Oil Spill Management & Response
Introduction
Oil Spill Management & Response
Objectives
This program has been tailored to provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to Oil Spill Response, in order to reduce the effect of spillage, Combat the marine oil pollution, and Cleaning of beaches. By the end of this training, participants will have a thorough understanding of the principles of Oil Spill Response and Contingency Planning.
Who Should Attend?
Any participants want to gain a basic understanding of marine Oil pollution, Combating strategy, combating equipment and cleanup practices.
Course Outline
Oil Spill Health & Safety Issues
Basic rules for workers (HSE site plan). Communications and signals. Risks. Fire and Explosions Hazardous atmospheres and selected contaminants Cleaning solvents, Remediation Chemicals, and Dispersants Heat and cold stress and first aid Protective equipment and clothing Respiratory protection and confined spaces Transportation safety – Land, Sea, and air
Shoreline Cleanup
Dispersant
Spill management
Oil spill combating equipment
Policy of response
Spill Evaluation
International Convention
Contingency planning
Physical & Chemical Properties of Oil
- Sensitivity
- Shoreline protection techniques
- Exclusion booming
- Diversion booming
- Sorbent booming and barriers
- Types of beaches and cleanup
- Environmental impact of oil spill
- What is a dispersant?
- Mechanism of chemical dispersion
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Application guidelines
- Dispersant effectiveness
- Aircraft
- Offshore and Near Shore cleanup
- Principles of using Booms: Design, Selection and uses limitations, Deployment, and Configuration.
- Booming at Sea
- Effects of currents on boom angle
- Shoreline booming
- Use of booms
- Components of a boom
- Boom types and selection
- Boom deployment guidelines
- Skimmer selection matrix
- Skimmer types
- Vacuum trucks
- Floating tanks
- Pumps
- Sorbents
- Response Priorities
- Cleanup Priorities
- Causes of spills by size
- Oil Spill observation and surveillance
- Estimating the amount spilled
- Oil Spill Volume
- MARPOL 73/78
- BARCELONA 76
- Protection of red sea & Eden gulf 1982
- Benefits of implementing and developing a contingency plan
- Response according to spillage level
- Sensitivity maps preparation
- Equipment and supplies
- Oil recovery management
- Causes of spills by size
- Properties of Oil
- Hazards associated with oil spills
- Oil Spill Risk
- The fate of Spilled Oil
- Surface movement of oil at sea