z. LI & M. BOUFADEL
1. Introduction 2
2. Modeling Methods and Approaches 223
3. A Combined Numerical and Wave-Tank Modeling Study 228
4. Concluding Remarks 235
References 235
THE NECESSITY OF APPLYING SAR IMAGERY TO OIL SPILL
MODELING IN CASES OF DATA OBFUSCATION 237
M. PERKOVIC, L. DELGADO, M. DAVID, S. PETELIN
& R. HARSH
1. Introduction 238
2. Materials and Methods 238
3. Results 248
4. Conclusion 254
5. Acknowledgements 255
Refernces 25
PART 5. RISK ASSESSMENT/CONTINGENCY
PLANNING/OPERATIONAL RESPONSE/POLICY 25 7
PREVENTION OF OIL SPILLS CAUSED BY PREMEDITATED
NEGATIVE INFLUENCE 259
V. KRIVILEV
SPILLVIEW: A SUPPORT TO DECISION-MAKING SOFTWARE
IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO MARINE OIL SPILL 261
M. BLOUIN
1. Introduction 262
2. Context 262
3. System Design, Structure and Functions 263
4. Discusion 269
5. For More Information 269
References 270