Crude Oil Behavior on Arctic Winter Ice

Abstract

Oil spill behavior in an Arctic winter environment is investigated. Several small controlled oil spills were conducted on the Bering Sea in Northwestern Alaska. To duplicate a real world spill as closely as possible, a Prudhoe Bay crude oil was used as the test oil. Investigated were oil spread rate on snow and ice, oil absorbtion into snow and ice surfaces, aging of oil on snow and ice surfaces, and effectiveness of various cleanup procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0754261

Entities

People

  • T. J. Mcminn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Arctic Regions
  • Birds
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Coast Guard
  • Equations
  • Flow Rate
  • Gases
  • Heat Energy
  • Oil Spills
  • Oil Tanks
  • Petroleum
  • Salt Water
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Water
  • Surface Tension

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Polar and Arctic Studies