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The TA&R Program cooperates with the National Energy Board (NEB) of Canada to jointly several research initiatives regarding the safety and pollution prevention aspects of offshore oil and gas operations. These projects have dealt with the integrity of marine pipelines and the assessment of human factors as to the safety of operations. We have jointly sponsored a number of international workshops, such as the Sea Ice Mechanics and Arctic Modeling Workshop, to assess current technology and set priorities for future research. The NEB has also been very active with MMS and other regulatory authorities in sponsoring the International Committee on Regulatory Authorities on Research and Development (ICRARD) to share information and to cooperate on research to the safety of offshore operations. MMS works cooperatively with Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian industry to jointly fund research projects to improve oil spill detection, containment and response in the marine environment. Presently, the following research projects are ongoing:

bullet Evaluations of oil spill sorbents and development of a sorbents database
 
bullet Dispersant effectiveness experiments on heavy crude oils
 
bullet Chemical dispersibility of crude oils in non-breaking waves
 
bullet Dispersant effectiveness experiments on realistic emulsions
 
bullet Chemical characteristics of an oil and the relationship to dispersant effectiveness
 
bullet Mechanical Oil Recovery in Ice Infested Waters (MORICE)
 

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