Recent advances in oil spill dispersant technology with emphasis on new capability to disperse heavy oil

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 1998, HSE 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Lessard, R R ^a   DeMarco, G ^a   Fiocco, R J ^a   Lunel, T ^b   Lewis, A ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b National Environmental Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL SPILLS;

DISPERSANTS; GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LARGE-SCALE FIELD TESTS; NORTH SEA; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTICS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 85088074003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/46745-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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