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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
312 |
| Date of Summary |
March 31, 2000 |
| Subject |
Laboratory Testing to Determine
In Situ Burning Parameters for Six Additional U.S. OCS Crude Oil |
| Performing Activity |
SL Ross Environmental Research
Ltd. |
| Principal Investigator |
Mr. James McCourt and Ian Buist |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
March 2000 |
| Description |
6 additional oils
from OCS facilities are being analyzed to determine if their suitability of
spill response by in situ burn methods. Data on evaporation, emulsion
formation, ignitability, burn rate, oil removal efficiency, and the
potential for emulsion breakers to extend the window of burn opportunity
will be gathered. |
| Progress |
MMS Regions
selected 6 oils that are being tested at the SL Ross laboratory in Ottawa,
Canada for in situ burn characteristics. Several samples were from
pipelines. A final report was generated and a paper of the results was
presented at the Arctic and Marine Oil spill Program in Vancouver, Canada in
June, 2000. Some of the Gulf of Mexico oils burned but the California oils
did not. |
| Report |
AA (41 pages)
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Laboratory
Testing to Determine In Situ Burning Parameters for Six Additional U.S. OCS
Crude Oils, S.L. Ross Environmental Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November
1999. |
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