|
OIL SPILL RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY
Emergency Technical Support
for Oil and Chemical Spills
Polaris staff
have provided technical and scientific support for marine and
land spills on five continents since 1970, including the Exxon Valdez,
American Trader, Mega Borg, "Desert Storm",
and the 1995 Komi pipeline oil spills in Russia. Polaris staff
are recognized internationally and have been responsible for
developing many of the technical support procedures that today
are a routine part of spill response management.
We focus on providing
innovative and cost-effective solutions. The technical services
that we typically provide on a spill response include:
- Development
of response priorities and strategies
- Aerial reconnaissance
and videotape surveys and mapping (linked to GPS units)
- Shoreline, river,
and pipeline (SCAT) surveys
- Cleanup and
treatment guidelines and recommendations
- Natural resource
damage assessment, claims and compensation support
- Habitat restoration
(including coral, sea grass, mangrove, and dune environments)
|
Oil Spill Prevention and
Contingency Planning
Polaris provides
support for clients in the design and development of response plans at all stages through to drills and field equipment deployment
exercises.
- Response preparedness
audits
- Development
and implementation of plans and manuals (en français:
en español)
- Recommendation
of response management procedures
- Recommendation
of spill response equipment
- Design of response
drills and exercises
- Sensitivity mapping
|
Oil Spill Technical Training
Courses
Polaris provides
a wide range of spill response training courses that are tailored
to the geographic area of interest, from the arctic to the tropics.
The "Shoreline
and Oil Spills" course has been presented on over 150 occasions in North
and South America, Africa, Australia, and Russia. Trainees are
provided with a 150-page set of course notes (disponible también
en español). Course outlines are provided under Technical Training and can be designed
for 1, 2 or 3-days of training and can focus on:
Oil
Spill Research and Development
Polaris scientists
have been at the forefront of oil
spill R&D
for 30 years. Recent projects include:
- API/NOAA Freshwater
Response Manual
- API Marine Response
Manual
- Design and implementation
of experimental oil spill and shoreline cleanup field trials
- Hydraulic washing
field trials
- Environment
Canada National Shoreline Sensitivity Mapping Programme
- Environment
Canada shoreline cleanup field guides
- Orimulsion®
nearshore and shoreline response field guide
- Prince William
Sound (Alaska) Shoreline Videotape Mapping Program
- Waste management
and disposal guidelines for British Columbia
|
|
