Dr. Elliott Taylor and Mr. Jose Rios conducted interviews, evaluated exercises and ongoing cleanup activities, and completed field site assessments of Gran Tierra’s operations in Putumayo and Magdalena Medio regions. Results of the spill response program were summarized using the ARPEL RETOS tool, identifying opportunities for improvements to the spill preparedness  program.

Polaris will be at Clean Gulf next month in New Orleans.  Swing by the booth at 332 and keep an eye out for presentations by Colin McWilliams and Travis Scott.

Polaris personnel are currently working to restore a reef offshore of Túxpam de Rodríguez Cano, on the gulf side of Mexico.  

Elliott Taylor co-chaired the session on “Non-Floating Oil: Response Tools for Assessment, Tracking, Containment and Recovery” during the 2-day conference held in St. Louis, Missouri. He and Travis Scott also co-authored the presentation entitled “River SCAT – Recent Lessons Learned” presented by Dr. Ed Owens of OCC. Colin McWilliams presented “Industry Contingency Planning on High Read more about Clean Waterways (4-5 April 2018)[…]

Dr. Elliott Taylor and José Ríos delivered a two-day course for the Ditidaht First Nation at their community on the shores of Lake Nitinat, BC. The course focused on the basics of oil spill behavior and operational response, both in the nearshore and along the shoreline. Discussions centered on the potential roles as first responders Read more about Coastal Spill Response Training for Ditidaht (19 – 20 April 2018)[…]