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PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Oil/Chemical Spill Experience (* includes NRDA)
ExxonMobil, Silvertip Pipeline Spill, Laurel, MT
MACONDO Well, Mississippi Canyon 252, LA
EAGLE OTOME, Port Arthur, TX*
Adak Petroleum Tank, Adak, AK*
NEW FLAME, Gibraltar*
CELINE, Los Angeles, CA
BOWFIN, Tacoma, WA*
COSCO BUSAN, San Francisco, CA*
KAB 101 Well, Campeche, Mexico
GENMAR PROGRESS, Puerto Rico*
RINGER 1, Pot Canaveral, FL*
NORDIC VIKING, Valdez, AK
Westridge Delivery Line, Burnaby, B.C., Canada*
SONGA HUA, Seattle, WA
SEA VOYAGER, Shearwater, B.C., Canada*
WESTWOOD ANETTE, Squamish, B.C., Canada*
COUGAR ACE, South of Adak Island, AK
Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA*
CN Derailment, Wabamun Lake, AB, Canada
Breton Sound 51, Mississippi River, LA*
PUMA, Jacksonville, FL
NOHOHELE, Ferndale, WA
BP Cherry Pt. Refinery, Blaine, WA
SELENDANG AYU, Unalaska, AK*
ATHOS 1, Deleware River, NJ, DE, PA*
MED TAIPEI, Monterey Bay, CA *
FORTUNE EPOCH, Savannah, GA
RailAmerica, Cow Creek, Riddle, OR *
Cargill Incorporated, Riverview, FL*
CHRISTOFORO COLOMBO, Kholmsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia
TORM MARY, Neches River, Port Neches, TX*
CLIPPER ODYSSY, Dutch Harbor, AK
Olympic Pipeline Spill, Renton, WA*
F/V SKIPPER, Port Arena, CA*
ThermoFluids, Inc., Portland, OR*
BOW MARINER, Portsmouth, VA*
GENMAR ALEXANDRA, Mississippi River, Norco, LA*
STELLAMARE, Hudson River, Albany, NY
PRESTIGE, Coastal Spain*
NMS 1477, Texas City Harbor, TX*
Gasoline Tanker Spill, Lochsa River, ID*
ENERGY 5501, New Haven, CT*
Gasoline Tanker Spill, Detroit Lake, OR*
M/V EVER REACH, Charleston, SC*
Dredge SANDERLING, Columbia River, WA*
TAKU PROVIDER, Inside Passage, Eastern Pacific*
Tanker Spill, Interstate 90, Issaquah, WA*
GAZ DIAMOND, Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, WA*
Deer Creek Tanker Spill, Ferndale, WA*
Marathon Oil Pipeline Spill, Wood River, IL*
Yale Reservoir Transformer Spill, Cougar, WA*
PAULINA, St. Eustatius, Netherland Antilies*
Clearwater River Diesel Truck Spill, Kamiah, ID *
ITB GROTON, Cherry Point Spill, WA *
BLUE MOON, Ferndale, WA *
ITB BALTIMORE, Ferndale, WA *
M/V TRISTAN, Central Oregon Coast *
OVERSEAS CHICAGO, Tacoma, WA *
OVERSEAS BOSTON, Ferndale, WA *
M/V EVER GROUP, Columbia River, OR
BRASILIA, Port Elizabeth, NJ
T/B RHODE ISLAND, Long Island Sound, NY *
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, Port Angeles, WA *
Tug CASCADE, Lake Union, WA *
East Walker River, Yosemite, CA *
RUBIN PEARL, Tacoma, WA *
M/V WESTCHESTER, Mississippi River, LA *
BP/ARCO, Cherry Point, WA *
SHAWNEE PRINCESS, Veracruz, Mexico *
USS DETROIT, Sandy Hook, NJ *
Fifteenmile Creek Tanker Spill, The Dalles, OR *
PENN 460, Narragansett Bay, RI *
POSAVINA, Boston Harbor, MA *
SEGOVIA CARRIER, Tampa Bay, FL *
Potomac Electric Power Co., Patuxent River, MD *
Camari pipeline spill, Bolivia
OSSA II Paratoni pipeline spill, Bolivia
OSSA II Rio Desaguadero pipeline spill, Bolivia *
Olympic Pipeline Rupture, Bellingham, WA *
ARCO TEXAS, Cherry Point, WA *
SUPER RUBIN, Columbia River, OR *
ATI Gasoline Spill, Warm Springs, OR *
NEW CARISSA, Coos Bay, OR *
ESTRELLA PAMPEANA, River Plate, Argentina
PARADISE QUEEN II, Kure Atoll *
ANADYR, Tacoma, WA *
KUROSHIMA, Dutch Harbor, AK *
KURE, Humbolt Bay, Eureka, CA *
BUFFALO 292, San Jose, Texas*
MYSTRAS, Delaware Bay, DE *
MARATHON, Baton Rouge, LA *
ROSEDALE Pipeline Spill, Rosedale, IN *
FERNDALE Refinery, Ferndale, WA *
FORMOSA SIX, Mississippi River *
OREGON, Cape Ninilchik, AK *
JULIE N, Fore River, Portland, ME *
PROVENCE, Portsmouth, NH *
EXPEDITION III, Swinomish Slough, WA *
ANITRA, Cape May, NJ *
TMI-11 Caustic Soda spill, Cape Canaveral, FL *
IRON BARON, Tasmania
NILOS, Freepoint, Bahamas *
CITRUS, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, AK *
NEPTUNE, Anacortes, WA *
NORTH CAPE, Pt. Judith, RI *
Komineft Pipeline Spills, Usinsk, Komi Republic, Russia
JAHRE SPRAY, Delaware River, NJ *
APEX BARGE 3603, Vicksburg, MS *
RL229/RL224 ferrous sulfate spill, Port Bienville, MS *
ASHLAND CRANFIELD STATION, Natches, MS *
BERGE BANKER, Corpus Christi, TX *
HADRIAN, Bahia de Samana, Dominican Republic *
CROWLEY BARGE 101, Anacortes, WA *
FIRAT, Ft. Lauderdale, FL *
NEW AMSTERDAM, Ketchikan, AK *
KENTUCKY, Delaware River, PA, NJ, DE *
ARCTIC IV, Lake Union, WA *
EXPLORER LT, Carteret, NJ *
EASTERN LION, Valdez, AK *
BARGE 101, Captains Bay, AK *
GOLDEN PRINCESS, Juneau, AK *
BOW SUN, Texas City, TX *
CYNTHIA M NaOH spill, Hackensack River, NJ *
CHEVAK, St. Paul Is. Pribilof Islands, AK *
CAMP PENDLETON/LAS PULGAS, Camp Pendleton, CA *
AN PING 6, Columbia River, Longview, WA *
MORRIS J. BERMAN, San Juan, PR *
SAUDI DIRIYAH, Norfolk, VA *
TIDEWATER BARGE 1, Pasco, WA *
JIN SHIANG FA, Rose Atoll, American Samoa *
BALSA 37, Egmont Channel, Tampa Bay, FL *
BOUCHARD B155, Egmont Channel, Tampa Bay, FL *
MARITRANS OCEAN B255, Egmont Channel, Tampa Bay, FL *
EXCELLENCE, Elliott Bay, WA *
BETULA sulfuric acid spill, Mexico *
CENTRAL, Columbia R, Longview, WA *
PRIME TRADER, Jacksonville, FL *
NOSAC FOREST, Tacoma, WA *
RTC 380, REINEAUER BARGE, Long Island Sound, NY *
FORT CREEK DAM FAILURE, Fort Klamath, OR *
GREENHILL OIL PLATFORM, Timbalier Bay, LA *
ADVANTAGE, Port Chicago, CA *
SUN ROSE, Blair Waterway, Tacoma, WA *
COMMENCEMENT BAY SUPERFUND SITE,Tacoma WA,
JOEY DEVALL, High Island, TX *
Operation DESERT STORM, Bahrain and Qatar
TENYO MARU, Cape Flattery, WA*
RIMBA KEMPAS, Coos Bay, OR *
SHINOUSSA, Galveston Bay, TX *
K.S. MEGA BORG II, Gulf of Mexico *
CIBRO SAVANNAH, Arthur Kill NY/ NJ *
AMERICAN TRADER, Huntington Beach, CA *
NAUTILUS, Kill Van Kull, NY *
FRANK H. BROWN, Wrangell Narrows, AK *
MILOS REEFER, St. Matthew’s Island, AK *
PRESIDENTE RIVERA, Delaware River, DE *
WORLD PRODIGY, Newport, RI *
EXXON VALDEZ, Prince William Sound, AK *
#6 CHIL BO SAN, Unalaska Island, AK *
NESTUCCA, Gray’s Harbor, WA *
MCN #5, Guemes Channel, WA
Martinez Refinery, Suisan Bay, CA
Hasbah 6 blowout, U.A.E.
DOMATAR, Quevillon River, Quebec, Canada
GOLDEN ROBIN, New Brunswick, Canada
ARROW, Novia Scotia, Canada

