Tuesday, March 12, 2013 to Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Oil Spill Dispersant Research Workshop Report, March 2013 by the Center for Spills in the Environment (CSE)
Meeting Goal:
The goal of this forum is to encourage and continue dialogue among PIs of research related to dispersant use in response to an oil spill (e.g., GRI, NSF, NGOs) and industry and government representatives.
The objective of this forum is to review previous and on-going R&D being conducted by academic, governmental agencies and industry and evaluate mechanisms for scientific exchange and coordination of oil spill response R&D efforts going forward.
As defined for this forum, oil spill response R&D encompasses any of the following topics:
- Nearfield Fate & Transport Breakout Group Questions
- Farfield Fate & Transport Breakout Group Questions
- Biological Effects Breakout Group Questions
- Efficacy & Effectiveness Breakout Group Questions
Presentations
- Welcome, Background, & Workshop Goals (Nancy Kinner, Center for Spills in the Environment)
- Dispersants - How They Are Used in Response and How They Were Used in Deepwater Horizon (Bob Pond, USCG)
- Dispersants - How They Work (Tom Coolbaugh, ExxonMobil)
- R&D Dispersants Initiatives:
- GOMRI (Jennifer Field)
- BSEE (Lori Medley)
- CRRC/NOAA (Nancy Kinner)
- USEPA (Al Venosa)
- Industry (Victoria Broje)
- KillSpill (Pachalis Alexandridis)
- California FWS OSPR (Ellen Faurot-Daniels)
Resources
- Biological Effects of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil on Surface and Deep Ocean Species (Tjeerdema, Bejarano, Edge)
- Dispersant Efficacy and Effectiveness (Coolbaugh, McElroy)
- Dispersants and Risk Communication (Levine, Picou)
- Oil Dispersants and Human Health Effects (Fabisiak, Goldstein)
- Degradation of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil (Lee)
- Physical Transport and Chemical Behavior of Dispersed Oil (Payne, Beegle-Krause)
- Dispersants and Seafood Safety-Assessment of the potential impact of COREXIT® oil dispersants on seafood safety (Dickey, Dickhoff)
Location
Lod Cook Alumni Conference Center
3838 W. Lakeshore Dr
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 578-3838
Lodging
The Cook Hotel
3848 W. Lakeshore Dr
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 383-COOK (2665)
SHUTTLE/LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Tiger Airport Shuttle
Questions? Please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu (603) 862-1545