OIL SPILLAGE STUDY: LITERATURE SEARCH AND CRITICAL EVALUATION FOR SELECTION OF PROMISING TECHNIQUES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT DAMAGE

Specific areas of the study summarized in this report are as follows: technical aspects of tank vessel design as related to prevention of oil spillage; on-scene control of gross leakage; destruction or recovery of open sea oil slicks; disposal of recovered mixtures; protection of the shore face and estuaries; cleaning of shore face and estuaries; slick surveillance and behavior prediction; effect of oil pollution and treatment agents on marine flora and fauna; and waterfowl recovery nethods.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research Rept 19 July-19 Nov 1967
• Corporate Authors:

  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  3180 George Washington Way
  Richland, WA  United States  99354
• Publication Date: 1967-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 294 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Hazards; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Pollution; Pollution control; Prevention
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill detection; Oil spill prevention
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00015053
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Defense Documentation Center
• Report/Paper Numbers: Res Rpt
• Contract Numbers: TCG-15560
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1973 12:00AM