Coral/Seagrass Grounding Experience (* includes NRDA)
MELLSENTOSA, Yap*
CHEMTRANS ALSTER, Tuxpan, Mexico
SEMINOLE PRINCESS, Indonesia
SHEN NENG I, Gladstone, Australia
M/V ANGELN, Vieux Fort St. Lucia
VOGETRADER, Oahu, Hawaii*
MATTHEW, Guaynilla, Puerto Rico*
VINALINES SKY, Indonesia
M/V PORT STEWART, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico*
BUDMO, Taiwan
HARNS, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
M/V Breithorn, Port Esquivel, Jamaica
FICUS, Goulding Cay, Bahamas*
SICHEM AMETHYST, St. Croix, VI*
SICHEM PRINCESS MARIE CHANTAL, Tortola, BVI
WESTERHAVEN, Belize, Mexico
CEMBAY, Cancun, Mexico*
MARGARA, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
FICUS, Goulding Cay, Bahamas*
SCF TOMSK, San Pedro, DR*
GREEN CHILI, Dry Tortugas, FL*
LA CONCHA/AM215, Cancun, Mexico*
Caribbean Tug & Barge, Dominican Republic*
CLIPPER LASCO, Fort Lauderdale, FL*
SPERCHIOUS, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico*
CASITAS, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Midway Islands*
CAPE FLATTERY, Honolulu, HI *
SEA CLOUD, St. Croix, USVI *
PESCA NOSTRA, St. John, USVI *
M/V PURITAN, Fort Lauderdale, FL*

