Oil spill response engineering and planning. Technical completion report

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6425886

Swift, M R; Celikkol, B; Goodwin, C E; Carrier, R; McDonald, S P

Tanker and barge traffic associated with the five petroleum product terminals along the NH side of the Piscataqua River represents a constant oil spill threat to the contiguous Great Bay System, NH, an estuarine reserve. Several serious accidents have in fact taken place in the 1970's and two small spills in 1990. A major factor is that the Piscataqua channel is subject to high velocity tidal currents. Should a spill occur, problems arise in knowing where the slick will move and how to control it using booms. In the project, these problems were addressed by developing procedures for using diversion booms in high speed current environments and in revising and implementing a previously developed Oil Spill Trajectory Model.

• Research Organization: New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH (United States). Water Resources Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6425886
• Report Number(s): PB-93-190809/XAB; REPT--57; CNN: DI-14-08-001-G1576
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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