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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Combining Mineral Fines with Chemical Dispersants to Disperse Oil in Low Temperature and Low Mixing Environments, Including the Arctic

Office/Division Program
OSRR
Project Number
662
Category
Chemical Treating Agents
Research Performing Activity
Center for Offshore Oil, Gas, Energy Research -Canada
Research Principal Investigator
Kenneth Lee
Research Contracting Agency
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Research Contract Award Value
$300,000.00
Description

This project assessed the feasibility of a cold water and Arctic marine oil spill countermeasure strategy based on the stimulation of Oil Mineral Aggregates formation in the presence of a chemical dispersant.

Latest progress update

Update the project completion date to May 31, 2012. Project is complete, see attached final report.

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