MICRONESIAN HERITAGE, Yap*
KYOWA VIOLET, Yap*
KENT RELIANT, San Juan, Puerto Rico*
PAULA KAY, Veracruz, Mexico*
M/V AMORGOS, Lungkeng, Taiwan*
PAULINA, St. Eustatius, Netherland Antilles*
RUBIN, Veracruz, Mexico *
MISTRAL, St. Kitts & Nevis, West Indies *
PACIFIC FALCON, Koror, Palau *
PARADISE QUEEN II, Kure Atoll, Midway Islands *
ALLIE B, Key Biscayne, FL *
KAPITAN EGOROV, Puerto Rico *
AUTHOR, Puerto Rico *
LEEWARD, Cancun, Mexico *
PROFITIS ELIAS, Veracruz, Mexico *
FORTUNA REEFER, Puerto Rico *
GEANIE G, Petit Bois Island, MI *
FIRAT, Ft. Lauderdale, FL *
MORRIS J. BERMAN, San Juan, Puerto Rico *
OCEANUS, Satawal Island, Yap *
JIN SHIANG FA, Rose Atoll, American Samoa*
CAPTAIN JOE, Florida Keys *

Research Projects
American Petroleum Institute: Fate and Environmental Effects of Inland Oil Spills
American Petroleum Institute: Shoreline Oil Spill Experiment Design/Permitting
Arco Alpine Project: Colville Delta, Alaska, Oil and River Hydrodynamics Studies
Arco Transportation: Copper River Delta, Alaska, Oil Transport
ARROW 1970 spill, Nova Scotia — 1992 SCAT shoreline resurvey
Oil-Fine Particle Interaction — Esso Resources, Environment Canada,MSRC
Environment Canada: BIOS Oil Spill Experiment (1980-2001)
Environment Canada: Oil in Coarse Sediments Model
Environment Canada: Pacific Coast Oil Spill Experiment Design
Environment Canada: Hydraulic Washing Optimization
Environment Canada: National Sensitivity Mapping Shoreline Protocols
Exxon: Bioremediation for Cleanup in Louisiana Coastal Wetlands
Marine Spill Response Corporation: Historical Spill Review
Marine Spill Response Corporation: In Situ Burn Guidelines
Sakhalin Energy (Russia): Winter Shoreline Dynamics and Ice Monitoring Program
Shoreline Cleanup and Logistics Interactive Database/Software (“SHORECLEAN”)

