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Book Proceedings of the Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar

Download or read book Proceedings of the Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sessions included physical behaviour of oilspills, biological effects, shoreline protection and cleanup, combustion and incineration, containment and recovery, dispersants, countermeasures strategies, detection, tracking and remote sensing, activity updates and experimental spills.

Book Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar

Download or read book Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sessions include: Chemical and physical properties and behaviour. - Biological effects. - Spill countermeasures. - Dispersants. - Detection, tracking and remote sensing. - Shoreline cleanup and protection. - Experimental and recent spills.

Book Proceedings of the Tenth Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar

Download or read book Proceedings of the Tenth Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar written by Canada. Conservation and Protection and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at the tenth meeting held in Edmonton, June 10-12, 1986. Organized under six sessions: properties, behaviour and modelling; biological fate and effects; countermeasures; spill tracking and remote sensing; dispersants; activity reports and recent spill experiences.

Book Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar

Download or read book Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar written by Canada. Conservation and Protection and published by Conservation and Protection, Environment Canada. This book was released on 1986 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains papers presented at ninth Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar held in Edmonton, June 10-12, 1986. Seven sections: properties, behaviour and modelling; biological effects; countermeasures; activity reports/experimental spills/recent spills; detection/tracking/remote sensing; dispersants; and the Freshwater Oil Spill Research Program.

Book Proceedings Fifteenth Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar

Download or read book Proceedings Fifteenth Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar written by Canada. Technology Development Branch and published by The Branch. This book was released on 1992 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the seminar, covering the behaviour and fate of oil; assessment; activity reports from Washington State, Germany, Alaska, British Columbia and Michigan; remote sensing; countermeasures; in situ burning; bioremediation; biological effects; and shoreline cleanup.

Book Oil Spill Chemical Dispersants

Download or read book Oil Spill Chemical Dispersants written by Tom E. Allen and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1984 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Responding to Oil Spills in the U S Arctic Marine Environment

Download or read book Responding to Oil Spills in the U S Arctic Marine Environment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Arctic waters north of the Bering Strait and west of the Canadian border encompass a vast area that is usually ice covered for much of the year, but is increasingly experiencing longer periods and larger areas of open water due to climate change. Sparsely inhabited with a wide variety of ecosystems found nowhere else, this region is vulnerable to damage from human activities. As oil and gas, shipping, and tourism activities increase, the possibilities of an oil spill also increase. How can we best prepare to respond to such an event in this challenging environment? Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment reviews the current state of the science regarding oil spill response and environmental assessment in the Arctic region north of the Bering Strait, with emphasis on the potential impacts in U.S. waters. This report describes the unique ecosystems and environment of the Arctic and makes recommendations to provide an effective response effort in these challenging conditions. According to Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment, a full range of proven oil spill response technologies is needed in order to minimize the impacts on people and sensitive ecosystems. This report identifies key oil spill research priorities, critical data and monitoring needs, mitigation strategies, and important operational and logistical issues. The Arctic acts as an integrating, regulating, and mediating component of the physical, atmospheric and cryospheric systems that govern life on Earth. Not only does the Arctic serve as regulator of many of the Earth's large-scale systems and processes, but it is also an area where choices made have substantial impact on life and choices everywhere on planet Earth. This report's recommendations will assist environmentalists, industry, state and local policymakers, and anyone interested in the future of this special region to preserve and protect it from damaging oil spills.

Book The Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Download or read book The Alaskan Beaufort Sea written by Peter W. Barnes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Ecosystems and Environments provides an interdisciplinary view into almost all aspects of the environment, with a detailed survey of the background literature. This book focuses on the Alaskan Beaufort Shelf environment. Organized into four parts encompassing 20 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the characteristics and history of the region in which the research took place and defines the objectives of the studies program. This text then examines the subsynoptic meteorological networks along the Beaufort Sea coast and shelf. Other chapters consider the thermally generated mesoscale effects on surface winds and the orographic mesoscale effects on surface winds. This book discusses as well the phytoplankton associations and relative phytoplankton production in the area between the 20-m depth contour and the edge of the ice in summer. The final chapter deals with the characteristics of the ice cover and oil-ice interactions that will affect cleanup activities after blowout. This book is a valuable resource for scientists and conservationists.

Book In Situ Burning for Oil Spill Countermeasures

Download or read book In Situ Burning for Oil Spill Countermeasures written by Merv Fingas and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shelving Guide: Environmental Engineering In-situ burning is recognized as a viable alternative for cleaning up oil spills on land and water. It can rapidly reduce the volume of spilled oil and eliminate the need to collect, store, transport, and dispose of recovered oil, and can also shorten the response time to a spill, thus reducing the chances that the spill will spread on the water surface or further into land. This book will serve as a comprehensive reference for all aspects of in-situ burning of oil spills and include the scientific aspects of the burning process and the related effects, as well as practical information about the procedures to be followed and equipment required for carrying out an in-situ burn. Features Serves as a complete source of information on in-situ burning as well as practical guide on how to implement the procedures. Explains procedures for burning in different situations, including on water, land, and ice. Provides information on worker health and safety precautions during burning. Covers several different types of emissions, their environmental fate, and how to monitor them. Includes numerous illustrative case studies.

Book Chukchi Sea Oil Gas Lease Sale 126

Download or read book Chukchi Sea Oil Gas Lease Sale 126 written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oil Spills First Principles

Download or read book Oil Spills First Principles written by B. Ornitz† and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-06-18 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine oil spills are no longer considered unavoidable "accidents" resulting from adverse environmental conditions or functions of catastrophic events. More than 80% of all spills are the result of "human error". The focus of the current legal, regulatory, and convention framework affecting the transportation of oil by ship reflects a recent change in public attitude, in which there is an insistence upon protection of the world¿s marine environments, particularly coastal ecosystems. The outcome of such global attention is the creation of significant legal and political motivators for a cultural shift by the oil shipping industry, from an "evasion culture" to a "safety culture". The new safety culture connotes continuous improvement in ship operations and a willingness to adopt the evolving concepts of communication at all levels, better trained and qualified personnel on board ship, emphasis of safety from top down, and proactive institution of safety management systems. Mere compliance with international and national laws is no longer sufficient for future sustainable shipping. These changes and advancements in understanding the science and engineering of oil spills are the focus of this book on Oil Spills First Principles. They are Prevention, based upon adoption of the safety culture, and Best Response, utilizing scientific, technical and environmental data and information.Over the past 30 years, billions of US dollars have been spent in R&D planning, response and clean up of oil spills. All of these efforts have focused on achieving Best Response. The concept of time periods of "Technology Windows-of-Opportunity" for a given response and clean up technology has developed from the leadership and wisdom of researchers and responders from many nations using modeling of the weathering of spilled oil and technology effectiveness. The Windows-of-Opportunity strategy provides a scientific basis for policy and decision-making in oil spill planning, response, and training.A global paradigm shift is needed to more effectively utilize and expedite the application of lessons learned in both prevention and clean up. Recognition of economic, political, and legal benefits accruing from environmental protection is good for business and critical for sustainable shipping.