oil spill response

The fact that I find very interesting about the federal government wanting to financially support the pipeline is that nobody I have come across has commented on the same government's commitment to spend $1.5 billion on “a world-class spill response program.” A world-class spill response would recover ...

It is laudable that Guyana is conducting oil spill training and has a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Committee working on drafting and implementing an oil spill plan. However, there is no mention of the oil companies' role in the oil spill response plan! This is surprising since I would expect that the major ...

By Prince Okafor. Stakeholders will next month meet to exchange ideas with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, on the sensitization of oil spill incidents, response and management in oil producing areas in the Niger Delta. NOSDRA will use the summit to step up public ...

A $9 million oil spill cleanup is winding down on the southern end of Shuyak Island in an area that's critical habitat for marine mammals like sea otters and Steller sea lions. Listen now. The spill happened in late February, when a dock at Port William collapsed, causing a building and a container filled with ...

The Straits State Harbor Fishing Pier in Mackinaw City is the first stop for the daily wildlife land surveys, where wildlife specialist John Hummel (left) and Gaylord District Supervisor Tony Aderman ... You must be an online subscriber to view this story. If you are able to login but not view the story, your ...

Drones have been developed to provide surveillance of oil pollution and to transfer an ignition substance to burn it off. DESMI is testing a drone that can do both. It could have a camera for remote imagery of an oil slick or carry an ignition source, said sales manager Mehdi Banisi. Oil can be burnt as a ...

Every year Alyeska Pipeline Service Company trains more than 2,000 fishermen from Valdez to Kodiak how to respond to an oil spill in Prince William Sound and surrounding areas. Homer residents can see a mock response every spring off shore in Kachemak Bay. The Prince William Sound Regional ...

After her talk, Kinner, set aside her signature red hat and sat down with Eos for a wide-ranging interview. (Her responses below have been edited for length and clarity.) She discussed with us the current level of oil spill risk—from Russian activities and otherwise, the response options that companies and ...

Wildlife response teams have recovered and are rehabilitating one Drake Mallard duck and two ducklings. The Unified Command consists of the U.S. Coast Guard, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinators Office, Gallagher Marine Systems, and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. At present, the Unified ...

KODIAK, Alaska (KTUU) – Oil spill clean-up efforts in Port William, in Shuyak strait, ended Friday, according to an announcement from the U.S. Coast Guard. Over the course of the oil spill response, workers collected a total of 1,878 bags of oily waste. It all started seven weeks ago when the U.S. Coast ...