Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project
Number |
395 |
| Date of Summary |
February 27,
2004 |
| Subject |
Extending Temporary
Storage Capacity Offshore with Emulsion Breakers |
| Performing Activity |
S.L. Ross
Environmental Research Ltd. |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. Ian Buist |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
|
Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
The purpose of the
study was assess the effectiveness of chemical emulsion breakers combined
with rapid decanting and treatment of recovered oil when responding to an
offshore oil spill. This effort builds upon previous project entitled
“Testing at Ohmsett to Determine Optimum Times to Decant to Temporary
Storage Devices” Project 298, where S. L. Ross tested at Ohmsett, decanting
at several different periods to determine the best time to separate excess
water collected during oil spill clean-up operations. Know the proper time
to decant will insure that the captured oil is not re-released in the water
and it will allow the skimming vessel to remain on location longer. Adding
chemicals to this operation will further aid water/oil separation and allow
for more frequent and cleaner decanting. |
| Progress |
Project is
complete. |
|
Report |
AA
(5.5MB)
 |
Extending Temporary
Storage Capacity Offshore with Emulsion Breakers, S.L. Ross Environmental
Research , March 15, 2002. |
|
AB
(2.8MB)
|
Buist, Ian, Lewis,
A., Guarino, A., DeVitis, D., Nolan, K., Smith,B., Lane, J., “Extending
Temporary Storage Capacity with Emulsion Breakers”, Proceedings of the 25th
Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, pp. 139-168,
Environmental Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 2002. |
|
AC
(1.0MB)
|
Buist, Ian., Potter, S., Lewis, A., Guarino, A.,
DeVitis, D., Smith, B., Lane, J., “Decanting Test at Ohmsett with and
without Emulsion Breakers”, Proceedings of the 2003 International Oil Spill
Conference, pp. 827-831, API, Washington, D. C., 2003. |
|
AD
(1.3MB)
|
Buist,
I., Lewis, A., Devitis, D., Studies on
Decanting Recovered Oil Spill Fluids, Proceedings of the Interspill 2004
Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 2004 |
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