Oil spills: where we are and where we're going
This presentation reviews all of the aspects of oil spills, including: (1) the current hazards; (2) the technological programs being promulgated on handling emergency spills; (3) the overall research program of the API; and (4) recommended practices for cleanup, spill amelioration, containment, and recovery. The study contains a report on the Battelle work, a guideline for casualties at sea, a discussion of harbor spills, methods of handling oil that comes ashore on the beaches, and a description of a biologist's method for handling oil-soaked birds. Photographs are included which show: a method for fencing in spills; a skimmer boat developed by the American Oil Co., and the operation of a floating boom to corral oil from a well blowout. A table presents data to compare costs and results obtained for various spill-control systems. This is a complete summary of oil spills, where we stand at this time, and where we are going in combating this mode of pollution.
- OSTI ID:
- 5201416
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 68:22
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
OIL SPILLS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIRDS
COST
HARBORS
HAZARDS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
OIL POLLUTION CONTAINMENT
OIL RETENTION BOOMS
OIL WELLS
REMOVAL
SHIPS
SHORES
SKIMMERS
ANIMALS
CONTAINMENT
EQUIPMENT
MANAGEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
VERTEBRATES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WELLS
020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects
520200 - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)