M. Fingas – Handbook of Oil Spill Science and Technology (2015)

Автор: M. Fingas
Название книги: Handbook of Oil Spill Science and Technology
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Нефтегазовая промышленность, Нефть и газ
Страницы: 724
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

Provides a scientific basis for the cleanup and for the assessment of oil spills

Enables Non-scientific officers to understand the science they use on a daily basis
Multi-disciplinary approach covering fields as diverse as biology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, oceanography and toxicology
Covers the science of oil spills from risk analysis to cleanup and through the effects on the environment
Includes case studies examining and analyzing spills, such as Tasman Spirit oil spill on the Karachi Coast, and provides lessons to prevent these in the future

Oil spill studies continue to evolve. While there are few
books on the topic, there are regular conferences and symposia.
This is the first scholarly book on the topic of oil
spills. As such, this book focuses on providing material that
is more scholarly and somewhat involved. While every
attempt was made to include the essential material, there
may be some gaps. The importance of many subtopics
changes with time and current spill situations.
All materials in this book, including introductions, have
been peer reviewed by at least two persons. The following
peer reviewers are acknowledged (in alphabetical order):
Dan Anders, Perihan Aysal, Ken Biggar, Robert Bonke,
James Botkin, Jennifer Boyce, Joan Bradock, Tom Brody,
Carl Brown, Ian Buist, Ron Delaune, Merv Fingas, Anita
George-Ares, Lisa Gieg, Ron Goodman, Kurt Hansen, Sarah
Harrison, Jocelyn Hellou, Bruce Hollebone, Alan Judd, Tom
King, Davor Kvočka, Pat Lambert, Robin Law, Bill Lehr, Ira
Leifer, Christopher Marwood, Jacqui Michel, Harbo Niu,
Gloria Pereira, Debra Sinecek-Beatty, Malcolm Spaulding,
Scott Stout, Pavel Thalich, Dave Tilden, Sudhakar
Tripuranthakam, Milan Vavrek, Zhendi Wang, Chun Yang,
and Scott Zengel.
A special thanks goes out to the authors, many of whom
put in their own time to complete their chapters. This is especially
true because many of the authors were working on the
Deepwater Horizon spill during the preparation of this book.
This “double-duty” was greatly appreciated. The author’s
names appear throughout the text. Following this forward, I
have a brief biography of each of them.
I also like to thank the many people who provided support
and encouragement throughout this project. I also thank
Environment Canada and my former colleagues for help and
support. Environment Canada is acknowledged for permission
to use materials and photos.