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Oil Spill Science and Technology

Oil Spills: Damage, Recovery, and Prevention (A Save-the-Earth Book) by Laurence P. Pringle, 1993-05

Before and After an Oil Spill: The Arthur Kill

Oil and Hydrocarbon Spills III : Modelling, Analysis and Control (Water Studies) by C. A. Brebbia, 2002-08-27

Environmental Problems in Coastal Regions VI: Including Oil Spill Studies by C. A. Brebbia, 2006-05-17

Disaster in the Gulf - British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Impacts on Wildlife, Fisheries, Cleanup Efforts, Investigation (Ringbound Book and DVD-ROM) by U.S. Government, 2010-05-26

Hard aground: The story of the Argo Merchant oil spill by Ron Winslow, 1978

Coastal Environment V: Incorporating Oil Spill Studies (Environmental Studies, 10) (v. 5) by C. A. Brebbia, J. M. Saval Perez, et all 2004-04-06

Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Riki Ott, 2008-11-15

Sound Truth & Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Riki Ott, 2005-01-01

Who Will Pay for the Oil Spill? by Rawle O. King, Congressional Research Service, 2010-05-28

Oil Spill: Disaster by Scholastic, 2010-09-01

Newsweek, June 14, 2010-BP's Massive U.S. Gulf Coast Oil Spill-What the Spill Will Kill. The largest environmental disaster in U.S. History. Newsweek magazine, June 14, 2010. by June 14, 2010-BP's Massive U.S. Gulf Coast Oil Spill-What the Spill Will Kill Newsweek magazine, June 14, 2010. Newsweek, 2010

Oil Spills by Joanna Burger, 1997-02

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge News - ANWR - Prudhoe Bay
BP Amoco oil company's Prudhoe Bay oil and gas field operators provide insight into BP crude oil drilling in ANWR and the technology in place to prevent oil spills and loss of life.
http://anwrnews.com

Extractions: Site By: Chris Grady SiteAnnounce.com (pro bono) BP Prudhoe Bay Facilities This site has been established by and for the many concerned Prudhoe Bay BP operators who fear for their lives and the environment due to violations of Government regulations and requirements by BP. - Facilitated by their spokesman Charles Hamel "Mr Brian, an instrument technician and operator, filed a complaint with OSHA after the August 16 explosion, which he believes could have been prevented. After that, he said, his field supervisor, Randy Selman, ousted him from a meeting on safety, preventing his views from being heard." Source Financial Times "Charles Hamel, an advocate for BP workers in Alaska , said staff had complained about the fairness of BP's internal investigation. "One of the people in the investigation team was the one giving the 'verbal waiver' to flow the well without the proper diagnostics. He was, in effect, investigating himself," Mr Hamel said." Source Financial Times
ITOPF Past Spill Statistics
Numbers of oil spills and total amount spilt. Figure 1 Numbers of spillsover 700 tonnes. Figure 2 Quantities of oil spilt. Major oil spills.
http://www.itopf.com/stats.html

Extractions: HISTORICAL DATA Statistics Since 1974 ITOPF has maintained a database of oil spills from tankers, combined carriers and barges. This covers all accidental spillages except those resulting from acts of war. The database contains information on both the spill itself (amount and type of oil spilt, cause and location) and the vessel involved. For historical reasons, spills are generally categorised by size ( 700 tonnes) although the actual amount spilt is also recorded. Information is now held on nearly 10,000 incidents, the vast majority of which (85%) fall into the smallest category i.e. <7 tonnes. Information is gathered from both published sources, such as the shipping press and other specialist publications, and also from vessel owners and their insurers. Not surprisingly, information from published sources generally relates to large spills, often resulting from collisions, groundings, structural damage, fires and explosions, whereas the majority of individual reports relate to small operational spillages. Complete reporting of this latter type of spill is clearly difficult to achieve. It should be noted that the figures for amount of oil spilt in an incident include all oil lost to the environment, including that which is burnt or remains in a sunken vessel. There is considerable annual variation in both the incidence of oil spills and the amounts of oil lost and so the figures in the following tables, and any averages derived from them should be viewed with caution.
Redirect To The O'Brien's Group
Emergency response team speciailizing in managing oil spills, fires, hazmat releases, natural disasters, and industrial accidents.
http://www.erst.com/
Oil Fate During Oil Spills In The Marine Environment
Short discussion of oil behavior and fate during an oil spill, with links to additional information.Category Science Environment oil spills NOW! Highly recommended by the OffshoreEnvironment.com! oil spillsin the sea. by Industry. oil spills in the marine environment. Fate
http://www.offshore-environment.com/oil.html

