Petroleum oil spill impact management

1. PETROLEUM OIL
SPILL IMPACT

2. Introduction
Oil Spill is one of the major threats for marine environment.
The consequences of an Oil Spill are profound and can
adversely affect harbors, beach, wild life, fisheries, human
health, tourism and industrial plants. When these resources are
affected, there may be a serious impact to the local economy
of the affected costal area. Therefore, Oil Spill incidents need
to be addressed by way of advance preparedness or
contingency planning.

3. Oil Spill Response Equipment
The prime Strategy for oil spill response is containment,
collection and disposal of the oil spill. The equipment required
for the oil spill response are:
• Boom – for containment of the oil
• Skimmer - for pumping the contained oil
• Floating storage for collection of spilled oil
• Disposal facility at shore
• Tugs for laying the booms etc.

4. Figure above shows the lowering of skimmer from boat to sea
Figure above depicts the laying of containment boom with the help of tug

5. Oil Spill Dispersant (OSD)
• Dispersants are also used as a measure to combat Oil Spill.
Dispersant are chemical agents that include surface active
agents which are partly oil and water soluble.

6. Types of Dispersant
• Conventional Hydrocarbon base
• Water Dilute-able Concentrate
• Concentrate

7. Effects
• Effects of oil on marine life
• Effects of oil spill on human crude
• Effects of oil on fisheries and aquaculture
• Effects of oil on tourism industry

8. Remediation for oil spills
• Remediation of oil spills is a serious issue because of its
adverse effects on the biosphere.
• Oil spreads on the top surface of water and form a horizontal
smooth and slippery surface known as slick.
– Marine remediation
– Remediation of soil and ground water

9. Government poilicies for oil spills

10. There are some common policies which the
governments of various countries have accepted
• Pre-plan to act in case of oil spills and releases.
• To notify the respective departments if there is any kind of
spill occurrences.
• Take respective remediation technique to stop those spills and
releases.
• Cease the spill or release of the pollution substance.
• Prevent the migration of oil from the site of the spill or release.
• Prevent the oil from reaching or impacting surface water or
groundwater.

11. Conclusion
Oil slip is harmful for environment. So the use of chemical
Dispersants can be an effective slip response and control
method, especially to minimize the environmental damage.

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