oil spill overview and recommendations for moving forward
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Exxon Valdez Oil Edward!B.!Overton,!Ph.D. Professor!Emeritus Dept!of!Environmental!Sciences School!of!Coast!and!Environment Louisiana!State!University Baton!Rouge!LA!70803TRANSCRIPT
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Exxon Valdez Oil
Deepwater Horizon Oil
Oil Spill Overview and
Recommendations for Moving
Forward
Edward!B.!Overton,!Ph.D.Professor!EmeritusDept!of!Environmental!SciencesSchool!of!Coast!and!EnvironmentLouisiana!State!UniversityBaton!Rouge!LA!70803
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Deepwater Horizon Spill
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Overview of the Spill
• Began April 20, 2010 with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico
• Capped on July 15, 2010
• Estimates of 35,000-60,000 barrels of crude oil flowed from the well per day, covering 2,500 square miles
• >5M barrels of oil spilled – Largest spill in history
• >1M barrels of dispersant used at depth and on the surface
• Impact to people, environment, economy, and geology
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7721 milesof coastline in
Louisiana
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On Shore Oil
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Offshore Oil
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Thick, skimable, dispersible oil
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Oil after dispersant application
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Source oil•oil at depth•oil on surface•dispersed oil at depth•dispersed oil on surface
Weathered oils•dissolved and modified oils at depth•dispersed weathered oils on surface•dispersed dissolved and modified oil at depth•dispersed weathered oil on surface
Impacts•Ecological
•Geological•Economic
•Sociological
Dispersed
Source
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Toxic & StickyFloating
StickyFloatingSinking?
Tarball Nuisance
Surface Oil Weathering
GunkyFloatingSinking
Days Weeks Months
Loss of Light Ends
Saturates and AromaticsDegraded
AsphalteneResidue
The Effects of Weathering on Spilled Oil
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CH4 CO2Reduced!form Oxidized!form
O2HYDROCARBONS“e”!donor
+!microorganisms
no!O2 very!very!slow
fast
HYDROCARBONS
aerobic
anaerobic
chlorocarbons
Chlorocarbons“e”!acceptor
Slow
Fast!(relatively!)
Oxidation"replace!H!with!more!electronegative!elementReduction" replace!electronegative!element!with!H
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Three Scenarioswhat’s going to happen?
Best Case• No further leaks with little or no permanent effect to the environment and food
chain• Nature cleans environment with limited human intervention
Worst Case could encompass one or more of the following: • Further substantial leakage• Long term changes to food chain• Toxicity and oxygen depletion
Most Likely Outcome• Gulf spill follows the scenario set by the Valdez spill (gradual return 3-5 yrs)
– Variables:
• Environmental (temperature and weather) conditions
• Greater use of dispersants and ISB
• Depth of spill and dispersant use at depth
• Danger of over-remediation
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Recovery
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
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Toxic!&!sticky sticky Tarball!nuisance
oil!weathering
Oil Weathering
Exxon!Valdez
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Most of the oiled mussels were as clean as unoiled mussels by 1992-93 (3-4 years)
Chemical Contamination
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Oil Removal Options: 3 tools in Toolbox:• Chemical• Mechanical• In-situ burning
Valdez/Ixtoc1 and other oil spills lessons learned: • Most but not all environmental indicators return
to normal in 3-5 annual cycles.• Oil Spills are acute events, not a chronic events
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ISB
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Areal Dispersant Application
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Near!shore!skimmers
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A WhaleOcean Skimmer?
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Jack!Wood,!TrusteeThe!Wood!Family!Trust21859!Angeli!PlaceGrass!Valley,!CA!95949530"320"7200!(Cell)
Deeboom
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Gulf Shores/Orange BeachJuly 17, 2010
What do you do with this?
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Sand!Berms
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Human!Health!Exposures•Toxicity!of!semivolatiles?•Routes!of!exposure•Consumption!of!seafood?
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•Develop!transparent!information!management!criteria/protocols!in!the!age!of!Google
•Understand!ecology!and!impacts!of!releases!at"depth
•Catalogue!and!contact!!area!experts!in!marine!and!coastal!ecology,!oceanography
•Evaluate!the!tradeoff!for!offshore!verses!near"shore!impacts
•Evaluate!the!efficacy!of!offshore!cleanup!options
•Have!in!place!a!public!cleanup!technology!review!and!evaluation!system
Some!Future!Recommendations
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•Develop!a!catalog!of!oil!weathering!properties!for!all!production!zones
•Understand!the!chemistry!of!various!oils!and!their!weathered!products
•Develop!remote!sensing!for!accurate!detection!of!spreading!oil!patches
•Develop!contamination!free!at!depth!sampling!and!monitoring!capability
•Develop!human!health!exposure!risk!for!response!and!cleanup!workers
•Develop!an!understanding!of!impact!on!seafood!and!duration!of!seafood!impacts
•Develop!rapid!response!seafood!impact!detection!capability
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•Develop!capability!for!24!hour!cleanup!operations
•Develop!cleanup!skimming!technology!for!offshore,!near"shore!and!on"shore
•Develop!response!technology!use!paradigms!(skimming,!dispersing,!ISB)
• Develop!dispersing!efficacy!and!impacts!criteria
•Understand!impacts!of!dispersant!use!at!depth!and!on!the!surface!
•Re"examine!and!re"engineer!the!safety!features!for!well!shutdown
•Examine!and!evaluate!Incident!Command!Structure
•Keep!incident!response!technical/scientific!based,!not!political
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Conclusion:
•Hope!containment!holds,!relief!wells!provide!final!plugging!
•Remove!as!much!residual!oil!as!possible!off!the!surface
•Support!natural!recovery!processes
•Use!portion!of!royalty!income!to!partially!response!needs
•Talk!the!talk,!walk!the!walk!as!far!as!environmental!health!and!safety!is!concerned
•Develop!a!sensible!energy!policy!for!the!US