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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
453 |
| Date of Summary |
October 1, 2004 |
| Subject |
Production
of a White Paper and Workshop Regarding a Full Scale Experimental Oil
Release in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone |
| Performing Activity |
SINTEF
- Applied Chemistry |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr.
Mark Reed |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals
Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
Discussions with government agencies and oil
companies in the United States, Canada and Norway have indicated their
interest in conducting a research program involving a full-scale
experimental oil release in the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ). Primary
interest appeared to be in evaluating alternative oil spill response options
and in supplying data strengthened model simulations of oil-ice
interactions.
The purpose of this project was to conduct a workshop to assemble
potentially interested organizations capable of funding such an experiment
and establish an information base upon which to make decisions regarding a
full-scale experimental oil release in the Arctic MIZ. Potential partners
were identified and invited to participate in a Sponsorship Development
meeting. The meeting was conducted October 15-16, 2001 at the Minerals
Management Service, Alaska Regional Office in Anchorage, AK.
The project goals
identified are to:
1) Improve our ability
to protect the Arctic environment against oil spills resulting from
exploration, development, production and transportation activities.
2) Provide improved
basis for decision-making by the responsible authorities, eg. Approval
of spill contingency response plans in the Arctic areas;
3) Advance the
state-of-the-art in Arctic oil spill responses, eg. Demonstrate workable
response options for different ice conditions and oil types.
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| Progress |
This project is
complete. The Sponsorship Development meeting was conducted October 15-16,
2001 at the Minerals Management Service, Alaska Regional Office in
Anchorage, AK.
SINTEF-Applied Chemistry
generated a meeting summary report that was accepted and distributed. |
| Report |
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AA
(36 Pages) |
Final Report and White
Paper: Potential Components of a Research Program Including Full-Scale
Experimental Oil Releases in the Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone, Final
Report, Reed, Jensen et al., SINTEF Applied Chemistry, October 24, 2002. |
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