MEASURES TO COMBAT OFFSHORE ARCTIC OIL SPILLS

Statistics and information on 15 Arctic and subarctic oil spills, their locations, the amount of oil spilled, combatant schemes used, direct cleanup costs, and causes for the spills were culled from the literature. This information was used to analyze the effectiveness of available chemical, mechanical, and destructive combatant techniques as methods of oil recovery or disposal under Arctic and subarctic condition.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, held in Houston, Texas, May 1-3, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  45206
• Authors:
  • McLeod, W R
  • McLeod, D L
• Conference:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference
  • Location: Houston TX
  • Date: 1972-5-1 to 1972-5-3
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 141-162
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Frigid regions; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Water quality management
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic environment
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050203
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 1523 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM