Herding surfactants to contract and thicken oil spills in pack ice for in situ burning

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 3-23

  Buist, Ian ^a   Potter, Steve ^a   Nedwed, Tim ^b   Mullin, Joseph ^c  

^a SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Herding agent; In situ burning; Oil spill; Pack ice

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BARENTS SEA; COLD REGIONS; DISPERSANTS; DRIFT ICE; ENGINEERING LABORATORIES; FIELD TRIAL; FIRE TRAINING; FLUORO-SURFACTANT; FLUOROSURFACTANTS; HERDING AGENT; ICE CONCENTRATION; ICE CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; JOINT INDUSTRY PROJECTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGER FIELDS; MESOSCALE; OIL SLICKS; OIL SPREADING; OPEN WATER; PACK ICE; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SALT MARSHES; SILICONE SURFACTANTS; SLUSH ICE; SPILL RESPONSE; SVALBARD; US ARMY; WEATHERED CRUDE OIL;

CRUDE OIL; EXPERIMENTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; HYDROCARBONS; LABORATORIES; OIL SPILLS; SEA ICE; SILICONES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

OIL BOOMS;

ICE COVER; ICE DRIFT; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PACK ICE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACTANT;

EID: 79954977752     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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