Sentences with phrase «of oil spill response»

Gain or utilize maritime experience with a leading organization in field of oil spill response.

According to Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment, a full range of oil spill response technologies is needed in order to minimize impacts on people and sensitive ecosystems.

Exxon's control of the oil spill response is reminiscent of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, when the polluter, BP, effectively controlled the response and cleanup.

With the Gulf Spill of 2010, fundamental flaws in offshore energy permitting were also brought to light, in addition to the inadequacies of oil spill response plans.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified actions that could improve the Department's oversight of the review and approval of oil spill response plans and recommended the Secretary of Transportation conduct an audit to address these concerns.

Not exact matches

Canadian CEOs think both BP and the White House failed in their response to the devastating oil spill that continues to pour 800,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day.

Clean Harbors is the North American leader in providing response services for environmental emergencies of any scale on land or water — from the cleanup and removal of a single mercury bottle to a large - scale multiphase containment and cleanup of a coastal oil spill.

Responders shall be highly motivated, reliable and flexible personnel to participate in the oil spill response labor pool and be part of the global team.

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Isaac Katz, son of Jonathan Katz, the Washington University professor whose essay, «In Defense of Homophobia» got him booted from the government's oil spill team, has come out of the closet: «When I told my dad I was gay, his immediate response was, «No, you're not.»

Again, a government agency such as the National Oil Spill Detections and Response Agency (NOSDRA), in my opinion, has no business being in Abuja since the chunk of its responsibility is in the Niger Delta region.

Some of the appointment beingg protested against are: Senator Ayo Akinyelure — National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Akinyeye Akingbesote — Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Ropo Sesay — National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) all from Idanre local government.

Amid repeated criticism from the Democratic strategist and CNN contributor over the president's response to the BP oil spill, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Friday Carville doesn't «understand all of what we're doing.»

66 actions have been implemented to strengthen standards, regulations and procedures to make the transport of crude oil by rail and water in New York safer, and to improve spill preparedness and response.

«We have written to National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency, Department of Petroleum Resources and other governmental agencies as regard Tuesday's major oil spill from ExxonMobil facility.&raqOil Spill Detection Response Agency, Department of Petroleum Resources and other governmental agencies as regard Tuesday's major oil spill from ExxonMobil facility.&rSpill Detection Response Agency, Department of Petroleum Resources and other governmental agencies as regard Tuesday's major oil spill from ExxonMobil facility.&raqoil spill from ExxonMobil facility.&rspill from ExxonMobil facility.»

The debate about using dispersants is becoming increasingly politicized and acrimonious, and the National Academy of Sciences has recently assembled a committee of scientists, government officials, and industry to evaluate the use of chemical dispersants in oil spill response.

«My guess is this has been a leap in technology and it may spur additional thinking, which is a wonderful thing,» says Ed Levine, a scientific support coordinator with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration, which handles oil spills.

In their oil - spill - response plans, Shell had to prepare for a worst - case scenario nearly three times bigger than in their previous plans for drilling in the Beaufort Sea, map out the possible discharge over 30 days instead of 3 days, and identify the specific equipment that would be used to mop up such a spill.

Peru's Social Health Insurance also mobilized doctors and nurses to the district of Imaza, one of the affected areas, in response to the cases of allergic dermatitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis and gastroenteritis that have been reported following work on the containment and collection of the oil spill.

The report, «The Behaviour and Environmental Impacts of Crude Oil Released into Aqueous Environments,» is designed to help the oil industry improve spill preparedness and response capabilitiOil Released into Aqueous Environments,» is designed to help the oil industry improve spill preparedness and response capabilitioil industry improve spill preparedness and response capabilities.

This has implications for future oil spills and how we take advantage of the natural environmental response.»

«From the perspective of the Commission staff, however, $ 220 million for a spill response measure that trapped not much more than 1,000 barrels of oil is not a compelling cost - benefit tradeoff,» it says.

As investigators with the commission state: «The spill presented an opportunity for state and parish officials to facilitate construction of a large - scale, temporary oil spill response measure whose purpose might, they believed, «pivot» to permanent restoration of Louisiana's barrier islands - with BP footing the bill.»

«This is really a worst - case scenario,» says Michael Ziccardi, a University of California, Davis, veterinarian and oil - spill veteran who is leading the government's response efforts for marine mammals and sea turtles.

There is only one official source of data on pollution caused by offshore drilling in U.S. waters: the National Response Center, an online reporting system for oil and chemical spills managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

BP's «top kill» effort has halted the flow of oil from the Mississippi Canyon 252 well, according to U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, national incident commander for the oil spill response.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Office of Response and Restoration reports that oil spills in U.S. waters have risen again over the past decade, with 134 incidents in 2008 alone.

