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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Day of the Disaster) by Sue L. Hamilton, 1990-09
Oil Spill Prevention and Response: How to Comply With Opa and Ospra by Leslie Ray, 1994-01
White Silk and Black Tar: A Journal of the Alaska Oil Spill by Pat Spencer, 1990-05
Oil Spills (Environmental Disasters) by Jane Walker, 2003-04-24
The Exxon Valdez oil spill: Final report, state of Alaska response by Ernest Piper, 1993
Science Projects/Oil Spills (Investigate! Book) by 4-6,Investigate,1 Of 2 Gutnik, 1991-10-01
Potential effects of oil spills on seabirds and selected other oceanic vertebrates off the North Carolina coast (Occasional papers of the North Carolina Biological Survey) by David S Lee, 1989
Oil spill prevention and removal handbook (Pollution technology review) by Marshall Sittig, 1974
Oil Spills (Lucent Overview Series) by Don Nardo, 1991-01
Report to the Premier on Oil Transportation and Oil Spills by David Anderson, 1989
Oil Spills: Danger in the Sea by Joseph E. Brown, 1978-12
Blowout: A Case Study of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill by Carol E Steinhart, John Steinhart, 1972
Oil spills and the marine environment by Donald F Boesch, 1974
Attendance patterns, hatching chronology and breeding population of common murres on Triangle Island, British Columbia following the Nestucca oil Spill by Michael S. Rodway, 1990

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List Of Major Oilspills Compiled By George Draffan
Industrial Disasters. Major oil spills. compiled by George Draffan.Endgame. 2002 November. Spain. Prestige carrying 20 million gallons
http://www.endgame.org/oilspills.htm

Extractions: Industrial Disasters Major Oil Spills compiled by George Draffan Endgame 2002 November Spain Prestige carrying 20 million gallons (70,000 metric tons) of fuel oil broke up off the Spanish coast. 2001 January Ecuador Ecuadorean-registered ship Jessica, spilled 175,000 gallons of diesel and bunker oil into the sea off the Galapagos Islands. 2000 June South Africa Some 1,400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil leaked from the bulk carrier Treasure off Cape Town, affecting penguins on Dassen and Robben Islands. 2000 January Brazil A ruptured pipeline spewed about 340,000 gallons of heavy oil into Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro. 1999 December France The stern of the Maltese tanker Erika sank off the northwest of Brittany after splitting in two, spilling 25,000 tonnes of viscous fuel oil. 1997 December Sea of Japan Japan Russian tanker Nakhodka spilled 19,000 tonnes of oil after breaking in two in the Sea of Japan. 1996 February UK UK Liberian-registered Sea Empress hit rocks near Milford Haven, Wales, spilling 72,000 tonnes of oil. 1994 October Portugal Portugal Panamanian tanker, Cercal, spilled about 2,000 tonnes of crude into the sea after striking a rock near Leixoes harbour, in Oporto.
CNN - Small Oil Spills Add Up To Environmental Hazard - April 29, 1996
Small oil spills add up to environmental hazard. And since Valdez ran aground, smalleroil barges have been responsible for two of the three worst US spills.
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9604/29/oil.spills/

Extractions: Web posted at: 3:30 p.m. EDT From Correspondent Bruce Burkhardt (CNN) Images of birds covered in crude oil, their wings tarred to their bodies, standing on beaches blanketed with black ooze have become almost commonplace. Environmentalists, however, say the impact on the environment of major spills from oil tankers is just a drop in the barrel compared to oil spilled every day. "What people don't think about is what happens at an oil refinery," said Brent Blackwelder with Friends of the Earth. Pipelines routinely leak and break, he said. ( 128K AIFF sound or 128K WAV sound Pipeline spills reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation average 12 million gallons of petroleum products a year. The Exxon Valdez oil spill, by comparison, spewed out 11 million gallons. Furthermore, the Environmental Protection Agency says that more than a quarter of the nations' one million underground gasoline and oil tanks leak. And since Valdez ran aground, smaller oil barges have been responsible for two of the three worst U.S. spills. The General Accounting Office says an average of 16,000 small oil spills seep into waterways each year half of them during loading or unloading operations. In more recent years, the GAO estimates that
CNN.com - Nature - New Hurdles Hamper Galapagos Oil Spill Cleanup - January 26,
an error occurred while processing this directive, New hurdles hamperGalapagos oil spill cleanup. INTERACTIVE. Top 10 oil spills. IMAGE GALLERY.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/NATURE/01/26/galapagos.spill/

