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Oil majors announce Arctic spill preparedness and response collaborationWith Arctic frontiers opening to development but oil-spill infrastructure limited in many regions, some of the world's biggest oil companies are joining forces in a multi-million-dollar effort to improvement preparedness and response, according to Upstream Online. In the wake of fears that a nearly impossible-to-clean oil spill in sea ice would devastate fragile ecosystems, companies such as BP, Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell are pitching in $2.4 million each to do such things as develop spill-response technology, conduct controlled oil-release tests and improve response capability in case of an accident, the article notes. The effort was announced Thursday by members of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers at the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromso, Norway. "Some of the research will focus on dispersant use, in-situ burning, mechanical recovery, and remote sensing in Arctic conditions," the article notes. There never been a recovery of even 10% of the oil spilled on water let alone in ice and thousand mile from a Coast Gard station. just what part of it don't you understand? These exercises have already been done. Accounting entries now are scams. It was determined mid-90s that clean-up in the arctic would be impossible. Just like it has been demonstrated repeatedly that clean-up of oil on the North Gulf of Alaska Coast is nearly impossible. Our gulf is not the gulf of mexico, regardess of BP may think. Only thing worse than creating a oil spill in the Arctic Ocean is treating it with dispersants. Birds and marine mammals will be destroyed by the surface oil but dispersed oil will destroy the benthic organisms and phytoplankton that would allow a possible recovery. I hope the Coast Guard Commander never chooses to authorize the use of dispersants up here. |
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