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Book SynopsisEMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT OF OFFSHORE Examines the Deepwater Horizon disaster and offers processes for safety and environmental protection
Though renewable energy is a growing piece of the energy pie, fossil fuels still dominate our energy supplies and will continue to do so for decades. This makes offshore drilling, especially in places like the Gulf of Mexico and North Sea, extremely important for the future of the world's energy supply. Unfortunately, the world has been witnessing, over and over again, accidents, deadly explosions, spills, and environmental disasters that could have been avoided with proper safety and environmental processes put in place. The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history and an ecological nightmare of epic proportions. Emergency Response Management of Offshore Oil Spills aids in the response of this and future disasters by providing this handy reference volume for engineers, man
Table of Contents
Preface ix
1. Toxic Nature of Crude Oil 1
1.1 High Risk Areas 1
1.2 Potential Impacts 7
1.3 Definitions 8
1.4 Examples of Historical Oil Spills and Their Impacts 10
2. Origins of Spills 37
2.1 Offshore Drilling 37
2.2 Case Study 44
3. Use of Chemical Dispersants 55
3.1 Dispersants 55
3.2 Methods of Applicaion 60
3.3 Types of Dispensants and Commerical Products 62
4. Combating Spills at the Shoreline 93
4.1 Chemical Warfare 93
4.2 Booms and Barriers 157
5. Emerging Technologies 237
5.1 Clean World Innovations and EncapSol 237
5.2 Centrifuges 243
5.3 Skimmers and Response Vessels 244
6. Spill Response and Worker Protection 247
6.1 Countermeasure Options 247
6.2 Spill Response Protocols and Strategies 271
6.3 Worker Protection 336
6.4 The Oil Spill Response Plan 420
6.5 Air Monitoring 429
7. Standard of Care and The BP Oil Spill 443
7.1 The Impacts 443
7.2 The Waxman/Stupak Letter 449
7.3 Standard of Care 462
Index 509
About the Authors 531
