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A Review Of Literature Related To Oil Spill Dispersants, September 2017

This report summarizes the literature related to oil spill dispersants through May 2017. It synthesizes key findings to address issues of relevance to the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens? Advisory Council (PWSRCAC). It is the fourth in a report series begun in 2002, in which the author has periodically reviewed the dispersant literature dating back to 1999 for PWSRCAC. As such, this report builds on these previous studies, and includes summary discussion of the past reports in this series.

A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants

This report is a review of the literature on oil spill dispersants published through May 2017.

Review of the 2015 Alaska North Slope Oil Properties Relevant to Environmental Assessment and Prediction

This paper is a summary of several oil parameters and the spill behavior of the 2015 Alaskan North Slope sample as provided to Environment Canada. Environment Canada analyzed the sample provided to them by PWSRCAC for environmental and physical parameters. The essential parameters included in the 2015 analysis are the oil viscosity, density, and emulsion formation.

Polar Compounds in Alaska North Slope Oil and Other Oils: A Literature Survey and Synthesis – February 2016

Polar compounds as found in oils are hydrocarbon compounds containing nitrogen, sulphur or oxygen. Measurement of the presence of these compounds in oils can be carried out using sophisticated analysis techniques, however quantification and separation of compounds is very difficult and will remain a problem for many years to come. Characterization of polar compounds in oils is at a state of infancy and little polar analysis for Alaska North Slope oil has been carried out to date.