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Project Number 160
Date of Summary April 5, 2002
Subject Study of Oil Spill Chemical Treating Agents
Performing Activity Emergencies Science Division, Environment Canada
Principal Investigator Dr. Merv F. Fingas
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Completed.
Description This is a Joint Industry Project (JIP) between MMS and Environment Canada to: (1) develop tests for oil spill chemical treating agents and apply these lessons to develop more effective and improved products; (2) to test commercial products for efficacy and toxicity; (3) to test oil spill dispersants to understand effectiveness and how they might be improved; and (4) to test new product ideas.

Dispersants:
- The dispersibility of Deep Water Gulf of Mexico oils was measured.
- The dispersant method developed has being written and submitted as an ASTM standard.
- Four new products were tested, Super dispersant, Disperant Sc-100, Vytac and a new (unnamed) Canadian dispersant.
- Testing dispersant effectiveness with catalog oil continues. Gulf of Mexico deepwater oils were completed and entered into the catalog.

Emulsion Breakers:
- Extensive work on emulsion formation was completed

Biodegradation Agents
- One new agent was tested
- The methodology has been finalized and three products moved forward towards acceptability
- Work has started on a soil methodology
- A series of papers were published on the consortium of bacteria used to standardize the methods

Solidifiers
- No work has been performed in this area, It has not been an active interest-wise area.
Progress Work has focused on filling gaps in dispersibility in the oil properties catalog. More than 400 new entries were added.

