Project Number | 554 | ||||||
Date of Summary | March 19, 2007 | ||||||
Subject |
Mid-Scale Test Tank Research On Using Oil Herding Surfactants To Thicken Oil Slicks In Broken Ice |
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Performing Activity | S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd. | ||||||
Principal Investigator |
Ian Buist |
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Contracting Agency | Minerals Management Service | ||||||
Estimated Completion | Completed | ||||||
Description |
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) and ExxonMobil are jointly funding research on the use of chemical herding agents to thicken oil spills in broken ice to allow them to be effectively ignited and burned in situ. Laboratory and small scale wave tank research is complete (results very promising). The next three phases are:
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Progress |
Five full scale research experiments on the efficacy of herders to thicken oil slicks among broken ice at sub-zero temperatures were successfully conducted at the scale of 1000 m2 at Ohmsett – The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility from February 13-17, 2006. From November 2-7, 2006 a series of in situ burn experiments were successfully conducted on the scale of 50 m2 with chemical herders and crude oil at the Fire Training Grounds, Prudhoe Bay, AK. The burns were conducted in a specially prepared pit containing broken sea ice. This is a permitted activity and all necessary permits have been secured. All planned experiments in the test matrix were completed. MMS has reviewed and accepted the final report. This project is complete. |
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Reports |
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AA (237 pages, 6,014 KB) | Mid-Scale Test Tank Research on Using Oil Herding Surfactants to Thicken Oil Slicks in Broken Ice, S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, Canada, 66pp., March 7, 2007. | ||||||
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