Offshore Spill Response Preparedness

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1 Offshore Spill Response Preparedness Spill Control Association of America 11 March 2015 David M. Moore Chief Oil Spill Preparedness Division Agenda Reorganization Preparedness Verification Response Research Regulatory Initiatives Arctic Council Questions 1

2 Transforming Preparedness in the U.S. What new technologies are being used? Is industry prepared to respond to a WCD? How have the recommendations from the Presidential Commission report been adopted? How much has industry spent on upgrades? What actions did the Federal government take following DWH? In essence: What has changed in spill response in the last five years? Oil Spill Preparedness Division Office of the Chief Response Research Branch Preparedness Verification Branch Gulf of Mexico Section Pacific Section Alaska Section 2

3 FY 2015 Priorities National Consistency Transparency Regulatory Clarity Best Available Technology Integrated Preparedness Risk Assessment Human Capital Development Outreach Domestic and International Preparedness Verification Oil Spill Response Plans Exercise and Training Audits Equipment Verifications 3

4 Preparedness Verification Government Initiated Unannounced Exercises FY 2014 Level FOSC Coordination SOSC Coordination Equipment Deployment LWC Scenarios FY 2015 Levels RRB Activity Levels 4

5 Broad Agency Announcements Process Topics for Research Federal Business Opportunities 2015 BAA 1 Topics Decanting Oil at Sea Quantifying In Situ Burn Efficiency Dispersant Spray Drift Modeling Deep Ocean Effects on Dispersant Effectiveness Removing Surface Oil Under Arctic Conditions Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Definitions for Oil Spill Response Technologies and Equipment OSRR # 1042 Applied Research Associates PI: Dr. Paul Panetta Estimated Completion: January 30, 2016 Objective: To establish a uniform and objective means to determine the level of maturity of a new technology, and when it is ready for use in the field. TRLs are used extensively in the aerospace and defense communities. This project will take this existing framework and define the simulated and intended environments, as well as the operational systems for anticipated oil spill response scenarios. John C Mankins,. "Technology Readiness Levels: A White Paper". NASA, Office of Space Access and Technology, Advanced Concepts Office,

6 Development of a Low-Emission Spray Combustor for Emulsified Crude Oil OSRR # 1061 Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) PI: Steven Tuttle Estimated Completion: October 2016 Objective: This project builds off of the proof-ofconcept project previously complete and further advances the development of a lowemission, low pressure atomization and combustion process for emulsified crude oil by developing and refining the performance of a quarter and half-scale flow blurring atomizer spray burner. Burning Behavior of Oil in Ice Channels OSRR # 1007 (Completed) Worcester Polytechnic Institute Objective: to enable assessment of the efficiency of in-situ burning of an oil spill in icy conditions and set a new modeling framework to explore burning of oil spills on ice, which will allow quantifying the efficiency of combustion as well as point of extinction for liquid fuel spills in icy conditions. 6

7 Geo-Referencing Identification (GRID) Tag OSRR # 1050 URS Group Inc. PI: Ben Schreib Estimated Completion: October 2015 Objective: To develop a low cost radio-frequency identification tag that can be used to track and inventory oil spill response equipment on a continuous basis. These tags will be designed to withstand a harsh marine arctic environment. Ohmsett the National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility 7

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10 Preparedness Initiatives Oil Spill Response Plan Regulatory Update Regulations Promulgated in 1997 Regulatory Team Schedule Estimated Recovery System Potential Response Capabilities Study WCD Comparative Analysis Subsea Control and Containment Equipment 10

11 U.S. Chairmanship April 2015 April 2017 Themes and Initiatives Arctic Council EPPR Completed Projects Oil Spill Response in Ice and Snow Arctic Environmental Response Management Application EPPR New Projects Circumpolar Response Gap Analysis Arctic Response Equipment Database Arctic Challenge Prize-based Competition Promote Rapid Technology Development Arctic Focus 11

12 David M. Moore Chief Oil Spill Preparedness Division