OSRR-546-Chemical Dispersibility of OCS Crude Oils in Non-Breaking Waves, Part 1 Determining the Limiting Oil Viscosity for Dispersion in Non-Breaking

Project will determine whether chemically treated low-viscosity OCS crude oils disperse in a non-breaking wave environmental and if so, to determine whether there is a limiting oil viscosity for chemical dispersion for OCS crude oils in non-breaking waves.

Related work is planned in an ExxonMobil sponsored project coordinated under the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (PERF). Every effort will be made to coordinate the present study with PERF work. To this end, one of the model oils used in the ExxonMobil PERF study will be included in all phases of testing in the present study.