Offshore oil spill prevention and response is the study and practice of reducing the number of offshore incidents that release oil or hazardous substances...
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the "BP oil spill") was an environmental disaster which began on 20 April 2010, off the coast of the...
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An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form...
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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that made worldwide headlines in the spring of 1989 and occurred in Alaska's Prince William...
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Blowout (well drilling) (redirect from Notable offshore well blowouts)
2018. "Guidance to Owners and Operators of Offshore Facilities Seaward of the Coast Line Concerning Regional Oil Spill Response Plans (NTL No. 2012-N06)"...
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the spill was the January 28, 1969 blow-out on Union Oil's Platform A, located 6 miles (10 km; 5 nmi) from the coast in the Dos Cuadras Offshore Oil Field...
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list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one...
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Blowout preventer (redirect from Annular blowout prevention)
list of notable offshore well blowouts Subsea technology Christmas tree (oil well) Oil well Offshore oil spill prevention and response "Blow Out Preventer...
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oil spill are health effects related to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. An oil discharge...
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The Refugio oil spill on May 19, 2015, contaminated one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast of the United States with 142,800 U.S...
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was discovered on the afternoon of 22 April 2010 when a large oil slick began to spread at the former rig site. According...
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works to avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability for the cost of cleanup and damage; requires...
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Oil spill governance in the United States is governed by federal law. The governance framework for oil spills in the United States prior to the Oil Pollution...
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The civil and criminal proceedings stemming from the explosion of Deepwater Horizon and the resulting massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico began shortly...
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petroleum market and geopolitics. Offshore installations refer to offshore platforms, oil platforms, and various types of offshore drilling rigs. It...
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hazardous substances releases and oil spills. They forwarded the information to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), a division of the California...
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Shell Nigeria (redirect from Shell Nigeria Oil Products)
Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA). Since 2011, 1,010 oil spills with an overall sum of 110,535 barrels, or 17.5 million liters, of oil...
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Extraction of petroleum (redirect from Oil and gas extraction projects)
and have led to oil spills. Geologists and geophysicists use seismic surveys to search for geological structures that may form oil reservoirs. The "classic"...
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Piper Alpha (category Collapsed oil platforms)
10% of North Sea oil and gas production and was the world’s single largest oil producer. The accident is the worst ever offshore oil and gas disaster in...
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Environmental issues in the Niger Delta (redirect from Oil spills in Nigeria)
consequences of the pollution. A catastrophic spill occurred on May 1, 2010 at an ExxonMobil offshore oil platform approximately 35 to 45 kilometres (20...
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The Summerland Oil Field (and Summerland Offshore Oil Field) is an inactive oil field in Santa Barbara County, California, about four miles (6 km) east...
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BSEE was established in response to the regulatory failure of Minerals Management Service (MMS) in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. Secretarial Order...
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Process safety (section Definition and scope)
refineries and oil and gas (onshore and offshore) production installations. Thus, process safety is generally concerned with the prevention of, control...
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the offshore oil and gas industries is usually contract based. Saturation diving is standard practice for bottom work at many of the deeper offshore sites...
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Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Oil Drilling Moratorium" (PDF). conference.iza.org. Retrieved March 13, 2017. "Dispersant Use in BP Oil Spill". Environmental...
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Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate S. 3358: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010 S.685 - Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010 S. 258:...
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Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (redirect from Alaska oil pipeline)
us. Accessed July 17, 2009. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. "Oil Spill Prevention and Response", Alyeska-pipe.com. Accessed July 16, 2009. Archived May 27...
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especially involving Chevron. A major Chevron oil spill occurred in 2002, which polluted beaches and contaminated the marine environment. It also caused...
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includes mobile offshore drilling units (MODU) offshore supply vessels (OSV), oceanographic research vessel (ORV), oil spill response vessel (OSRV), nautical...
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waters in California, both inland and up to 200 miles (320 km) off the coast. The funding for the OSPR's Oil Spill Prevention Administration Fund comes from...
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