Oil Spill Detection: Remote Sensing Equipment Tested
planning and stakeholder consultation process. On hand was the full complement of oil spill response equipment and personnel, including a purpose-equipped vessel, containment and recovery equipment and U.K. approved dispersant. “Achieving maximum effectiveness in response to an oil spill incident is based on prior preparedness and understanding the capabilities of the equipment contained within our ‘response toolkit’. As a result, we are constantly reviewing the potential impact the latest response technology can have on further negating the impact of a spill incident,&rdquo
Oil Spill Response Preparedness and Proficiency Comes with Practice
field. Over the past 20 years, in partnership with Texas A&M University National Spill Control School (NSCS), Ohmsett has offered a hands-on oil spill response curriculum designed to provide response personnel the skills necessary to make quick and informed decisions during an oil spill incident. The next Oil Spill Response Strategies and Tactics Training session will take place May 22-25, 2017 at the Ohmsett facility in Leonardo, N.J. “For the oil spill response technician, this is an important part of their spill response training program and a stepping stone for their
Gliders (Silently) Making O&G Ops Cheaper, More Efficient
may be used as a marker for the presence of hydrocarbons in the water column, allowing gliders to remotely monitor drilling operations or pipelines for spill event markers. Indeed this method of observation has already been used by government researchers during the Deepwater Horizon / Macondo oil spill incident. Overall, gliders are another good example of how autonomous technology can provide enormous commercial, operational, and environmental benefits to an industry which has extremely high safety requirements and shrinking budgets. Gliders can not only collect environmental data, but can
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