Office/Division Program
OSRR
Project Number
290
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
SINTEF Applied Chemistry
Research Principal Investigator
Chantal Guenette
Research Contracting Agency
Description
To investigate the feasibility of using in situ burning to remove crude oil from mud flats in an environmentally and ecologically favorable manner. The main objectives are to: 1) quantify the effectiveness and limitations of burning oil on mudflats; 2) test the use of natural sorbent products as a burning aid, insulator, and post-burn fertilizer; 3) test the effectiveness of soot reducing agents in combination with the sorbent products; 4) assess the ecological impact due to temperature rises and hydrocarbon distribution on mudflats.
Latest progress update
This project has been cancelled.