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Vol. 22, No. 44 Week of October 29, 2017
Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industry


The science behind dispersant use policies

Typically many variables at play when making decision over whether to deploy chemical dispersants in response to offshore oil spill

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News

The incorporation of chemical dispersants into the toolbox for responding to an offshore oil spill has become a controversial subject over the years. While dispersants can quite rapidly break up an oil slick, people worry about the environmental impact of the dispersed oil and of the dispersant chem....

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Alaska policies

Oil characteristics

Harmful chemicals

Response decision making


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