Extractions: PUERTO BAQUERIZO MORENO, Ecuador Efforts to move the Ecuadorean tanker aground on rocks off the Galapagos Islands were hampered by a lack of equipment Friday but the threat from the oil spill was fading, experts said. The Ecuadorean Navy had hoped to bring the Jessica to an even keel but a U.S. Coast Guard team said they ran out of cables key to the salvage operation in the exotic archipelago made famous by British naturalist Charles Darwin's visit in the 19th century. VIDEO CNN's Harris Whitbeck reports on the cleanup effort
Links To More Information About Oil And Oil Spills
Links to More Information about Oil and oil spills. 1 st Oil Spill ADVISOR,March/April 95 oil spills in One year after the
http://www.osradp.lsu.edu/links.htm
Show Number 1005 Oil Spills
What parts of the environment are affected by an oil spill? What can humansdo to prevent oil spills? oil spills How do you clean up an oil spill?
http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/newton/Oilspil

Extractions: Segment length: 9:30 Insights When an oil spill occurs, often due to a ruptured oil tanker or leaking oil rig, people around the world are awed by the damage to the environment. Many oil spills are caused by human error, but there are also naturally-occurring oil spills, such as seepages from oil deposits beneath the ocean floor. Regardless of their origins, oil spills have an impact on the environment. The initial impact of an oil spill on the environment is familiar to those who hear about the event and see its effects on the evening news: a film of oil spreading across the surface of the body of water; oil-stained beaches and shorelines; waterfowl and marine mammals coated with oil, struggling to survive; and the carcasses of wildlife littering the shoreline. The environment sustains some of its most visible damage within the first few days or months of the spill. But what are the long-term effects of a large spill? Some evidence suggests that the oil from the Exxon Valdez spill may have entered the food chain, and that the crude oil itself could continue to wreck havoc with the environment. Since oil floats and crude sinks, both the surface and the bottom of the ocean ecosystem could be affected for a long time.
Marine Oil Spill Prevention Education
Marine Oil Spill Prevention Education. The cumulative impact of repeatedsmall oil spills can devastate the marine environment. The
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/outreach/mas/marine_oil_spills/oilspill.html

Extractions: The cumulative impact of repeated small oil spills can devastate the marine environment. The few drops of oil or gasoline spilled during fueling or boat repairs can have dire consequences on marine waters and on the habitats that support marine life. Elimination of these small oil spills is essential to ensuring the health and productivity of our coastal waters, not only for us but for future generations. Washington Sea Grant Program established an Oil Spill Prevention Education Program to help eliminate the causes of these small spills. Educational materials and strategies have been developed not only to enhance public awareness of the impact of oil spills, but to change boater attitudes and encourage the adoption of safe oil-handling procedures and recycling as alternative to pollution-prone operations and disposal. Through WSGP Marine Advisory Services' "hands on" approach, marine operations in Washington have started adopting proven oil recycling technologies to help reduce the threat of oil spills from boats and marinas. Successful WSGP-sponsored oil filter recycling pilot programs have demonstrated that effective oil recycling can be readily integrated into marine operations.
EW - Marine Oil Spills
Most marine oil spills in the Waikato Region are minor, caused by pleasureboat activities. However, serious Marine oil spills. Marine oil
http://www.ew.govt.nz/regionalservices/civil/spill.htm

