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E.m. Lear - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Revised oil-spill risk analysis: Beaufort Sea outer continental shelf lease sale 170. Final report
1997Co-Authors: C.m. Anderson, Walter R. Johnson, C.f. Marshall, E.m. LearAbstract:The Federal Government has proposed to offer Outer Continental Shelf lands in the Beaufort Sea for oil and gas leasing. Because oil spills may occur from activities associated with offshore oil production, the Minerals Management Service conducts a formal risk assessment. This report summarizes results of oil-spill risk analysis conducted for the proposed Beaufort Sea lease sale.
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Oil-spill risk analysis: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) central and western lease sales, 1998-2002, and gulfwide OCS program, 1998-2036. Final report
1997Co-Authors: J.m. Price, C.f. Marshall, E.m. LearAbstract:The Federal Government has proposed to offer Outer Continental Shelf lands in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing during 1998-2002. Because oil spills may occur from activities associated with offshore oil production the Minerals Management Service conducts a formal risk assessment. This report summarizes results of an oil-spill risk analysis conducted for the proposed Central and Western Gulf of Mexico lease sales and te Gulfwide OCS Program, 1998-2036. The objective of this analysis was to estimate relative risks associated with oil and gas production for the proposed lease sales.
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Oil-spill risk analysis: Outer continental shelf lease sale 144, Beaufort Sea. Final report
1995Co-Authors: C.m. Anderson, Walter R. Johnson, C.f. Marshall, E.m. LearAbstract:The Federal Government has proposed to offer Outer Continental Shelf lands in the Beaufort Sea for oil and gas leasing. Because oil spills may occur from activities associated with offshore oil production, the Minerals Management Service conducts a formal risk assessment. In evaluating the significance of accidental oil spills, it is important to remember that the occurrence of such spills is fundamentally probabilistic. This report summarizes results of an oil-spill risk analysis conducted for OCS Lease Sale 144, Beaufort Sea. The objective of this analysis was to estimate relative risks associated with oil and gas production for the proposed lease sale.
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Oil-spill risk analysis: Central and western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, Lease Sales 139 and 141. Final report
1992Co-Authors: Walter R. Johnson, E.m. LearAbstract:The Federal Government has proposed to offer Outer Continental Shelf lands in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing. Because oil spills may occur from activities associated with offshore oil production, the Minerals Management Service conducts a formal risk assessment. The effects of oil spills that could occur during oil and gas production must be considered. The report summarizes results of an oil spill risk analysis conducted for the proposed Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sales 139 and 141.
E Tennyson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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results from Minerals Management Service funded oil spill response research 1991 1993
Coastal Zone '93, 1993Co-Authors: E TennysonAbstract:Large oil spills from tankers have reaffirmed the need for continuing technology assessment and research to improve oil spill response capabilities. This paper discusses Minerals Management Service (MMS) concerns, as reinforced by the acceleration of its research program in 1990. It briefly describes research results for several major aspects of spill response, including remote sensing, open-ocean containment and recovery, in situ burning, use of chemical treating agents, beachline cleanup, and oil behavior. Results of specific research projects that have begun to yield information that will improve detection and at-sea equipment performance are emphasized. Current research projects, including the development of an airborne base fluorosensor, which determines whether apparent slicks contain oil, are also discussed. Additional projects involve the development of improved strategies for responding to an oil spill in the marine environment, for gaining an improved understanding of the fate and behavior of spilled oil as it affects response strategies, and for defining the capabilities of available dispersants and development of improved formulations. Recent progress on the development of safe and environmentally acceptable procedures to burn spilled oil in situ is also discussed. The Ohmsett facility has been reopened and is necessary for testing prospective improvements in chemical treating agents, remote sensing and for the development of standard procedures for testing and evaluating response equipment.
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Results from Selected Oil-Spill Response Research
1991Co-Authors: E TennysonAbstract:Recent large oil spills from tankers have reaffirmed the need for continuing technology assessment and research to improve oil-spill response capabilities. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) remains a lead agency in conducting this research. This paper discusses MMS concerns, as reinforced by the acceleration of its research program in 1990. It briefly describes assessment of the current state-of-the-art technology for major aspects of spill response, including remote sensing, open-ocean containment, recovery, in-situ burning, chemical treating agents, beachline cleanup, oil characterization and behavior and the reactivation of the Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) facility.
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Results from Selected Oil-Spill Response Research by the Minerals Management Service
Marine Technology Society Journal, 1990Co-Authors: E TennysonAbstract:Recent large oil spills from tankers have reaffirmed the need for continuing technology assessment and research to improve oil spill response capabilities. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) remains a lead agency in conducting these studies. This paper discusses MMS concerns, as reinforced by the acceleration of its research program in 1990. It briefly describes assessment of the state-of-the-art technology for major aspects of spill response, including remote sensing, open-ocean containment, recovery, in situ burning, chemical treating agents, beachline cleanup, and oil behavior and the reactivation of the Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank (OHMSETT) facility.
