OIL SPILL SCENARIO FOR THE LABRADOR SEA

This study develops a scenario following a large oil spill from a blowout of an exploratory well in the Labrador Sea. Scenario development leads to the delineation of gaps in pertinent baseline information and serves to identify the applicability and inadequacies of available countermeasure techniques. Twelve study topics are presented as input to the scenario narrative...the physical environment (emphasis on ice); resource utilization practices (potential, immediate and direct impact); factors peculiar to the area and that influence blowout probability; the behaviour of oil as it rises from the seabed and as it interacts with ice; the environmental prediction and logistics capability of the Labrador area to support a major countermeasures effort; and finally, an appraisal of the Canadian state of response preparedness. Recommendations are made of approaches to achieve the objectives of the Arctic Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) insofar as it applies to the Labrador Sea. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Economic and Technical Review Report (Environmental Impact Control Directorate). A special study commissioned under AMOP.
• Corporate Authors:

  Environment Canada

  Environmental Protection Service
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1A 1C8
• Authors:
  • LeDrew, B R
  • Gustajtis, K A
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 675 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drilling; Frigid regions; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions; Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic drilling; Arctic environment; Oil ice interaction; Oil spill behavior; Oil spill contingency plans
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312473
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Arctic Science and Technology Information System
• Report/Paper Numbers: EPS-3-EC-74-4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM