Response to Marine Oil Spills - Second Edition

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Number of Pages:
176
Published Date:
August 2012
Book Height:
285 mm
Book Width:
170 mm
Weight:
0.7 kg
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This publication is a review of the problems posed by marine oil spills and the potential response measures to them. It contains multiple case studies, including a section on the ‘Deepwater Horizon’ incident, which are supported by photographs and diagrams.

It will benefit anyone involved in training programmes, contingency planning or response to oil spills.

The primary objective of a rapid response to oil spills is to return to normal activity as quickly as possible and to minimise contamination to the environment. This publication, which draws on experienced gained, and lessons learned, from previous oil spill incidents, is designed as a guide to help any ship (or port facility) involved in an oil spill incident to understand and respond to the event as effectively and safely as possible.

It covers:

  • The causes of oil spills
  • environmental and economic effects
  • containment and recovery
  • clean-up and disposal
  • contingency planning.

This publication also includes an extensive bibliography of further reading.

Chapter 1:?Sources of Oil in the Marine Environment

Chapter 2:?Fate of Marine Oil Spills

Chapter 3:?Aerial Surveillance at Sea

Chapter 4:?Oil on Shorelines

Chapter 5:?Environmental Effects of Oil Spills

Chapter 6:?Economic Effects of Oil Spills

Chapter 7:?Containment and Recovery

Chapter 8:?The Use of Dispersants

Chapter 9:?Shoreline Clean-up

Chapter 10:?Disposal of Oil and Oiled Waste

Chapter 11:?Contingency Planning

Chapter 12: Alternative Techniques

Further Reading

Other ITOPF Publications

Number of Pages:
176
ISBN:
9781856093545
Published Date:
August 2012
Binding Format:
Hardback
Book Height:
285 mm
Book Width:
170 mm
Weight:
0.7 kg
Author:

ITOPF