Extractions: based on "Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry" Below you will find a short discussion of oil fate and behavior during an oil spill in the sea. Click on the links at the end of the page to find more information on Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry. Fate and behavior of oil in the marine environment Complex processes of oil transformation in the marine environment start developing from the first seconds of oil's contact with seawater. The progression, duration, and result of these transformations depend on the properties and composition of the oil itself, parameters of the actual oil spill, and environmental conditions. The main characteristics of oil transformations are their dynamism, especially at the first stages, and the close interaction of physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms of dispersion and degradation of oil components up to their complete disappearance as original substances. Similar to an intoxicated living organism, a marine ecosystem destroys, metabolizes, and deposits the excessive amounts of hydrocarbons, transforming them into more common and safer substances.
`Nature And Technology Combined In Superior Oil Sorbent Products´
Management of oil spills on land or water with biodegradable oil absorbing products like sorbents, booms, mats and emergency units and other equipment.
http://clear-passage.com
Oil Spills
worldWorldDisasters oil spills. 1976 Dec. 15, Buzzards Bay, Mass.Argo Merchant ran aground and broke apart southeast of Nantucket
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001451.html

Extractions: World Disasters Dec. 15, Buzzards Bay, Mass.: Argo Merchant ran aground and broke apart southeast of Nantucket Island, spilling its entire cargo of 7.7 million gallons of fuel oil. March 16, off Portsall, France: wrecked supertanker Amoco Cadiz June 3, Gulf of Mexico: exploratory oil well Ixtoc 1 blew out, spilling an estimated 140 million gallons of crude oil into the open sea. Although it is the largest known oil spill, it had a low environmental impact. Nov. 1, Gulf of Mexico: estimated 2.6 million gallons of oil were released into the environment when Burmah Agate collided with the freighter Mimosa southeast of Galveston Entrance in the Gulf.
Ocean Planet: Oil Pollution
Bottomdwelling fish exposed to compounds released after oil spillsmay develop liver disease and reproductive and growth problems.
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html

Extractions: The text on this site is presented as an archival version of the script of "Ocean Planet," a 1995 Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition. The content reflects the state of knowledge at the time of the exhibition, and has not been updated. The information on this buoy is divided into the three categories listed below. The graph below shows how many millions of gallons of oil each source puts into the oceans worldwide each year Used engine oil can end up in waterways. An average oil change uses five quarts; one change can contaminate a million gallons of fresh water. Much oil in runoff from land and municipal and industrial wastes ends up in the oceans. 363 million gallons Road runoff adds up
Wildlife And Nature In Atlantic Canada
Informs us of the Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Network, weather, pollution, migratory birds, endangered species, smuggling, wetlands, hunting and response to oil spills.
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/index.html

Extractions: Pacific and Yukon Region Select a Topic Children's Environmental Health Climate Community Programs Contact List of Experts Emergencies Enforcement and Compliance Environmental Assessment Environmental Links Funding Programs Hunting Hurricane Centre Legislation We Administer Marketplace: Our Products Media Spokespersons Meet Our Minister Meteorology News Releases Pollution Information Publications Severe Weather Awareness Smog Forecast Wildlife Atlantic Region Nature and Wildlife March 2003 Ends Like a Lion The Species at Risk Act received Royal Assent December 12th, 2002, bringing to a close a nine-year legislative process to protect Canada's species at risk and their critical habitat. The new legislation will come into force in 2003 Rich with photos, sounds, video, data and details, this web site should serve as a starting point for anyone wanting to know more about the species Read a new brochure on the Piping Plover in Eastern Canada This plan defines the role of the Atlantic Region in response to oil spills involving migratory birds and species at risk.
Oil Spills Fact Sheet
oil spills A Fact Sheet. What Happens When oil spills When oil spills and mixeswith water it can contaminate drinking water, kill fish and poison wildlife.
http://www.awma.org/resources/education/oilspills.htm

