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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"spill response"”.
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Decision support framework for oil spill response
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1986.
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Quantifying the U.S. Coast Guard Ecological Risk Assessment on Diluted Bitumen
… for and responding to oil and hazardous material spills throughout our nation’s waterways to protect human health and the environment. As the scientific community continues to amass technical knowledge of unconventional crude oils, the response community must continually assess the environmental …
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Development of a Pre-Impact Environmental Site Characterization for the Bryan Mound, Texas Strategic Petroleum Reserve
… contingency plans to be used during spill response, remediation, and post-spill monitoring using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve's Bryan Mound site as a case study. Bird and vegetation observations provide baseline data for biological conditions, and sediment sampling for total …
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Clean Up Techniques Used for Coastal Oil Spills: An Analysis of Spills Occurring in Santa Barbara, California, Prince William Sound, Alaska, the Sea Of Japan, and the Gulf Coast
<p>An analysis of four spills occurring within the last 50 years to see the progression in clean up techniques used for coastal oil spills. The Santa Barbara, California Oil Spill of 1969, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill of 1989 occurring in Prince William Sound, Alaska, the Nakhodka Oil Spill of 1997 …
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BP's Use of Twitter as a Crisis Communication Tool During the Gulf Oil Spill Crisis Response Phase
… of Mexico exploded, creating the largest oil spill in U.S. history. BP launched a major public relations response that targeted its online audience through strategic use of its corporate website, Twitter feed, Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Flickr photostream. This content analysis …
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Quantitative Oil Source-Fingerprinting Techniques and Their Application to Differentiating Crude Oil in Coastal Marsh Sediments
… that is very effective in almost every oil spill response situation. However, the need for quantitative oil source-fingerprinting methods to complement the qualitative determinations is extremely desired. The research herein aims to utilize data generated by gas chromatography/mass …
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Northern San Francisco Bay Ecological Risk Assessment: Potential Crude by Rail Incident
<p><strong>Oil spill models, ecological risks, response options, and costs were assessed for a discharge of Bakken crude oil into the Northern San Francisco Bay from a train derailment. This assessment was based on the risk of crude by rail derailments into the San Francisco Bay; in 2014, …
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Bacterial biodegradation of soluble crude oil hydrocarbons and the influence of protists in simulated arctic seawater and sea ice
… and natural gas, the potential for an Arctic oil spill is heightened, yet knowledge of contaminant fate and behavior is limited in this environment. With challenging conditions in the Arctic and limited equipment caches, response will be extremely difficult. In freezing conditions, oil may become …