Oil Spill Science and Technology, Second Edition, delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors, to remote sensing through the management side of contingency planning and communicating oil spill risk perceptions. Completely new case studies are included with special attention to the Deepwater Horizon event, covering the impacts of wetlands and sand beaches, a mass balance approach, and the process for removing petroleum chemicals still trapped near Alabama beaches. Other new information on lingering oil left behind from the Exxon Valdez spill, the emergency system used in the Prestige incident, and coverage on the Heibei Spirit spill in Korea are also included. This updated edition combines technology with case studies to identify the current state of knowledge surrounding oil spills that will encourage additional areas of research that are left to uncover in this critical sector of the oil and gas industry. Updated with new chapters on risk analysis and communication, contingency planning, restoration, and case studiesSupported with technological advances evolved from the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil tragedy and events in the Arctic/AntarcticMulti-contributed from various industry experts to provide an extensive background in technical equipment and worldwide procedures used today INDICE: Ch 1: Introduction and the Oil Spill ProblemCh 2: Risk Analysis and CommunicaitonCh 3: Types of Oils and Their PropertiesCh 4: Oil AnalysisCh 5: Remote SensingCh 6: Behavior of Oil and ModelingCh 7: Physical Spill Countermeasures in WaterCh 8: In-situ BurningCh 9: Shoreline CountermeasuresCh 10: Spills on LandCh 11: Submerged OilCh 12: Oil BiodegradationCh 13: Arctic/Antarctic Spills and CleanupCh 14: Effects of Oil in the EnvironmentCh 15: Oiled Birds and MammalsCh 16: Contingency Planning and CommandCh 17: Post-assessment and RestorationCh 18: The Deepwater Horizon SpillCh 19: The Prestige SpillCh 20: The Exxon Valdez SpillCh 21: Hebei Spirit
- ISBN: 978-0-12-809413-6
- Editorial: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1190
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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