Office/Division Program
OSRR
Project Number
312
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd.
Research Principal Investigator
Mr. James McCourt and Ian Buist
Research Contracting Agency
Description
6 additional oils from OCS facilities are being analyzed to determine if their suitability of spill response by in situ burn methods. Data on evaporation, emulsion formation, ignitability, burn rate, oil removal efficiency, and the potential for emulsion breakers to extend the window of burn opportunity will be gathered.
Latest progress update
MMS Regions selected 6 oils that are being tested at the SL Ross laboratory in Ottawa, Canada for in situ burn characteristics. Several samples were from pipelines. A final report was generated and a paper of the results was presented at the Arctic and Marine Oil spill Program in Vancouver, Canada in June, 2000. Some of the Gulf of Mexico oils burned but the California oils did not.