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Project Number 512
Date of Summary July 29, 2005
Subject Transfer of Decanting Technology Research to Oil Spill Response Organizations and Regulators
Performing Activity S. L. Ross Environmental Research, LTD.
Principal Investigator Ian Buist
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Completed
Description

This project will distill research results collected during the past 6 years of decanting experiments (including the use of chemical demulsifiers to enhance water separation) into proposed guidelines for operational use and to transfer technology to responders and regulators. These proposed guidelines will include a review of regulatory issues and procedures for minimizing environmental impacts.

Tasks of this project are;

  • Review the regulations covering decanting during offshore spill response operations in U. S. and Canadian water;

  • Assess the net environmental benefits of decanting offshore; and

  • Prepare a report for dissemination to the oil spill response community.
Progress This project is now complete
Reports
AA PDF (1.5MB) Transfer of Decanting Technology Research to Oil Spill Response Organizations and Regulators, S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, 63 pp., June 17, 2005.

 

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