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原文传递 Use of Ice Booms to Facilitate the Recovery of Spilled Oil in Ice Infested Waters.

题名：	Use of Ice Booms to Facilitate the Recovery of Spilled Oil in Ice Infested Waters.
作者：	abdelnour, r. comfort, g. mullin, j.
关键词：	oil spill containment, various scenarios
摘要：	Significant potential reserves have been identified in the Beaufort Sea, the Caspian Sea and Offshore Sakhalin Island. As production from these ice-covered fields becomes closer to reality, the need for effective oil-spill countermeasures is brought into focus. This will also lead to increased ship navigation in ice-covered waters initiated by the oil transport to market. Oil-spill scenarios and appropriate containment and recovery tactics have been investigated, resulting in the production of the Alaska Clean Seas Technical Manual, 1999. The manual provides tactics for oil spill containment for an ice-free situation. However, depending upon the geographical location and the time of year, oil may be released into an environment ranging from open water to broken ice to sheet ice conditions. Mechanical equipment for the efficient recovery of oil in highly packed ice of various concentrations is presently unavailable, despite the fact that a significant amount of research has been conducted. This paper presents the applicability of ice booms for various scenarios in which oil is released in pack ice. The boom would be deployed to protect the affected areas from oil spills by either providing an ice free zone for conventional oil spill cleanup equipment to be used or by ensuring that any significant ice contaminated area is circled and that the oil is removed before it is let to drift with the pack. / Supplementary Notes: Prepared in cooperation with Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA.
总页数：	u0817；11p
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