Extractions: Member Services Events Publications Resources Oil Spills - A Fact Sheet REVISION May 1, 2000 Tarred beaches, dead and dying wildlife, damaged fisheries, contaminated water supplies. These are the short-term effects of an oil spill. In the long-term, toxic materials from oil can remain in the water and on the land for many years. They can build up in the food chain to lethal levels, and destroy or disrupt and area's ecosystem. How Oil Spills Occur: Petroleum is used as a vehicle fuel, heating source for homes and industry, for electricity generation, and as a feedstock for the chemical industry. Because of the huge demand for oil, enormous quantities are moved from production areas to where the oil is used. Oil is pumped from the ground, refined, transported and stored. There are many steps in this process during which oil can spill from well heads, drill rigs, tankers, pipelines and storage tanks. Oil may leak from ocean-going ships during accidental and deliberate spills. Spills can happen on land or water when oil is incorrectly handled, there are railway or truck accidents, tankers or barges collide, the insides of tankers are washed, and when natural oil deposits seep. Sometimes when people change the oil in their cars, they dump the used, dirty oil on the ground or down the storm sewer. The rain carries the oil with the metals and particles from the car engine into streams and creeks. If you added up all the oil dumped on the ground in a year, it would equal or surpass a serious oil tanker spill.
City Of Victoria - Oil Spills
publications urban design what's new zoning property management environmentalbeaches contaminated sites (air, land, sea) oil spills recycling pollution
http://www.city.victoria.bc.ca/residents/environmental_oil.shtml
C.J. Liquid Waste Haulage
Specializes in clean up of chemical spills, oil spills and liquid or dry waste removal. Certified under the T.D.G. act and licensed by the M.O.E.
http://www.liquidwaste-removal.com/
Oil Spills
world and newsAlmanacWorld and NewsDisaster DigestAccidentArchive oil spills. Accidental oil spills, usually caused when
http://www.factmonster.com/cgi-bin/id/A0001451.html
EtnaConstructionCo
Underground tank removal and hazardous waste clean up from home heating oil spills. Serving New Hampshire and eastern Massachusetts.
http://www.geocities.com/oiltankremoval/

Extractions: Since 1986 Serving Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Home Why Choose Us? Photo's of our Jobs Problem with an underground tank or other environmental issue? Not sure? Give us a call, All estimates are free and confidential. Home Owners / Realtors Commerical Environmental Links Peter Curro Call: 1 - 800 - 490 - TANK ton1969326@aol.com Our Referrals List. www.oiltankremoval.com My Other Interest.
Major Oil Spills In Australia
Major oil spills in Australia. Australia ship. A number of significantoil spills have occurred however, and these are listed below.
http://www.amsa.gov.au/me/edu/oilspillsum.htm

Extractions: Major Oil Spills in Australia Australia has been fortunate not to have experienced a catastrophic oil spill from a ship. A number of significant oil spills have occurred however, and these are listed below. A brief summary on each spill is provided below. Date Vessel Location Oil amount Korean Star Cape Cuvier WA 600 tonnes Al Qurain Portland VIC 184 tonnes Arthur Phillip Cape Otway VIC unknown Sanko Harvest Esperance WA 700 tonnes Kirki WA 17,280 tonnes Era Port Bonython SA 300 tonnes Iron Baron Hebe Reef TAS 325 tonnes Mobil Refinery Port Stanvac SA 230 tonnes Sydney NSW 250 tonnes Brief information on spills Korean Star - Western Australia, May 1988 A major incident in Western Australia occurred when the bulk carrier Korean Star grounded in the vicinity of Cape Cuvier, within the port limits of Carnarvon. The vessel went aground on 20 May 1988 as a result of cyclonic weather conditions, which caused it to drag its anchor. The Korean Star was declared a constructive total loss after it broke in two following the grounding. About 600 tonnes of fuel oil were lost from the vessel.
Australian Distributor Of Environmentally Friendly Products - Natural Oz Clean -
Environmentally safe cleaning products for oil spills. Product information, case studies, and EPA advice.
http://www.natozclean.com

Extractions: Bio-Smart Absorbent 15 is a safe environmentally-friendly solution developed to quickly absorb a wide variety of liquids including petroleum, oils, fuels, solvents, cooking oils, sewage, protein fluids. Manufactured from a special selection of organic cellulose products, it has been designed to be: ... Highly absorbent Fully biodegradable Economical Made from natural cellulose material Light weight Easy to use Domestic, commercial and industrial applications
Effects Of Maritime Oil Spills On Wildlife
The Effects of Maritime oil spills on Wildlife including NonAvian MarineLife. The to top. Impact of oil spills on Marine Mammals Mammals
http://www.amsa.gov.au/me/natplan/toolbox/wildlife/non_avian.htm

