oil spill Articles
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Oil Spill Intelligence Report
The 2005 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) will be held 15-19 May 2005 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. More than 2,000 people from 50 countries are expected to attend the conference, whose official theme is, “Prevention,Preparedness, Response and Restoration — Raising Global Standards.” The theme includes a view toward the future with special emphasis on appropriate strategies for ...
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Econometric modelling, estimation and policy analysis of oil spill processes
This paper explores approaches to model specification suitable for empirical investigation of a stochastic oil spill model. We focus on the effects of economic incentive measures on the frequency of oil spills, spill size, and volume of oil spilled. We look into the relationships between parameters that describe the spill generation process and the enforcement effort, using data for the Black and ...
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Stochastic models of oil spill processes
This paper models the occurrence of an environmental accident as a stochastic event. In particular, the situation of an oil spill is explored. Characteristics of the ship operator, and the different types of the ship's operating environment determine a stochastic process governing the time patterns and size of spills. It is shown that both the time distribution of different types of oil spill and ...
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From Exxon Valdez to Oriental Nicety: African environmental issues, accounting and corporate responsibilities
This paper investigates the environmental issues caused by the oil exploitations in the US India and in Africa. The paper deals with several questions. Who should be held accountable? What are the roles of the oil companies? What is the responsibility of regulators and governments? How should we count the damages? What are the ‘solutions’? Researchers and the International Press report that the ...
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Rational application of chemicals in response to oil spills may reduce environmental damage
Oil spills, for example those due to tanker collisions and groundings or platform accidents, can have huge adverse impacts on marine systems. The impact of an oil spill at sea depends on a number of factors, such as spill volume, type of oil spilled, weather conditions, and proximity to environmentally, economically, or socially sensitive areas. Oil spilled at sea threatens marine organisms, ...
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Oil Spill Facts
Oil spills are the detrimental result of crude or refined oil products being released on land or in water. The United States relies on crude oil, the unprocessed form of oil, for gasoline, diesel fuel, petroleum as well as heating oil. From extraction to transportation to purchase, all forms of oil—both crude and refined—pose major risks in the event of a spill. While oil tankers and ...
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The BP oil spill and the adherence to reductionist principles: moving toward a precautionary tomorrow
The ability to successfully extract fossil fuels and mitigate the potential for social, economic, ecological and health–related impacts is of great importance. In April of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico with 11 known fatalities. The disaster left the USA pressed to find a solution to solve the community health and safety issues associated with the offshore ...
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Post OPA-90 Vessel Oil Transfer Spill Prevention: The Effectiveness of Coast Guard Enforcement
Although oil spills from tanker accidents receive the most publicity, most vessel spills are not the result of accidents but of oil transfer activities. We investigate determinants of the size of vessel oil transfer spills as well as the effectiveness of Coast Guard enforcement activities in reducing their size. Vessel out-of-water and in-water oil transfer spillage functions are estimated ...
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Win-Win Co-operation - Case Study
For more than five years, Sadhav Shipping has been using DESMI Oil Spill Response equipment and the quality of the equipment has constantly lived up to its slogan, “Proven Oil Spill Technology” Mr. Vedant K. Choudhury, Director at Sadhav Shipping, is very happy with the oil spill response equipment delivered by DESMI. “The first skimmers were delivered five years back and ...
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Cleaning an oil spill: Most common mistakes
Oil Solutions Int usually gets the call after all other cleaning methods have been exhausted. A business or homeowner will continue to see an oil stain, they will continue to smell oil or they will still see a sheen or oil residue where the spill occurred. The reason for this is the person cleaning the oil spill simply used the wrong method or product. The environmental companies will typically ...
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Following deepwater horizon spill, are we really prepared to avert / respond effectively to such an incident?
With recent oil spill incidents taking toll on environment, we as industry professionals should be more proactive than reactive towards such incident – the industry does not need a spill to happen to learn lessons from it. Creating a culture of preparedness/ prevention and learning from past incidents to gain a foothold in the future is what the industry should be striving for. At 6th ...
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Lamor - leading the way in the Russian oil spill recovery market
A vast amount of Lamor oil spill response equipment recently delivered to St.Petersburg is a testament of Lamor’s strong position in the Russian market and the ability to successfully cooperate both with the Russian and Finnish governmental institutes in the environment protection sector. The deliveries were joint Finnish-Russian projects and were part of long-term cooperation work between the ...
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Coupled solution of oil slick and depth averaged tidal currents on three-dimensional geometry of Persian Gulf
Abstract: In this paper, simulation of oil spill due to tidal currents in Persian Gulf is performed by coupled solution of the hydrodynamics equations and an equation for convection and diffusion of the oil. The hydrodynamic equations utilized in this work consist of depth average equations of continuity and motion in two dimensional horizontal planes. The effect of evaporation is considered in ...
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Oil Spill Cleanup Methods: How Experts Tackle Environmental Disasters
When an oil spill occurs, it can have devastating effects on the environment and local wildlife. These spills can occur for a variety of reasons, including accidents, natural disasters, or human error. Fortunately, experts have developed a variety of effective oil spill cleanup methods that can help mitigate the damage caused by these disasters. One of the most common oil spill ...
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Marshall, Mi Site 2 - Case Study
Location: Marshall, MI Cofferdam Sizes: Ten 4′ high x 150′ long at multiple sites Water Depth: 2-3′ Installation Time: Various Project Description: Clean up an oil spill caused by a pipeline rupture in a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. In recent years, oil spills and improper wastewater discharges have become a huge environmental concern. ...
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Benthic microbial loop and meiofaunal response to oil-induced disturbance in coastal sediments: a review
This review of benthic microbial loop and meiofaunal response to oil-induced disturbance describes examples from field investigations on some of the major oil spills of the past 20 years. It focuses on the microbial and meiofaunal compartments that, being characterized by short generation time, life cycle, sensitivity to environmental disturbance, are expected to respond rapidly to environmental ...
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Marshall, MI Site 3 - Case Study
Location: Marshall, MI Cofferdam Sizes: 9′ wide x 500′ long flume tube Water Depth: 2-3′ Installation Time: 3 hours Project Description: Route clean water around massive oil spill. In recent years, oil spills and improper wastewater discharges have become a huge environmental concern. Quick action is required to mitigate damage and promptly ...
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Seaswarm to Clear out Oil
When an oil spill occurs, the challenge is clearing out of the oil fast and secure. Seaswarm is a possible solution to this dilemma. Robotic cleaning instruments absorb the oil and move independently and autonomously. They can communicate between them and coordinate their actions. The supplier claims the job will be done efefctively. Continue reading the full ...
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DIY Cleanup of Residential Oil Spill in NY
Just before Christmas of 2006, a home owner in New York found a heating oil spill on his hand and since it was not a very major oil spill, he decided to do his own Do-It-Yourself spill cleanup. The spill had reached a very large area in the basement and it was producing copious fumes and he had to use blowers and fans to get rid of the strong odor. Next thing he did was to surf the web and search ...
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Buying vs. Renting Lamor Oil Spill Response Equipment
If you deal with large amounts of oil, it is responsible to be prepared for possible oil spills and to have oil-spill response equipment on-site. But should your company rent or own the equipment? How do the options from Lamor ...
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