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Title Fate of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill / Colin J. Branwell and Annalise C. Fulton, editors
Published Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011

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Description 1 online resource
Series Environmental science, engineering and technology
Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Contents FATE OF THE OIL FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL ; FATE OF THE OIL FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL: THE FATE OF THE OIL ; SUMMARY ; INTRODUCTION ; FACTORS THAT IMPACT AN OIL SPILL'S FATE ; Composition of the Oil ; Natural Processes ; Location of Spill ; Human Intervention ; THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OIL BUDGET ESTIMATES ; Oil Budget Categories; Human Intervention ; Natural Processes ; Other ; Inherent Uncertainty ; WHERE IS THE OIL THAT REMAINS IN THE GULF? ; Oiled Shorelines ; Water Column ; Sediment and Sea Floor
OSAT Nearshore Sediment Results OSAT Offshore Sediment Results ; OSAT Deepwater Sediment Results ; Biodegradation ; CONCLUSIONS ; APPENDIX. SELECTED SATELLITE IMAGES OF DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL ; End Notes ; Chapter 2 OIL BUDGET CALCULATOR DEEPWATER HORIZON ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; LIST OF ACRONYMS ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. PURPOSE AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE OIL BUDGET CALCULATOR ; 3. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE -- THE IXTOC SPILL ; 4. LEAK RATE AND SUBSURFACE OIL BEHAVIOR ; 5. DISSOLUTION ; 6. EVAPORATION ; 7. WEATHERING ESTIMATION BY EMULSIFICATION; 8. NATURAL DISPERSION ; 9. CHEMICAL DISPERSION
9A. Chemical Dispersion: Surface Application 9B. Chemical Dispersion: Subsurface Application ; 10. BURNING ; 11. MECHANICAL RECOVERY ; 12. OTHER OIL ; 13. LONGER-TERM PROCESSES; 14. ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE PLANS ; APPENDIX 1. A1 UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT OF MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES ; A1.1. Introduction ; A1.2. Input and Output Quantities ; A1.3. Uncertainty; A1.4. Approach ; A1.5 Volume Discharged VR and Volume Burned VBU ; A1.6. Probability Models for Rate Constants ; A1.7. Uncertainty Analysis ; A1.8. Best-Case and Worst-Case Scenarios ; A1.9. Sensitivity Analysis ; APPENDIX 2
A2. Oil Budget Calculator Web-based Tool Background ; Requirements for the Calculator ; Scenarios ; Components of the Calculator ; Daily Variables ; Global Variables ; Modeling Application ; Reporting Application ; Evolution of the Oil Budget Calculator ; Oil Budget Calculator -- Version 2.0 ; Oil Budget Calculator -- Version 1.x ; Application Security and Logging ; Future of the Oil Budget Calculator Web Application ; APPENDIX 3 ; A3. Data Input Used by Calculator Calculator ; APPENDIX 4 ; A4. ICS 209 Form (Oil Budget Component) ; APPENDIX 5 ; A5. Oil Properties ; APPENDIX 6. SINTEF REPORT
1. Background 2. Experiemental Setup ; 2.1. The MNS Test ; 2.2. The IFP Test ; 3. Sampling and Physical Characterisation of the Test Emulsions ; 4. Experimental Results ; 4.1. Testing with Various Dispersants ; 4.2. Testing with Various Dispersant Emulsion Ratios (DER) ; 4.3 Testing with Different Energy Input ; 4.4. Chemical Dispersibility vs Viscosity ; 4.5. Visual Observations During Testing ; 5. Conclusions and Operational Recommendations ; 5.1. Testing with Different Dispersant Products ; 5.2. Dispersant Dosage Requirement ; Low/Moderately weathered emulsions (dark brown appearance)
Summary This book focuses on the whereabouts of the 200 million gallons of crude oil that were released in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Description based on print version record
Subject BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Oil pollution of the sea -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Measurement
Oil spills -- Research -- United States
Oil spills -- Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Diffusion in hydrology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Diffusion in hydrology
Oil spills
Oil spills -- Research
Gulf of Mexico
United States
United States -- Gulf Coast
Form Electronic book
Author Branwell, Colin J
Fulton, Annalise C
LC no. 2020676526
ISBN 9781536116014
1536116017