API TR 1154-1-2016

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Sunken Oil Detection and Recovery

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	2016	126

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Description

The purpose of this report is to:

— identify and document current best practices and proven technologies possessing the potential to more effectively 1) detect, delineate, and characterize, 2) contain, and 3) recover sunken oil, defined as the accumulation of bulk oil on the bottom of a water body; and

— recommend research and development for the highest potential new technologies.

A companion document (API Report 1154-2, 2016) is an Operational Guide that includes decision support tools to assist responders in the selection of the most appropriate tactics for sunken oil detection, delineation, and characterization, and then recovery, depending on the spill conditions.

It is important to note that the majority of oils that are spilled float. If and when spilled oil does sink, then the ability to detect, delineate, characterize, contain, and recover that oil becomes significantly more difficult, compared to floating oil spills. Hence, the need for these two reports to improve responses spills where a significant amount of the oil sinks.

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