oil spill response Articles
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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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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 ...
By DESMI A/S
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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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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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Lamor & Arctia study effectiveness of oil spill response applications in ice
Arctia Karhu Oy’s harbor icebreaker, Ahto, based out of Kemi in northern Finland, is participating in oil spill response research and development in the Gulf of Bothnia, between Ajos and Tornio, during the first week of February, 2016. The ice trials will test and examine the effectiveness of mechanical oil spill response operations in ice and the behavior of oil throughout recovery ...
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Use of the newly developed ASTM Standard F 2709 (Standard Test Method for determining nameplate recovery rate of stationary oil skimmer systems)
Abstract The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) subcommittee on skimmers recently adopted a standard methodology for measuring skimmer performance, F 2709 - . Standard Test Method for Determining Nameplate Recovery Rate of Stationary Oil Skimmer Systems. Current industry practice allows manufacturers to label skimmers with a nameplate capacity based solely on the skimmer’s ...
By OHMSETT
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Environmental Focus - Oil Spill Response Segment Name Changed into EnviRo-Clean
For many years, our well-known oil spill response equipment has been marketed under the segment name Oil Spill Response. However, due to our strong commitment in relation to removal of plastic waste and marine debris from rivers and tributaries and removal of seaweed from beaches, we want to position ourselves as a strong environmentally conscious partner showing consideration for our ...
By DESMI A/S
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Development of skimmer testing protocol based on ASTM standards by minerals management service and U.S. coast guard at Ohmsett facility
Abstract During late 2004 and early 2005, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the U.S. Minerals Management Services’ (MMS) Ohmsett—The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility collaborated in an effort to develop a standard protocol for testing static oil skimmers. The goal was to develop a repeatable generic skimmer test procedure that substantively met ASTM Standard F631, ...
By OHMSETT
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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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Bioremediation techniques, category definitions, and mode of action in marine and freshwater environments
The purpose of this article is to update and supplement the National Response Team (NRT) Science and Technology Committee's Bioremediation in Oil Spill Response Fact Sheet published in May 2000 and RRT guidance documents issued for FOSCs and response professionals. Although existing US NRT and RRT guidance covers important facts about bioremediation, existing material does not adequately define ...
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Once a response company, always a response company
Lamor has responded to oil spill and environmental disasters throughout its history. Deepwater Horizon in 2010. I’m not sure you can call yourself a response company if you didn’t have some type of involvement. It’s almost like a right of passage when it comes to the response world (OSR), the gap year or university days of the oil spill response. The ‘just in time’ ...
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Biosurfactant produced by a Rhodococcus erythropolis mutant as an oil spill response agent
Biosurfactants have been considered as superior alternatives to currently used surfactants as they are generally more biodegradable, less toxic, and better at enhancing biodegradation. However, the application of biosurfactants is limited by the availability of economic biosurfactants and the corresponding producers that can work effectively. Hyperproducers generated by metabolic engineering ...
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How to Use Current for Safe Effective Boom & Anchor Deployments
I started in the oil spill response industry with Slickbar Products Corporation in 1989, building equipment such as Solid Flotation Boom (SFB), Manta Ray Skimmers coupled with our Hose Floats to support the suction hose during skimming operations that were used during the Exxon Valdez spill in ...
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The Importance of Local Knowledge When Preparing an Oil Spill Response Plan
What to Know About New OSRP Regulations What is an OSRP? Comprehensive Oil Spill Response Plans (OSRPs) have been required for many years for containers with a capacity of 42,000 gallons or more. The goal of these comprehensive OSRPs was to detail specific response requirements in the event of a spill and ensure the transporter had plans and training in place to respond. Since a typical train ...
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New oil spill response application note from China
The Problem: Oil may spill out in the process of oil exploration & development, refining, storage and transportation and enter into open water environment like oceanic environment due to incident or incorrect operation. Oil spill damages include to human heath, safety, ecological environment, aquaculture. In China, the State Oceanic Administration requires the oil content in the discharge to ...
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What is Lamor experience and expertise in Water Treatment?
Lamor´s water treatment services are not as well-known as our oil spill response services. Yet, Lamor offers various services in water treatment and has experience in the steel, paint, chemical, pharmaceutical and the food and beverage industries, among ...
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Ohmsett Trains Oil Spill Responders
Abstract Ohmsett – The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility, located in Leonardo, New Jersey, is dedicated to providing independent and objective performance testing of full-scale oil spill response equipment; improving technologies through research and development; and for providing realistic training to response personnel. The U.S. Minerals Management Service manages the facility as ...
By OHMSETT
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Application of the American Society of Testing and Materials’ (ASTM) New Skimmer Test Protocol
Abstract The American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) subcommittee on skimmers recently adopted a standard methodology for measuring the nameplate capacity for a given skimmer system. Current industry practice allows manufacturers to label skimmers with a nameplate capacity that may bear little relationship to the ability of the skimmer, as a system, to recover oil. Manufacturers ...
By OHMSETT
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New Zealand enhances response capability
The partnership between Maritime New Zealand and DESMI Ro-Clean dates more than 20 years. At that time DESMI Ro-Clean supplied RO-BOOM1500 and Weir Skimmers into New Zealand for their National Oil Spill Response, all of this equipment is still in good operational condition. June 2015 Maritime New Zealand took delivery of two SpeedSweep1500 systems to enhance their response capability with the ...
By DESMI A/S
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PRP Advanced hydrocarbon sorbent
PRP Technology: UniremTech’s PRP® family of remedial agents use Nature to effectively manage and remediate releases of petroleum hydrocarbons in a green and sustainable manner. PRP® is the registered brand name of UniRemTech’s oil spill response sorbent created using a manufacturing application developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA, ...
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