Extractions: Print Version Em ail Us Site Map Home Regional Services Civil Defence and Emergency Management Marine Oil Spills On This Site: Main Sections Related Links: Marine oil spills are potential human-made hazards that threaten the coastal marine areas of the Waikato Region. They can range from small spills from recreational boats to larger, more serious oil spills from commercial vessels passing through our waters. Find out about marine oil spills and how they are dealt with in the Waikato Region. Marine oil spills can cause serious damage to our coastal environments and the animal and plant life living in them. Environment Waikato works with other agencies to prevent and plan for marine oil spills so we can minimise the impact these incidents may have on our environment. If you spill oil anywhere in the marine environment you are responsible for: cleaning up the spill
Oil Spill Recovery Institute - History
To identify and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials fordealing with oil spills in the Arctic and subArctic marine environment; and
http://www.pws-osri.org/

Extractions: The Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI) was established by Congress in response to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. The Congressional mandate given OSRI is: To identify and develop the best available techniques, equipment and materials for dealing with oil spills in the Arctic and sub-Arctic marine environment; and, To complement federal and state damage assessment efforts and determine, document, assess and understand the long-range effects of Arctic and sub-Arctic oil spills on the natural resources of Prince William Sound, and the environment, the economy and the lifestyle and well-being of the people who are dependent on those resources. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 established OSRI. Amendments in 1996 and 2002 extended the original mandate through September 2012 and provided a funding mechanism for the Institute.
Oil Spills Pollute Indefinitely And Invisibly, Study Says
This Story Environment. Related Sites Stories. - E-mail this story. Sponsoredin part by. oil spills Pollute Indefinitely and Invisibly, Study Says
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1122_021122_OilSpill.html

Extractions: The Prestige oil tanker, carrying 20 million gallons (76 million liters) of fuel oil, sank off the northern coast of Spain earlier this week, releasing at least 800,000 gallons (3 million liters) of oil into the waters of an extremely rich fishing region. A report published earlier this month shows that in sensitive near-shore environments, the effects of an oil spill can be seen even decades later. The findings come from a study of the aftermath of an accident that occurred in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, on a foggy morning in September 1969. A Boston-bound barge entering the Cape Cod Canal ran aground on rocks, spilling 175,000 gallons (700,000 liters) of diesel fuel into the bay. A worker cleans oil from a Spanish beach after oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast on November 19, 2002.
Oil Spills - Web Guide - People In Action
oil spills. Web Guide. (US, UK, Canada). Related Resources. oil spills MessageBoard. People in Action - Web Guide oil spills peopleinaction.info/ oilspills,
http://peopleinaction.info/oilspills/

Extractions: Press release (Nov. 20, 2002) on the Prestige accident, from Intertanko and Bimco, the leading international shipping associations: "This incident highlights the industry's concern surrounding coastal states' continued reluctance to admit ships into ports of refuge. When ships are not granted such refuge, the potential for a serious incident is frequently increased..."
Information On The Bouchard April 2003 Buzzards Bay Oil Spill
Bay, the state legislature s Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Commission is scheduled to releaseproposed new legislation to help minimize future oil spills in Buzzards
http://www.buzzardsbay.org/oilspill-4-28-03.htm

Extractions: Bouchard No. 120 Spill Pages and Subpages: Past Updates Health Issues Filing a Claim ... Cleanup Methods Bouchard No. 120 related photopages: Fairhaven Pictures Mishaum Pictures First Flight Pictures Long Island Restoration Related BBP website Pages: Reporting Violations Oil Spill Response Oil Pollution Information Today's Bay Conditions ... Web Stats Note: Our most recent updates are on the middle of this page.
Series Of Mishaps Worsened Sound Oil Spill
years, he has been on an industrydominated committee organized by Ecology to rethinkrules requiring facilities like Chevron s to prepare for oil spills.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/163405_spill05.html

