Bottom tension boom contains crude oil spill in 6-ft waves

Journal Article · Mon Jun 05 04:00:00 EDT 1972 · Offshore; (United States)

OSTI ID:6242485

Rintoul, B

Humble Oil and Refining Co. has developed a bottom-tension boom which successfully contained oil in 6 to 8-ft waves and 20-kn winds, against an imposed current of approx. 1-1/2 kn during a test program in the Santa Barbara Channel. In addition to oil swept up in the Coal Oil Point area near Santa Barbara, an area of natural oil seepage, the device has been used to sweep up popcorn--as many as fifty 3-cu-ft bags per test--purposely spilled in the channel for field test purposes. The boom was designed to operate in the vicinity of a continuous spill source, in heavy seas, and to remain in service for a long period of time. Humble says it is designed to survive in an environmental condition of 20-ft waves, 2-kn currents, and 60-kn winds, although claims are not made for effective containment under such severe circumstances. The boom may be towed by fishing-fleet vessels--one on each end of a bottom-tension tow cable--to sweep the sea, or it may be attached to anchors to provide a nt level technology.

• OSTI ID: 6242485
• Journal Information: Offshore; (United States), Journal Name: Offshore; (United States) Vol. 32:6; ISSN OFSHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
OIL RETENTION BOOMS
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL
SKIMMERS
WATER POLLUTION
WATER WAVES