Reports
AA File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (29 pages) Fingas, M. F., Munn, D. L., White, B., Stoodley, R. G., Crerer, I. D., Laboratory Testing of Dispersant Effectiveness: The Importance of Oil-To Water Ratio and Settling Time, (Draft)
AB File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (42 pages) Fingas, M. F., Field Measurement of Effectiveness: Historical Review and Examination of Analytical Methods, (Draft)
AC File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (137 pages) Ross, S. L., An Experimental Study of Oil Spill Treating Agents That Inhibit Emulsification and Promote Dispersion, Environmental Emergency Manuscript Report Number EE-87, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, December 1986.
AD File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (32 pages) Chau, A., Sproule, J., Mackay, D., A Study of the Fundamental Mechanism of Chemical Dispersion of Oil Spills, Environmental Emergency Manuscript Report Number EE-81, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 25 pp., May 1987.
AE File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (8 pages) Fingas, M. F., Tennyson, E. J., Evaluation of Two New Oil Spill Chemical Additives: Elastol and Demoussifier, Spill Technology Newsletter Volume 13, No.2, pp. 40-46, 1988.
AF File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (9 pages) Fingas M. F., Evaluation of Oil Spill Chemical Additives, Proceedings of Technology Assessment and Research Program for Offshore Minerals Operation Workshop, Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, pp. 148-152, 1988.
AG File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (21 pages) Fingas, M. F., Chemical Treatment of Oil Spills, Proceedings of the Alaska Arctic Offshore Oil Spill Response Technology Workshop, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, pp. 27-46, 1988.
AH File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (29 pages) Fingas, M. F., DiFruscio, M., White, B., Tennyson, E. J., Studies on the Mechanism of Dispersant Action: Weathering and Selection of Alkanes, Proceedings of the Twelfth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, pp. 61-89, 1989.
AI File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (8 pages) Tennyson, E. J., Recent Results from Oil Spill Response Research, Proceedings from Oil Spills - Management and Legislative Implications Conference, Newport Rhode Island, May 1990.
AJ File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (4 pages) Fingas, M. F., Stoodley, R. G., Stone, N. D., Kolokowski, B. M., Testing of Oil Spill Treating Agents, Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference on Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Materials Research Control Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland, pp. 463-466, 1990.
AK File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (23 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kolokowski, B. M., Tennyson, E. J., Study of Oil Spill Dispersants; Effectiveness and Physical Studies, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Technical Seminar, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, pp. 265-287, 1990.
AL File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (12 pages) Fingas, M. F., Stoodley, R., Laroche, N., Effectiveness Testing of Spill-Treating Agents, Oil and Chemical Pollution, No. 7, pp. 337- 348, 1990.
AM File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (10 pages) Fingas, M. F., Stoodley, R., Stone, N., Hollins, R., Bier, I., Testing the Effectiveness of Oil Spill-Treating Agents: Laboratory Test Development and Initial Results, Proceedings of the Twelfth Biennial Conference on the Prevention, Behavior, Control, and Cleanup of Oil Spills, San Diego, California, March 4-7, 1991.
AN File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (21 pages) Fingas, M. F., Bier, I., Bobra, M., Callaghan, S., Studies on the Physical and Chemical Behavior of Oil and Dispersant Mixtures, Proceedings of the Twelfth Biennial Conference on the Prevention, Behavior, Control, and Cleanup of Oil Spills, San Diego, California, March 4-7, 1991.
AO File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (25 pages) Fingas, M., Studies on the Physical and Chemical Behavior of Oil and Disperant Mixtures A Review of Laboratory Dispersant Testing, Environment Canada, Emergencies Sciences Division, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 1991.
AP File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (22 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kyle, D. A., Bier, I. D., Lukose, A., Tennyson, E. J., Physical and Chemical Studies on Oil Spill Dispersants: The Effects of Energy, Proceedings of the Fourteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 12-14, 1991.
AQ File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (6 pages) Fingas, M. F., Tennyson, E. J., Chemical Treating Agents for Oil Spill Response - Recent Research Results, Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, Long Beach, California, July 8-12, 1991.
AR File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (18 pages) Fingas, M. F., Dispersants: A Review of Effectiveness Measures and Studies, Environmental Emergencies Technology Division, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1991.
AS File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (78 pages) Fingas, M. F., Tennyson, E. J., A Review of Oil Spill Dispersants and Their Effectiveness, Environmental Emergencies Technology Division, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1991.
AT File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (6 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kyle, D. A., Tennyson, E. J., Physical and Chemical Studies on Oil Spill Dispersants: Effectiveness Variation with Energy, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, pp. 135-142, June10-12, 1992.
AU File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (7 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kyle, D. A., Holmes, J. B., Tennyson, E. J., The Effectiveness of Dispersants: Variation with Energy, Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biennial Conference on the Prevention, Behavior, Control, and Cleanup of Oil Spills, pp. 567-572, Tampa, Florida, March 29 - April 1, 1993.
AV File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (15 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kyle, D. A., Tennyson, E. J., Physical and Chemical Studies on Dispersants: The Effect of Dispersant Amount and Energy, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, pp. 861-876, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 7-9, 1993.
AW File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (47 pages) Fingas, M. F., Fieldhouse, B., Bier, I., Conrod, D., Tennyson, E. J., Development of a Test for Water-In-Oil Emulsion Breakers, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, pp. 909-955, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 7- 9, 1993.
AX File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (38 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kyle, D. A., Wang, Z., Ackerman, F., Mullin, J. Testing Oil Spill Dispersant Effectiveness in the Laboratory, Proceedings of the Seventeenth Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, pp 905-941, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 8-10, 1994.
AY File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (17 pages) Fingas, M. F., Kyle, D. A., Lambert, P., Wang, Z., Mullin, J., Analytical Procedures for Measuring Oil Spill Dispersant Effectiveness in the Laboratory, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Arctic Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, pp. 339-354, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
AZ File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (23 pages) Fingas, M., Fieldhouse, B., Gamble, L., Mullin, J., Studies of Water-in-Oil Emulsions: Stability Classes and Measurement, Proceedings of the Eighteenth Arctic Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar, pp. 21-42, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1995.
BA File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (10 pages) Fingas, Merv F, Eleanor Huang, Ben Fieldhouse, Lei Wang, and Joseph V. Mullin, The Effect of Energy, Settling Time and Shaking Time on the Swirling Flask Dispersant Apparatus, Proceedings of the Twentieth Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, pp 541-550, 1997.
BB File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (10 pages) "The Development and Application of a Modified Analytical Procedure for Laboratory Dispersant Testing", in Proceedings of the Twenty-First Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, pp 271- 280, 1998.
BC File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (2 pages) Fingas, Merv F, Eleanor Huang, Ben Fieldhouse, Lei Wang, and Joseph V. Mullin, The Effect of Energy, Settling Time and Shaking Time on the Swirling Flask Dispersant Apparatus, Spill Science and Technology Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 193-194, 1996.
BD File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (11 pages) Fingas, M. Fieldhouse, B. Wang, Z. Singouin, L. Landriault, M., Analytical Procedures for Dispersant Effectiveness Testing In proceedings of the Twenty-Second Arctic Marine Oilspill Program Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, pp231-241, 1999.
BE File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). (8 pages) Fingas, M. Fieldhouse, B. Wang, Z. Singouin, L. Landriault, M., Recent Results from Dispersant Testing Proceeding of the 23rd Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, pp 681-688.

 

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