Extractions: The Effects of Maritime Oil Spills on Wildlife i ncluding Non-Avian Marine Life Oil Composition and Chemistry and the Effects on Wildlife To evaluate the consequences of oil spills on wildlife it is important to understand the properties and chemistry of crude oils and petroleum products. Oil, depending upon its form and chemistry, causes a range of physiological and toxic effects. For example, the low molecular weight aliphatics of oil can have anaesthetic properties and aromatic components such as benzine are known carcinogens and very toxic to humans and wildlife. Some polynuclear aromatics are also carcinogenic and toxic and, are concentrated in the food chain eg. in tissues of water filter feeding shell fish like mussels and oysters.(1) Volatile components of oil can burn eyes, burn skin, irritate or damage sensitive membranes in the nose, eyes and mouth. Hydrocarbons can trigger pneumonia if it enters lungs. Benzine, toluene and other light hydrocarbons of oil and fuels if inhaled, are transferred rapidly to the bloodstream from the lungs and can damage red blood cells, suppress immune systems, strain the liver, spleen and kidneys and even interfere with the reproductive system of animals and humans. In general, refined petroleum products tend to be more toxic to organisms but less persistent in the environment. Crude oils and heavy fuel oils like bunker fuels tend to be less toxic but are more persistent and more likely to have physical impacts on wildlife eg coating feather, fur and skin.
Environmental Quality Program
Investigates effects of contaminants (pesticides and other toxics, and oil spills) on fish and wildlife and works to mitigate their adverse effects.
http://contaminants.fws.gov/

Extractions: Updated: January 22, 2003 Oil Spill Funds Protect Old Growth Forest Over 100 acres of old growth forest, in the interior of Washington's Makah Indian Reservation will be protected as part of a plan to restore natural resources injured by the 1991 Tenyo Maru oil spill off the northern Washington Coast.
Hazards And Risk Virtual Library - By Technological - Oil Spills
Business insuranceby Technological oil spills. Complete Record Details Business Insurancefrom Poulton Associates
http://life.csu.edu.au/hazards/1OilSpills.html

Extractions: Charles Sturt University, 1995-8 Business Insurance from Poulton Associates Description: Business insurance, risk management services, and personal insurance are all available at Poulton Associates' site. Apply on-line to get a free quote or information. We provide risk management in its fullest sense for our clients, and competetive business insurance policies. Our on-line forms customize themselves to reflect only those things that the applicant needs to apply for. Caribbean Coastal Studies Description: discusses natural hazards on Caribbean Islands: geological: (volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides); meteorological: (hurricanes, floods); oceanographic: (tsunami, coastal erosion, sealevel rise) Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Description: The Center is a collaboration of resources between the University of Hawaii, Pacific Command (PACOM), and Tripler Army Medical Center dedicated to integrated training, education, and research in the field of disaster management. The Asia-Pacific is our predominate area of responsibility. Our website is a clearinghouse of disaster-related information. Further disasters in the Komi Republic Description: Disasters continue from the ruptured oil and gas pipelines from the Vozey oil fields in the Komi Republic.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Comparing The Worst Oil Spills
Tuesday, 19 November, 2002, 1309 GMT Comparing the worst oil spills The biggestspill was off Brittany in 1978 Environmentalists are warning that if all
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2491317.stm

Extractions: Environmentalists are warning that if all 70,000 metric tons of fuel oil escape from the Prestige which broke up off the Spanish coast it could rank as one of the worst environmental disasters. Greenpeace spokesman Dr David Santillo says that making comparisons can be difficult as the impact depends on the type of oil spilled, the weather conditions and the sensitivity of the region. The Exxon Valdez spilled 38,800 tons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989 and it took many years for the area to recover. Change of law Dr Santillo, who works for the Greenpeace research laboratory at Exeter University in the UK, explained that a combination of shallow water and a poor flush of water through the Sound magnified the impact of the spill on a particularly sensitive region. Many seabirds have been affected by the Prestige disaster
Wired News: Bubble Baths Are For The Birds
No more wrestling soapy seagulls. Scientists find a way to dry clean birds caught in oil spills. Wired News
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,19390,00.html

Extractions: 03:00 AM Apr. 29, 1999 PT Australian researchers have devised a novel way to dry-clean birds caught in oil spills. The method is quicker and supposedly less stressful for the birds. Instead of scrubbing oily feathers with detergents that can destroy their waterproof properties, scientists at the Victoria University of Technology in Melbourne tried dusting birds with finely ground iron powder. They then combed their feathers with a magnet to remove both the iron and the oil. "We were quite amazed by the efficiency of the cleansing process," John Orbell told New Scientist magazine. "Iron powder is cheap and plentiful, and both nontoxic and a nonirritant." Orbell and his colleagues devised the new dry-cleaning method after discovering that oil sticks to iron powder more readily than feathers.

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