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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
512 |
| Date of Summary |
July 29, 2005 |
| Subject |
Transfer of Decanting Technology Research to Oil Spill Response
Organizations and Regulators |
| Performing Activity |
S. L. Ross Environmental Research, LTD. |
| Principal Investigator |
Ian Buist |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Completed |
| Description |
This project will distill research results collected
during the past 6 years of decanting experiments (including the use of
chemical demulsifiers to enhance water separation) into proposed guidelines
for operational use and to transfer technology to responders and regulators.
These proposed guidelines will include a review of regulatory issues and
procedures for minimizing environmental impacts. Tasks of this project are;
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Review the regulations covering decanting during
offshore spill response operations in U. S. and Canadian water;
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Assess the net environmental benefits of decanting
offshore; and
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Prepare a report for dissemination to the oil
spill response community.
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| Progress |
This project is now complete. |
| Reports |
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(1.5MB) |
Transfer of
Decanting Technology Research to Oil Spill Response Organizations and
Regulators, S.L. Ross Environmental Research Ltd., Ottawa, ON, 63 pp., June
17, 2005. |
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