The Oil Spill Recovery Institute Past, Present, and Future Directions (2003) / Chapter Skim
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6. Applied Technology
6. Applied Technology
Pages 62-72
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One component of the mission of the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) is to "...identify and develop He best available techniques, equipment, and materials for dealing with oil spills in Arctic and subarctic marine environment...." To accomplish this component of the OSRI mission, a portfolio of projects has been funded to conduct research and carry out demonstration projects that are called "applied technology" (Table 6-1~.
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, development of an in situ hydrocarbon monitor, a computer simulation of dispersant application during an oil spill, an inventory of oil response equipment, and a study of radar as an ice detection method (Table 6-1~. The funds for these projects total more than $1.8 million in the period FY98-01.
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-PhaseV $60,000 Tech 06/15/00 - 06/14/01 In Situ Determination & Monitoring of Hydrocarbons $43,876 Tech 06/15/00 - 06/14/01 Computer Simulation of Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Dispersed and Nondispersed Oil Spills $171,000 Tech 06/15/00 - 01/31/01 Nowcast/Forecast Program $140,000 Tech 10/01/99 - 09/30/00 Technology Coordinator $100,000 Tech 06/01/01 - 11/30/01 Response - Software Implementation $60,633 Tech 06/01/01 - 11/30/01 Response - Software Implementation $59,833 Tech 06/01/01 - 11/30/01 Response - Software Implementation $60,633 Tech 03/15/01 - 10/31/01 Mechanical Oil Recovery in Ice Infested Waters (MORICE) -Phase VI $80,000 Tech
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Ross Environmental $8,000 Tech PWS Science Center $21,619 Tech Cordova District Fishermen United $13,598 Tech $11,900 Tech Tim Robertson $36,000 Tech UAF/SFOS/L9 RC 5133,100 Tech Prince William Sound Science Center 5133,333 Tech University of Miami/RSMAS $20,315 Tech Counterspill Research, Inc. $64,000 Tech SINTEF 5100,000 Tech OSRI $25,000 Tech Alaska Clean Seas $10,000 Tech Cook Inlet Keeper $60,000 Tech SINTEF $43,876 Tech Arizona State University 5171,000 Tech SINTEF 5140,000 Tech University of Miami/RSMAS 5100,000 Tech OSRI $60,633 Tech SEAPRO $59,833 Tech Alaska Chadu~c Corporation $60,633 Tech Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response, Inc.
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66 TABLE 6-1 Continued THE OIL SPILL RECOVERY INSTlTIJTE Contract Term Project Titlea Totalb Program Area 10/01/00 - 09/30/01 Technology Coordinators Travel to Attend EPPR and Other Oil Response Meetings Abroad 02/01/01 - 01/31/02 Nowcast/Forecast Program 08/01/01 - 09/30/02 Ice Detection Technologies Using Radar 09/01/01 - 09/30/02 Review of the OSRI Research Program TOTAL $40,391 $8,943 $150,000 $100,000 $100,000 $1,770,322 Tech/E Over Tech Tech Over NOTE: All totals are approx~nate and are based on information provided by OSRI in February 2002. aDescriptions of most projects can be found at the OSRI website d~ttp://www.pwsscosri.org>.
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Oil and Ice Think Tank A proposed meeting that will bring together leading experts to identify deficiencies in our current knowledge and capabilities for spill response in ice-infested waters. Oil Response Inventory Project A major effort, as indicated by the level of funding, was conducted by OSRI through the awarding of three contacts, for the period 6/1/01-11/30/01, to SEAPRO, to Alaska Chadux Corporation, and to Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response, Inc., for an inventory of oil spill response equipment.
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The committee had extended discussions about whether this part of the OSRI mission was properly focused and receiving adequate financial resources. The issue of balance in OSRI's portfolio of projects was 6
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, an example of an OSRI project that is primarily a real-time response activity is the purchase of database software for cataloguing and managing information related to spill equipment and training of personnel in various oil spill response organizations around the state. The cooperative spill response organizations for the three major areas where the oil spill
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This is a real-time response activity already served by other organizations and it is unclear how the OSRI purchase of a software package enhanced oil spill response capabilities. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The OSRI Applied Technology program should emphasize the development and improvement of techniques, material, and equipment that can be used to respond to and affect the cleanup of oil spills in cold marine environments.
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To more effectively make its capabilities available, it is important that OSRI develop relationships with the key spill response organizations, before a spill, to ensure that they are effectively included in the program if a spill occurs. This might be facilitated by the coop representatives, the NOAA science support coordinator, and the BP spill response coordinator on the OSRI Advisory Board.
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