Alaskan oil spill bioremediation project
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6857019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development entered into a cooperative agreement with the Exxon Company to initiate a bio-remediation study as part of an effort to clean up oil on the shorelines of Prince William Sound, Alaska. The presence of oil was the result of an 11-million gallon spill of crude oil from the tanker, Exxon Valdez, on March 24, 1989. The study was designed to determine the feasibility of using nutrients to enhance microorganisms that live in the waters and sediments to degrade the oil and, thus, reduce its detrimental effects. Two types of fertilizer, a water soluble and an oleophilic, were applied on both physically cleaned and untreated beach sediments. Several sampling and field testing methods were used to observe changes in the composition of the oil, to monitor the movement of added nutrients in the test beaches, to detect changes in the number of bacteria present as the test proceeded and to assess the degradation of the oil. Based on available results of ORD's research, Exxon proposed to begin bioremediation on nearly 6,000 yards of shoreline in the Sound. The application began August 1, 1989.
- Research Organization:
- Eastern Research Group, Inc., Arlington, MA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6857019
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-216466/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BACTERIA
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLEANING
COASTAL REGIONS
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DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
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FIELD TESTS
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LAND POLLUTION CONTROL
LAND RECLAMATION
MICROORGANISMS
MONITORING
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OIL SPILLS
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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TESTING
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WATER RECLAMATION
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Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
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BACTERIA
BIODEGRADATION
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLEANING
COASTAL REGIONS
CONTROL
DECOMPOSITION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FEDERAL REGION X
FERTILIZERS
FIELD TESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
LAND POLLUTION CONTROL
LAND RECLAMATION
MICROORGANISMS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
NUTRIENTS
OIL SPILLS
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLING
TESTING
USA
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
WATER RECLAMATION