In-Situ Burning for Oil Spill Countermeasures

Description

In-situ burning is recognized as a viable alternative for cleaning up oil spills on land and water. It can rapidly reduce the volume of spilled oil and eliminate the need to collect, store, transport, and dispose of recovered oil, and can also shorten the response time to a spill, thus reducing the chances that the spill will spread on the water surface or further into land. This book will serve as a comprehensive reference for all aspects of in-situ burning of oil spills and include the scientific aspects of the burning process and the related effects, as well as practical information about the procedures to be followed and equipment required for carrying out an in-situ burn. Content: In-situ burning: an update / Merv Fingas -- Burning on land and wetlands / Jacqui Michel -- In-situ burning on ice, snow, or in the arctic / Merv Fingas -- In-situ burning operations during the deepwater horizon / Neré Mabile -- The newfoundland offshore burn experiment / Merv Fingas and Pat Lambert -- The fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons resulting from in-situ oil burns / Merv Fingas.