Extractions: SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER An overtightened valve. Overflow alarms that didn't go off or at least weren't heard. Two emergency-response boats that wouldn't start. That series of slip-ups made possible Puget Sound's biggest recent oil spill, which fouled tribal clamming grounds, government records show. Karen Ducey / P-I Jason Mills from Global Diving, one of the companies on contract to Foss Maritime, collects a pompom, made of material that absorbs oil but not water, at the beach at the Suquamish Tribal Reserve after the spill. As Coast Guard officials prepare to wrap up their investigation of the December spill at Chevron's fuel terminal in Edmonds, records obtained by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer paint a picture of a frantic but futile effort to contain a slick that spread quickly to beaches six miles away.
MSA Of NZ - Oil Spill Response
OIL SPILL RESPONSE. The Maritime Safety Authority and oil spills. TheMSA Plan. The New Zealand Marine Oil Spill Response Strategy. The
http://www.msa.govt.nz/Protection/oilspillresponse.htm

Extractions: Links The MSA is responsible for responding to major marine oil spill incidents, maintaining a nationwide level of oil spill response preparedness and for dealing with cost recovery and procescution. There are two documents that document this preparedness. The 1999/2000 New Zealand Marine Oil Spill Response Strategy and the National Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan. The New Zealand Marine Oil Spill Response Strategy The National Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan provides the means for a National On-scene Commander (NOSC) to be able to control any marine spill regardless of size. The Plan is a large and ever changing document and includes the operations of MSA's National Oil Spill Service Centre (NOSSC) , located in Te Atatu, Auckland. Operating on the principle that the polluter pays, all costs from an oil spill response and subsequent clean up can be recovered from the spiller, under the Maritime Transport Act 1994.
MSA Of NZ - The New Zealand Marine Oil Spill Response Strategy
That New Zealand has developed and will continue to maintain, at reasonable cost,an appropriate capability to respond to all marine oil spills likely to occur
http://www.msa.govt.nz/Protection/strategy.htm
Oil Spills, Thrills And Chills!
oil spills, Thrills and Chills! Social Studies Activities. Internet Activityfor Simulated Oil Spill. Guest Speakers. Culminating Activities.
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/~ryurecko/

Extractions: Oil Spills, Thrills and Chills! Five oil spills in the first half of 1990 dumped a total of 1,045,000 gallons (3,000 tons) of heating oil, fuel oil, and crude oil into the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull. Important to the prevention of future spills is the "fair tide" rule which gives right of way to the vessel with least maneuverability, stopping marine collisions before they have a chance to happen. The real-time currents and water levels utilized by the Coast Guard to enforce this rule at Bergen Point will serve also to provide the source of real-time information necessary for our students to plot and predict the path of a simulated oil spill. Awareness breeds concern - concern fosters responsibility. Lesson Plans Introduction to the Project Field Trip Environmental /Language Arts Activities Math/Science Activities ... Culminating Activities Created, developed, and facilitated by Franny Mirabelli, Rosalie Moran, Dolores Yurchak, and Rose Marie Yurecko PUBLIC SCHOOL #14 BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY For more information E-mail Rosalie Moran at rmoran@14.bayonne.net
DEQ: Emergency Response Program
The marine oil spill preparedness component of the Emergency Response program existsspecifically to prevent and respond to oil spills in Oregon s waters.
http://www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/cleanup/marinespl.htm

