ATC: Industry eager to advance Arctic oil spill response skills
Few experimental spills have been done offshore the US and
Canada in the last 20 years, noted a speaker at the Arctic
Technology Conference in Houston on Dec. 4 during a panel
discussion on oil spill preparedness. "If we want to refine our
spill response, we have to get out and practice. Experimental
spills are the way to do that," said Steve Potter, a principal
with consulting firm SL Ross Environmental Research Ltd. SL Ross
has a laboratory for spill-related oil testing, yet Potter
advocated that permits be granted for experimental spills to
enhance oil spill response research in actual field conditions.
He noted more recent experimental spills have been done off
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