Robert P Labelle - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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overview of us Minerals Management Service activities in deepwater research
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2001Co-Authors: Robert P LabelleAbstract:The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) is responsible for safe and environmentally sound Management of offshore oil and gas resources. In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in both activities and plans for deepwater development of these resources in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). As the industry meets the enormous technical challenges involved, there is a concomitant effort to assure environmental protection of deep-ocean and coastal resources. This paper will outline the research planning and program currently underway to assess impacts, identify potential problems, and discover more about unknown resources of the deep ocean.
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oil spill research program of the us Minerals Management Service
Spill Science & Technology Bulletin, 1997Co-Authors: Robert P Labelle, Elmer P. DanenbergerAbstract:Abstract Current oil-spill research funded by the US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), emphasizes technology development in the fields of in situ burning, spill counter-measure standardization using large wave tank testing, remote sensing and oil-spill trajectory analysis. Research projects include efforts in large field observational programs, surface drifters, and modeling to support trajectory simulation in the Gulf of Mexico and the Santa Barbara Channel. Research progress is outlined with emphasis on data-sharing and collaborative efforts.
L.w. Cooke - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A New Methodology To Assess the Conventionally Recoverable Undiscovered Petroleum Resource Base of OCS Lands
Offshore Technology Conference, 2013Co-Authors: W.c. Pecora, L.w. CookeAbstract:The U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) has, for the first time, undertaken an assessment of undiscovered, conventionally recoverable petroleum resources that are not constrained by economic considerations. The new type of estimate is termed Undiscovered Resource Base (URB). It is calculated to realistically bracket the range of conventionally recoverable hydrocarbon volumes which probably remain to be discovered in the foreseeable future on Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lands. The URB estimate is designed to be a geological baseline assessment. It can be used to model a variety of unconventional recovery scenarios based on speculations as to future enhanced production technologies. See also following Abstract.
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Undiscovered, Conventionally Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources for the Federal Offshore
Offshore Technology Conference, 2013Co-Authors: L.w. CookeAbstract:The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas resources for the Federal Offshore. This paper describes what was assessed, what changed and why it changed. These resource estimates have declined from a similar 1984 MMS assessment, largely as a result of lower prices and lowered geological expectations in frontier exploration areas. This paper also presents estimates of undiscovered, economically recoverable resources assuming more optimistic future economic conditions, and estimates of the undiscovered resource base, which would be conventionally recoverable regardless of economics.
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Endowments of undiscovered conventionally recoverable and economically recoverable oil and gas in the Alaska federal offshore as of January 1995. Final report
1996Co-Authors: K.w. Sherwood, J.d. Craig, L.w. CookeAbstract:The report summarizes the Minerals Management Service assessment of the quantities of undiscovered oil and gas that lie beneath submerged Federal lands offshore of Alaska. Resource estimates include both the geologic endowment, consisting of conventionally recoverable resources unconstrained by economics, as well as the more modest quantities of oil and gas that can be recovered profitably, considering the costs associated with producing the resource.
Elmer P. Danenberger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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oil spill research program of the us Minerals Management Service
Spill Science & Technology Bulletin, 1997Co-Authors: Robert P Labelle, Elmer P. DanenbergerAbstract:Abstract Current oil-spill research funded by the US Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), emphasizes technology development in the fields of in situ burning, spill counter-measure standardization using large wave tank testing, remote sensing and oil-spill trajectory analysis. Research projects include efforts in large field observational programs, surface drifters, and modeling to support trajectory simulation in the Gulf of Mexico and the Santa Barbara Channel. Research progress is outlined with emphasis on data-sharing and collaborative efforts.
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Oil-Spill Contingency Planning for OCS Operations
1991Co-Authors: Elmer P. DanenbergerAbstract:Oil-spill preparedness and response have been an important part of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) regulatory program since the Santa Barbara spill in 1969. The focus of the spill response program is on contingency planning, response training, and deployment exercises and drills. Oil-spill contingency planning requirements pertain to trajectory analyses, response times, response equipment and strategies, dispersant use, equipment maintenance and inspection, designation of response teams, notifications and communications, monitoring spill movement, and disposal of recovered materials. The training requirements are intended to assure that the designated response personnel are properly trained to perform their assigned functions, as outlined in the contingency plan. The MMS considers surprise response drills to be a particularly important way of evaluating response preparedness. Efforts are being made to tailor spill response requirements to specific facilities and locations as well as to incorporate research data into the contingency planning process.