Extractions: Brownfields Databases Dry Cleaners Emergency Response ... Emergency Response Marine Oil Spill Prevention Program The marine oil spill preparedness component of the Emergency Response program exists specifically to prevent and respond to oil spills in Oregon's waters. Such spills pose a major potential threat to Oregon's waters, air, land, and wildlife. The risks are significant. If a spill were to occur in the Columbia, for example, rapid currents and the tidal flux of Oregon's estuaries would cause oil to spread rapidly unless it was quickly contained. A wide variety of sensitive aquatic life and waterfowl and large areas of fragile habitat could be seriously damaged. Fees The marine oil spills portion of the program is funded by fees levied on facilities and vessel trips. The fees were established by the Oregon Legislature in 2001 at these levels: Fee Anticipated transactions per year Cargo vessel trip Tank barge trip Tank vessel trip Facility (annual) Spills The great majority of spills involve petroleum products. While some are spills of cargo, many others are spills of a vessel's own fuel. Oil spills to surface water can result from causes as varied as collisions, equipment failure, overfilling of vessel or facility tanks, pumping bilge water contaminated with oil, and other operator error.
Oil Spills Fact Sheet
oil spills A Fact Sheet. What Happens When oil spills When oil spills and mixeswith water it can contaminate drinking water, kill fish and poison wildlife.
http://www.awma.org/education/oilspills.htm

Extractions: Member Services Events Publications Education Oil Spills - A Fact Sheet REVISION May 1, 2000 Tarred beaches, dead and dying wildlife, damaged fisheries, contaminated water supplies. These are the short-term effects of an oil spill. In the long-term, toxic materials from oil can remain in the water and on the land for many years. They can build up in the food chain to lethal levels, and destroy or disrupt and area's ecosystem. How Oil Spills Occur: Petroleum is used as a vehicle fuel, heating source for homes and industry, for electricity generation, and as a feedstock for the chemical industry. Because of the huge demand for oil, enormous quantities are moved from production areas to where the oil is used. Oil is pumped from the ground, refined, transported and stored. There are many steps in this process during which oil can spill from well heads, drill rigs, tankers, pipelines and storage tanks. Oil may leak from ocean-going ships during accidental and deliberate spills. Spills can happen on land or water when oil is incorrectly handled, there are railway or truck accidents, tankers or barges collide, the insides of tankers are washed, and when natural oil deposits seep. Sometimes when people change the oil in their cars, they dump the used, dirty oil on the ground or down the storm sewer. The rain carries the oil with the metals and particles from the car engine into streams and creeks. If you added up all the oil dumped on the ground in a year, it would equal or surpass a serious oil tanker spill.
Potomac Adventure Overview
Students will learn and understand some of the various methods usedto clean up oil spills along with their risks and benefits.
http://www.weta.org/potomac/learning/lessons/lesson7/
What Could Help Prevent Oil Spills? | Csmonitor.com
World Europe posted November 21, 2002 What could help prevent oil spills?Anthony csmonitor.com What could help prevent oil spills? Eighty
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1121/p25s01-woeu.html

Extractions: Anthony Palmiotti is director of continuing education at the SUNY Maritime College, New York. Mr. Palmiotti holds an unlimited tonnage merchant marine license and teaches oil spill cleanup at the college. Palmiotti was interviewed by Ben Arnoldy, The Christian Science Monitor's online producer. csmonitor.com: About how many vessels fit the profile of the Prestige? E-mail this story
APPEA Education Site
Oceans oil spills. The petroleum Major inputs of petroleum to the marineenvironment. Back to top Oil spill prevention. Although statistics
http://www.appea.com.au/edusite/html/pt/oceans.html

Extractions: The petroleum industry's safety record of handling oil and its products in Australia has been excellent and has been maintained throughout the last two decades of rapidly increasing volumes produced and transported in national waters. Oil spills from offshore production have been insignificant and, while there have been some spills arising from shipping accidents, none has had a lasting adverse impact on the marine environment. Nevertheless the Australian oil industry, aware of a concern about the possible impact of oil spills on the marine environment, has stepped up its efforts to protect the ecosystems surrounding its operations. Defence against potential marine pollution is a combination of prevention and cure. In addition to the introduction of more rigorous inspections and safeguards on all its installations and tanker fleets, the industry has established, one of the best equipped marine oil spill response and training centres in the world. Back to top Sources of the oil in the sea The risks and responsibilities associated with oil in the sea should be put in their true perspective.

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