Recent Response Studies and Manuals
AEPS: Field Guide for Oil Spill Response in Arctic Waters
Alaska Chadux Corp. Oil Spill Response Manual
Alaska Clean Seas: Cleanup Manual for Peat Shorelines
Alaska Clean Seas: Shoreline Cleanup Manual
Alyeska Pipeline Co.: Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Manual
American Petroleum Institute: Freshwater Response Manual
American Petroleum Institute: Marine Response Manual
Bitor: Field Guide for Spills of Orimulsion
British Columbia Sensitivity Atlas for the Straits of Georgia
British Columbia Shoreline Protection and Cleanup Manual
British Columbia Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Team (SCAT) Manual
British Columbia Spill Waste Management and Disposal Guidelines
Burrard Clean Response Organization: Alternative Countermeasures Manual
Environment Canada: Atlantic SCAT Manual
Environment Canada: Arctic SCAT Manual
Environment Canada: Great Lakes SCAT Manual
Environment Canada: Field Guide to Shoreline Assessment and Documentation
Environment Canada: Atlantic Shoreline Protection/Cleanup Data Base
Environment Canada: Field Guide for Shoreline Protection and Cleanup
Environment Canada: Great Lakes Shoreline Protection and Cleanup Manual
Environment Canada: Arctic Shoreline Protection and CleanupManual
Esso Australia: Western Port Shoreline Protection and Cleanup Field Guide
Exxon: Spill Response Manual Review (EPRCo)
Exxon CIS: Sakhalin Aerial Shoreline Videotape/Mapping-Response Field Guide
Exxon CIS: Sakhalin Island Inlet Protection and Current Meter Survey
Exxon Chad/Cameroon: Oil Spill Response Plans
Marine Spill Response Corp.: Beach Protection and Cleanup Methods Catalog
Marine Spill Response Corp.: On-Water/ Nearshore Response Operations Manual
MMM: Sakhalin Island-Sea of Okhotsk Marine/Shoreline Response Manual
Qatar Petroleum Corp: Corporate Response Plan
Sakhalin Energy Investment Corp: Corporate and Facility Response Plans
Washington State Dept. of Ecology: Use of Dispersants Preliminary EIS

Exercise Development
Alaska Chadux Corp. (1997) – Associate Members Exercises
Alyeska Pipeline (Fairbanks, 1998) – IMT/CMT Training & Exercise
Burrard Clean Operations (Annual Exercises)
Chevron (Galena Park, TX, 1994) – Training and Drill
Cominco Red Dog Mine (Alaska, 1997) – Training and NPREP Exercise
Crowley Marine Services (Annual Exercises)
Golden West Pipeline Co. (Los Angeles, CA) – Pipeline & Facility Drill
Southern Peru Copper (Ilo, Peru, 1998 & 1999) – Port Exercise
Unocal (Long Beach, CA, 1994) – Tabletop Exercises
Washington State Maritime Cooperative (Seattle, WA, 1998) – NPREP

Major Exercises
BP, Valdez AK Drill 1993
ARCO, Valdez AK Drill 1993
OOPS, San Francisco CA 1995
Burrard Clean, Sydney, BC 1995
     Prince Rupert, BC 1998 / Victoria, BC 2000
Tosco, Ferndale WA 1996
CMRMC CANUSLAK drill, Cornwall, Ontario 1996
BHP PREP Drill, Hawaii 1996
Sause Brothers, Portland, OR 1996
Crowley Marine, Worst-Case Discharge
     Exercises: 96, 99, 02
Alaska DEC — Sakhalin Island, Russia, 1997
Sause Brothers, Honolulu, HI 1997
SONS Drill Philadelphia, 1997 / Calumet 2001
Chevron, Richmond WA 1997 & 2002
Texaco, Anchorage AK 1997
ARCO, North Slope AK MAD drill 1998
BP, Valdez SONS drill 1998
CMRMC, Quebec 1998
ARCO, Prince William Sound, AK 1999
Sea River Maritime, Everett, WA 1999
Florida Power & Light, 1995 – 1999
Shell Oil, multiple drills
Chevron Venezuela, PDVSA Maracaibo
Aerial Videotape Surveys
Central/Northern California
Suisun Bay, CA
NEW CARISSA oil spill, Coos Bay, OR
Puget Sound, WA
San Juan Island, WA
Bellingham and Samish Bays, WA
Port Valdez, AK
North Slope, AK; Prudhoe Bay, Colville Delta,
     Badami Project Area, Harrison Bay,
     Chukchi Sea Coast
Prince William Sound, AK; Hinchinbrook Is.,
     Montague Is., Port of Valdez and Approaches
Alaskan Beaufort Sea, AK
EXXON VALDEZ oil spill, AK
Kodiak Island/GOA, AK
Louisiana Regional Videotape Surveys
Labrador, Canada
Newfoundland, Canada
Nova Scotia, Canada
Prince Edward Island, Canada
Amundsen Gulf, Northwest Territories, Canada
Baffin Island / Beaufort Sea, Arctic Canada
Northwest Passage, Northwest Territories, Canada
Johnstone/Queen Charlotte Strait & Mid Coast BC
Victoria, B.C., Canada; Saanich Peninsula,
     Saltspring Island, Strait of Georgia, Vancouver,
     Burrard Inlet, West Coast Trail,
     West Coast of Vancouver Island, BC
Sakhalin Island, Russia
Western Port, Victoria, Australia
Arabian Gulf (Bahrain and Qatar)
Kenya
Barbados
St. Vincent
Martinique
Bolivia, Rio Desaguadero
Cameroon
Chad