Grabowski also emphasized the need for standardization — of data collection and sharing, of oil spill exercises and responses.

GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — When the Costa Concordia finally leaves Giglio Island sometime early next week, it will be traveling with one of the most impressive oil spill cleanup and environmental disaster response convoys ever assembled.

Oil Spill Response have successfully incorporated an aspect of social learning into their blended approach using Totara LMS; they have launched a social forum where external delegates have the opportunity to connect with each other before and after their classroom training courses.

The learning platform allows Oil Spill Response to easily and cost - effectively deliver and standardise the quality of training around the world.

The rule would expand the comprehensive oil spill response plan requirements under the Clean Water Act to certain HHFT trains based on the amount of crude oil being transported.

Denver — Having already funded research on the health of dolphins affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Betty White Wildlife Rapid Response Fund will now help the rare saiga antelope in Kazakhstan.

She has also responded to a handful of oil spills as a previous member of the Louisiana State Animal Response Team and Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research Oil Spill Response Teoil spills as a previous member of the Louisiana State Animal Response Team and Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research Oil Spill Response TeOil Spill Response Team.

Josh Fox's new film explores community responses to climate change and pollution — from a blockade of a coal shipment in Australia to investigations of oil spills in Peru.

David Dickins, an engineer from San Diego who has spent 30 years studying how to clean up oil spills in icy waters, said that while the ice impeded the use of tools like booms that hold a slick in place, the ice also naturally contained the oil, giving response teams more time to act before environmental damage occurred.

Here's the tweet from @exxonmobil sent in response to critics who pointed out that, because of a major loophole that needs to be closed, bitumen is not considered crude oil, and therefore tar sands pipeline operators like Exxon aren't required to pay into the oil spill cleanup fund.

4:06 p.m. — ExxonMobil Pipeline representative Larry Hawthorne reports the incident to the National Response Center, a branch of the U.S. Coast Guard that pipeline companies must notify after oil spills.

On March 23, Reuters reported that cleanup crews had quarantined a portion of the heavily trafficked Houston Ship Channel in response to a significant oil spill.

But at SkyTruth we have acquired good images often enough to illustrate the enormity of the spill and inadequacy of our initial spill response efforts; provide the first estimate of the spill size and rate that made any sense; to identify oil making landfall along the Alabama coast before it was being acknowledged by officials; to show clear entrainment of the spill in the Loop Current while officials were actively denying it; and to detect small but chronic leaks from other damaged wells, raising the related issue of inadequate plugging and abandonment.

An environmental countermovement arose in the United States in response to the rise of the modern environmental movement which was born in the late 1960s in response to among other things, the publications in 1962 of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and a growing number of highly visible pollution events including the Santa Barbara oil spill and the fire in the Cuyahoga River in 1969.

«There has been significant progress over the last few months in enhancing the safety of future drilling operations, and in addressing some of the weaknesses in spill containment and oil spill response,» said Director Bromwich.

Secretary Salazar reached his decision after reviewing a report from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEM) Director Michael R. Bromwich and considering other information on the progress of offshore oil and gas safety reforms, the availability of spill response resources, and improved blowout containment capabilities.

«For example, the chemical nature of diluent may have significant implications for response as it may negatively impact the efficacy of traditional floating oil spill response equipment or response strategies.

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Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment assesses the current state of science and engineering regarding oil spill response in the Arctic region north of the Bering Strait, with emphasis on potential impacts in U.S. wateOil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment assesses the current state of science and engineering regarding oil spill response in the Arctic region north of the Bering Strait, with emphasis on potential impacts in U.S. wateoil spill response in the Arctic region north of the Bering Strait, with emphasis on potential impacts in U.S. waters.

The act set up a structure for oil spill response (mostly, local fishermen trained to respond to oil spills by using air quality equipment, booms, and skimmers) and an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.&raqoil spill response (mostly, local fishermen trained to respond to oil spills by using air quality equipment, booms, and skimmers) and an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.&rspill response (mostly, local fishermen trained to respond to oil spills by using air quality equipment, booms, and skimmers) and an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.&raqoil spills by using air quality equipment, booms, and skimmers) and an Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.&raqOil Spill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.&rSpill Liability Trust Fund, which can provide up to $ 1 billion worth of cleanup for any «oil liability incident.&raqoil liability incident.»

Out of Balance also looks at the history of the company, showing a pattern of behavior that goes all the way back to Standard Oil days, through the response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, to their current refusal to take action against climate chanOil days, through the response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, to their current refusal to take action against climate chanoil spill, to their current refusal to take action against climate change.

To wit, according to NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, at least 44 oil spills exceeding 10,000 barrels (420,000 gallons) have occurred in U.S. waters since 1969 (NOAA 2017).