A PROTOCOL FOR EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENTS OF BIOREMEDIATION STRATEGIES ON SHORELINES

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 901-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Lee ◽  
Richard P.J. Swannell ◽  
Per Sveum ◽  
Michel Guillerme ◽  
François-Xavier Merlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Experimental Protocol ◽  
Experimental Field ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT An experimental protocol has been developed for assessing the efficacy of bioremediation strategies for the treatment of petroleum contaminated shoreline sediments. It is a framework for the design of experimental field trials that enables independent organizations to compare the results of experiments conducted in different environments. Coordinated studies of this nature are needed to formulate operational guidelines for the application of bioremediation agents during oil spill response situations.

scholarly journals Innovation and Inland Oil Spill Response

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Risk Profile ◽  
Site Specificity ◽  
Subsequent Increase ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Close Resemblance ◽  
Oil Spill Response

Abstract Advances in technology and a sustained demand for oil mean exploration is being driven into more remote, fragile environments (Ivshina et al, 2015). Therefore, the number of drilling campaigns in remote inland locations is set to increase, so we should be prepared for a corresponding increase in the number of spills. This changing risk profile should in-turn be reflected in the oil spill response organisation (OSRO) community. Whilst advances in offshore techniques and specialist equipment are plentiful, there appears to be scope for greater innovation in inland response. It is not uncommon for response plans to bear a close resemblance to those written in excess of 10 years ago, when the Macondo blow-out stimulated investment and a subsequent increase in offshore response capabilities. This apparent disparity is surprising given offshore responses tend to orientate round either traditional containment and recovery measures or the use of dispersants, in contrast with inland response tactics which are often subject to a higher degree of site specificity. There is a real appetite to add to the range of tactics available to OSROs. Precursors to change might include one or more of the following; field trials, better information sharing between response organisations and impressing upon manufacturers the potential value of developing proprietary inland spill equipment. This poster will explore some of the areas in inland response where there is scope for innovation.

scholarly journals AIRBORNE DETECTION, IMAGING AND TELEMETRY OF OIL AND OTHER SPECTRAL FEATURES ON THE OCEAN SURFACE

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Charles P. Giammona ◽  
F. Rainer Engelhardt ◽  
Kandace S. Binkley
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Complex Data ◽  
Rapid Acquisition ◽  
Adverse Weather ◽  
Database Technology ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT A transition is underway in imaging technology for airborne surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Large independent sensor systems carried in dedicated airframes, are being replaced by more economical, compact, and integrated multisensor arrays with a common processor that are portable enough to fit into a variety of small aircraft. Development of such a system was stimulated by a perceived need to enhance marine oil spill response and cleanup, and to better mitigate the environmental and economic impact of such incidents. The newest of these systems incorporates an aerial platform, a suite of advanced commercial sensors, a six degrees of freedom global positioning system (GPS), advanced database technology to manage spatial data, and image analysis capabilities. The operational goal of this development is to furnish valuable reconnaissance information in real time to ground users. Such a capability could advance oil spill response and other applications where rapid acquisition, integration, and communication of complex data is essential to decision-making. The ability to conduct day, night, and adverse weather surveillance operations is restricted in current systems and is another benefit this system is designed to provide. The innovation in the system especially lies in the development of a common processor and image fusion system which integrates, georeferences, and geocorrects multisensor data and transmits it in real time. A graphic interface was designed to provide maps or other projections as a spatial reference system on which to plot data from a surveillance mission. New imaging numerical methods allow processing of composite images, multi-image mosaics, change detection, and other data manipulation, and were tested in field trials of the system.

scholarly journals The importance of well-developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) operational procedures in improving surveillance operations in oil spill response

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Januszewska ◽  
James Pringle
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Operating Parameters ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
The Creation

Abstract: 1141599 To utilise UAV's through contracted service providers required the creation of established and standardised operating protocols that can be mobilised to fulfil specific roles in spill response. As part of the process OSRL looked at the typical operating parameters of commercially available UAV's . Through engaging with UAV provides, working with industry partners, and carrying out field trials, OSRL was able to identify applications, develop procedures and prove them in-field and trial them on exercise and spills.

Obama Beefs Up Oil Spill Response

2010 ◽  
pp. 10052710172048
Author(s):  
Jeff Johnson ◽  
Michael Torrice ◽  
Melody Voith
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spill Response

Comparative Analysis of Oil Spill Response Methods in the Arctic Seas

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
A.A. Gorbunov ◽  
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S.I. Shepelyuk ◽  
A.G. Nesterenko ◽  
K.I. Drapey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ECOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE VULNERABILITY OF THE COASTS OF THE KARA SEA TO THE OIL SPILL

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Ermolov ◽  
Alexander Ermolov
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
International System ◽  
Kara Sea ◽  
Coastal Protection ◽  
Sensitivity Index ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
International Systems

International experience of oil spill response in the sea defines the priority of coastal protection and the need to identify as most valuable in ecological terms and the most vulnerable areas. Methodological approaches to the assessing the vulnerability of Arctic coasts to oil spills based on international systems of Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) and geomorphological zoning are considered in the article. The comprehensive environmental and geomorphological approach allowed us to form the morphodynamic basis for the classification of seacoasts and try to adapt the international system of indexes to the shores of the Kara Sea taking into account the specific natural conditions. This work has improved the expert assessments of the vulnerability and resilience of the seacoasts.

THE APPROACHES TO THE SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SHELF OF THE ARCTIC SEAS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Krivichev ◽  
Alexander Krivichev
Keyword(s):  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Marginal Stability ◽  
Environmental Benefit ◽  
Arctic Seas ◽  
Dynamic Simulations ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Technogenic Loads ◽  
Oil Spill Response

Russian Arctic shelf - rich larder of the hydrocarbons, at the same time Northern Sea Route (NSR) - a strategically important route for transporting them. The extraction and the transportation of the hydrocarbons along the NSR requires the solution of a number of ecological and economic problems in the first place to ensure environmental and technogenic safety. For the solving of these problems on the continental shelf it is required a system of comprehensive measures: - the development of the regulatory framework for environmental support oil and gas projects; - the introduction and use of integrated methods for monitoring environmental conditions at the sites of technogenic loads on the shelf of the Arctic seas, including the use of drones; - creating different models for assessing the marginal stability of ecosystems to technogenic loads during production and transportation of hydrocarbons on the continental shelf based on systems of dynamic simulations; - the development and use of sensitivity maps of coastal areas of the Arctic seas during oil spill response; - accounting of the results of the analysis of the total environmental benefit in the development of oil spill response plans; - application of the principle of "zero" resetting, due to the high fishery valuation in Barents and Kara seas and the conservation of marine biological resources.

Decision support tools for oil spill response (OSR-DSTs): Approaches, challenges, and future research perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 167 ◽  
pp. 112313
Author(s):  
Zhaoyang Yang ◽  
Zhi Chen ◽  
Kenneth Lee ◽  
Edward Owens ◽  
Michel C. Boufadel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Decision Support Tools ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Oil Spill Response
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