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Project Number 311
Date of Summary October 04, 1999
Subject Oil Spill Containment, Remote Sensing, and Tracking from Deep Water Blowouts Status of Existing and Emerging Technologies
Performing Activity PCCI Marine and Environmental Engineering
Principal Investigator Mr. Thomas Hudon
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Completion Complete
Description This is an assessment of existing or developing technologies that could be used to sense, track, contain and recover oil released by deep water blowouts or pipeline ruptures. The assessment will include literature reviews, consultation with experts in well control and a review of U.S. and international patents for developing technologies in this field.
Progress A final report was accepted in May. The full text of the final report is available below.

Reports
AA (4.935 KB) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Oil Spill Containment, Remote Sensing and Tracking for Deepwater Blowouts: Status of Existing and Emerging Technologies, Final Report, PCCI Marine and Environmental Engineering, March 24, 2000.

 

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