Training Workshops
Amoco (ICS Training)
Alaska Clean Seas, Prudhoe Bay, AK (multiple)
Alaska Chadux Corp. (multiple workshops)
Alaska Dept. of Env. Conservation, Sakahlin, Is., Russia
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co., Prince William Sound, AK (multiple)
ARCO, Santa Barbara, CA
A.P.Moller, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995-2002 (NRDA)
Ashland Oil, Chattanooga, TN (NRDA)
Assurance Gard, Arondal Norway (NRDA)
BHP/Esso Australia, Geelong, Australia
BHP, Honolulu, HI (NRDA)
BP, Everett, WA
British Petroleum, Prince William Sound, AK (multiple)
Burrard Clean, Vancouver Harbor, B.C., Canada (multiple)
Burrard Clean Response Organization: Submerged Oil Workshop
Clean Casco Bay, ME - Submerged Oil Seminar
Clean Islands Council, Honolulu, HI
Canadian Coast Guard, Cornwall, Ontario, St. Johns Newfoundland, Canada (multiple)
Chevron, Tampa, FL, San Francisco, CA, Edmonds WA
Chevron, Prudhoe Bay, AK - Winter Spill Response Training
Chevron International, Maracaibo, Venezuela, Zulia State
CISPRI, Anchorage, AK (NRDA)
CIDA, Montevideo, Uruguay
ConocoPhillips, Valdez, AK & Santa Monica, CA
Dome Petroleum, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
Environment Canada, B.C., Great Lakes, Novia Scotia, Newfoundland (multiple)
Exxon Inshore Gulf ELIRT, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas (multiple)
Exxon CIS, Sakhalin Island, Russia
Florida Power & Light, Juno, FL
Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York (NRDA)
IBS, London, England
International Maritime Organization, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Kenya
Keesal, Young & Logan, Long Beach, CA
Louisiana Offshore Oil Protection, Fouchon, LA
Marine Spill Responce Corp., Gulf Coast Region, Northeast 2, Southwest Region
OSRL, Southhampton, UK - Winter Operations Training
Petro-Canada, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Hopedale, Laborador, Canada
Portland Pipeline Co., Maine
Scandinavian Marine Claims Office, Savannah, GA; Galveston, TX
Seafood Tainting, Closing Fisheries During Oil Spills, Bodega Bay, CA
Shell Oil Company, New Orleans, LA
Southern Peru Copper, Ilo, Peru
Stena Bulk, Gothenburg, Sweden
Sea River Maritime, Seattle, WA
Taiwan EPA, Taipei / Chiai
Texaco, Anchorage, AK
Thai Government
Transredes, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
TOSCO, Bayway, NJ
UN - International Maritime Organization, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Kenya,
       Barbados, Peru, Panama

SMRT Spill Management Response Course
Seattle, WA 1996
Thai Government, NRDA Training 1996
Exxon: Houston, TX 1997
Toronto (Missassauga) 1997
Shell: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada 1998
Sea River Maritime, Seatlle, WA 1999
Texaco, Anchorage, AK

Post-Spill Surveys and Experimental Oil Spills
METULA, Chile
AMOCO CADIZ, Brittany, France
Baffin Island Oil Spill Experiment, Arctic Canada
Svalbard Shoreline Field Experiments, Spitzbergen Norway

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