Tuesday, April 16, 2013 to Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Seattle, WA
This event was sponsored by:
- Washington Dept of Ecology
- Pacific States/B.C. Task Force
- Regional Response Team, Region 10 Northwest Area Committee
Meeting Goals
- Oil sands mining and refining process
- Required specifications and the chemical composition of oil sands
- Potential behavior and fate of oil sands when spilled in the marine environment
- Case studies of oil sands and related product spills
Informational Forum Agenda (Tuesday 16 April)
(Practitioners only) Working Group Agenda (Wednesday 17 April)
Presentations
- Welcome, Background & Goals, Nancy Kinner, Center for Spills in the Environment
- Oil Sands Overview and Natural Resource Development, Randy Mikula, Kalium Research
- Characteristics of Oil Sands Products, Heather Dettman, Canmet Energy
Transportation of Oil Sands Products:
- Rail Transport, Justin Piper, BNSF Railway
- Pipeline Transport, Michael Davies, Kinder Morgan
- Vessel Transport, Richard Lauer, Sause Bros, Inc
- Fate, Behavior & Modeling of Spilled Oil Sands Products, Bruce Hollebone, Environment Canada (pending)
Case Studies:
- Enbridge/Kalamazoo Case Study including Response Technologies for Oil Sands Products (then) and (now), Ralph Dollhopf, USEPA FOSC
- Burnaby Spill Case Study, Bill Jahelka, Western Canada Marine Response Corporation
- Assessing Natural Resource Impacts from the Enbridge Pipeline Spill into the Kalamazoo River, Jessica Winter, NOAA ORR ARD
Day 2:
- Goals & Overview, Nancy Kinner, Center for Spills in the Environment
- Potential Areas of Impact & Resources at Risk from Oil Sands Products in the Pacific States, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis & Danielle Butsick, Washington Dept of Ecology
Scenarios
For breakout group discussion:
- Group A: Vessel - Marine
- Group B: Train - Inland River
- Group C: Pipeline - Inland
- Group D: Facility - Marine
Resources
- **New post-workshop** Reg III LEPC Fact Sheet - Bakken Crude Oil (2015)
- Order for Removal under Section 311(c) of the Clean Water Act, March 14, 2013
- TRB Special Report 311: Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines, National Academies Press, 2013
- U.S. Dept of State, BOEM and Scientific Affairs Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL Project (March 2013)
- National Transportation Safety Board Enbridge Incorporated Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Rupture and Release Marshall, Michigan (July 25, 2010)
- Properties, Composition and Marine Spill Behaviour, Fate and Transport of Two Diluted Bitumen Products from the Canadian Oil Sands (Environment Canada, November 2013)
- Tesoro to upgrade rail fleet to newer, more-compliant cars (Oil&Gas Journal, 2/7/2014)
- A Comparison of the Properties of diluted Bitumen Crudes with other Oils (Polaris)
- Transporting Alberta Oil Sands Products: Defining the Issues and Assessing the Risks
- Canadian forecast assumes heavy oil will be transported
- Effects of Diluted Bitumen on Crude Oil Transmission Pipelines, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Transportation Research Board
- Alberta Oil Sands Products Training, Portland, Maine (presentations)
- Alberta Oil Sands Products - Maine -FINAL REPORT
- Northwest Area Contingency Plan
- Mike Davies, Kinder Morgan presentation at 13FEB NW Area Committee meeting in Seattle
- NOAA Oil Sands Report "Transporting Alberta's Oil Sands Products: Defining the Issues and Assessing the Risks" (March 17, 2013) full report
- Train hauling Canadian oil derails in Minnesota (Reuters, March 28, 2013)
Location
NOAA, Sand Point Facility
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 9
Seattle, WA 98115
Driving Directions
NOAA campus map
Gate Check-in Procedures. Please have photo ID available. International guests, please see important notice below!
Lodging
The Silver Cloud (University)
5036 25th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Reservations: (800) 205-6940
Block Code: Oil Sands Products (government rate of $137 per night)
Includes parking, breakfast and shuttle to/from NOAA facility.
Questions? Please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu (603) 862-1545
