FRENCH OIL SPILL POLICY: THE RECOVERY PHASE

France has placed its emphasis on recovery, and uses dispersion for occasional polishing only. The containment, recovery and storage equipment is based at strategic points along the coast to permit effective intervention at short notice. Details are provided concerning this recovery equipment, which includes floating booms, skimmers (dynamic and static), and towable, floating, flexible storage containers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Oil Spill Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Guerin, P
  • Pichon, J
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Oil Spill Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 8-10, 1977.
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 355-360

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Oil booms; Oil recovery equipment; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil skimmers
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163088
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 4284 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM