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Abou-Khalil C, Ji W, Prince RC, Coelho GM, Nedwed TJ, Lee K, Boufadel MC. Field fluorometers for assessing oil dispersion at sea. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 192:115143. [PMID: 37295253 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Oil dispersion by the application of chemical dispersants is an important tool in oil spill response, but it is difficult to quantify in the field in a timely fashion that is useful for coordinators and decision-makers. One option is the use of rugged portable field fluorometers that can deliver essentially instantaneous results if access is attainable. The United States Coast Guard has suggested, in their Special Monitoring of Applied Response Technologies (SMART) protocols, that successful oil dispersion can be identified by a five-fold increase in oil fluorescence. Here we test three commercial fluorometers with different excitation/emission windows (SeaOWL, Cyclops 7FO, and Cyclops 7F-G) that might prove useful for such applications. Results show that they have significantly different dynamic ranges for detecting oil and that using them (or similar instruments) in combination is probably the best option for successfully assessing the effectiveness of oil dispersion operations. Nevertheless, the rapid dilution of dispersed oil means that measurements must be made within an hour or two of dispersion, suggesting that one feasible scenario would be monitoring ship-applied dispersants by vessels following close behind the dispersant application vessel. Alternatively, autonomous submersibles might be pre-deployed to monitor aerial dispersant application, although the logistical challenges in a real spill would be substantial.
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Affiliation(s)
- Charbel Abou-Khalil
- Center for Natural Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Center for Natural Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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- Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Sterling, VA 20166, USA
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- ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co., Houston, TX 77252, USA
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ecosystem Science, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E6, Canada
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- Center for Natural Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
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Li P, Cai Q, Lin W, Chen B, Zhang B. Offshore oil spill response practices and emerging challenges. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2016; 110:6-27. [PMID: 27393213 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Offshore oil spills are of tremendous concern due to their potential impact on economic and ecological systems. A number of major oil spills triggered worldwide consciousness of oil spill preparedness and response. Challenges remain in diverse aspects such as oil spill monitoring, analysis, assessment, contingency planning, response, cleanup, and decision support. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current situations and impacts of offshore oil spills, as well as the policies and technologies in offshore oil spill response and countermeasures. Correspondingly, new strategies and a decision support framework are recommended for improving the capacities and effectiveness of oil spill response and countermeasures. In addition, the emerging challenges in cold and harsh environments are reviewed with recommendations due to increasing risk of oil spills in the northern regions from the expansion of the Arctic Passage.
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- Pu Li
- Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5
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- Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5
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- Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5
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- Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5.
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- Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada, A1B 3X5.
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Das D, Yan Z, Menon NV, Kang Y, Chan V, Yang C. Continuous detection of trace level concentration of oil droplets in water using microfluidic AC electroosmosis (ACEO). RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra15624f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A novel design for high throughput detection of oil micro-droplets in water which is important to environmental oil spill monitoring agencies.
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- D. Das
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore-637459
- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
- Nanyang Technological University
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore-639798
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore-637459
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore-637459
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore-637459
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Nanyang Technological University
- Singapore-639798
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Schädle T, Pejcic B, Myers M, Mizaikoff B. Fingerprinting Oils in Water via Their Dissolved VOC Pattern Using Mid-Infrared Sensors. Anal Chem 2014; 86:9512-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ac5015029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Thomas Schädle
- University of Ulm, Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical
Chemistry, Albert-Einstein-Allee
11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
- CSIRO,
Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Wealth from Oceans Flagship and Energy Flagship, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
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- CSIRO,
Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Wealth from Oceans Flagship and Energy Flagship, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
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- CSIRO,
Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Wealth from Oceans Flagship and Energy Flagship, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
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- University of Ulm, Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical
Chemistry, Albert-Einstein-Allee
11, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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Singh S, Henderson RK, Baker A, Stuetz RM, Khan SJ. Characterisation of reverse osmosis permeates from municipal recycled water systems using fluorescence spectroscopy: Implications for integrity monitoring. J Memb Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wilson KG, Ralph PJ. Laboratory testing protocol for the impact of dispersed petrochemicals on seagrass. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2012; 64:2421-2427. [PMID: 22959173 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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To improve the effectiveness of oil spill mitigation, we developed a rapid, logistically simple protocol to detect petrochemical stress on seagrass. Sections of leaf blades from Zostera muelleri subsp. capricorni were exposed to the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of non-dispersed and dispersed Tapis crude oil and fuel oil (IFO-380) for 5h. Photosynthetic health was monitored by assessing changes in effective quantum yield of photosystem II (ΔF/F(m)(')) and chlorophyll a pigment concentrations. Loss of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) was measured using an oil-in-water fluorometer, whilst GC-MS analyses quantified the hydrocarbon components within each treatment. Few significant differences were detected in the chlorophyll a pigment analyses; however, ΔF/F(m)(') appeared sensitive to petrochemical exposure. Dispersing both types of oil resulted in a substantial increase in the TPH of the WAF and was generally correlated with a greater physiological impact to the seagrass health, compared with the oil alone.
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- K G Wilson
- Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia
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Yim UH, Kim M, Ha SY, Kim S, Shim WJ. Oil spill environmental forensics: the Hebei Spirit oil spill case. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:6431-7. [PMID: 22582823 DOI: 10.1021/es3004156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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After the Hebei Spirit oil spill (HSOS) in December 2007, mixtures of three types of Middle East crude oil (total 12,547 kL) were stranded along 375 km of coastline in Western Korea. Emergency responses together with 1.3 million volunteers' activity rapidly removed ca. 20% of spilled oil but the lingering oils have been found along the heavily impacted shorelines for more than 4 years. The HSOS was the worst oil spill case in Republic of Korea, and there were many issues and lessons to be shared. In this study, we summarized some of the oil spill environmental forensic issues that were raised after the HSOS. Rapid screening using on-site measurement, long-term monitoring of multimedia, fingerprinting challenges and evaluation of the extent of the submerged oil were introduced, which supported decision making process of oil spill cleanup, mitigation of debates among stakeholders and provided scientific backgrounds for reasonable compensation.
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- Un Hyuk Yim
- Oil and POPs Research Group, South Sea Branch, KORDI , Geoje, Republic of Korea
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Qi X, Crooke E, Ross A, Bastow TP, Stalvies C. Revealing the properties of oils from their dissolved hydrocarbon compounds in water with an integrated sensor array system. Analyst 2011; 136:3731-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c1an15294g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kim M, Yim UH, Hong SH, Jung JH, Choi HW, An J, Won J, Shim WJ. Hebei Spirit oil spill monitored on site by fluorometric detection of residual oil in coastal waters off Taean, Korea. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2010; 60:383-389. [PMID: 19942234 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Revised: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The spatiotemporal distributions of dissolved and/or dispersed oil in seawater and pore water were monitored on site by fluorometric detection method after the Hebei Spirit oil spill. The oil concentrations in intertidal seawater, 15 days after the spill, were as high as 16,600 microg/L and appeared to decrease below the Korean marine water quality standard of 10 microg/L at most sites 10 months after the spill. Fluorometric detection of oil in pore water was introduced to eliminate the effects of grain size for the quantification of oil in sediments and to better explain spatial and temporal distribution of oil pollution at sandy beaches. The fluorescence detection method was compared with the conventional laboratory technique of total petroleum hydrocarbon analysis using gas chromatography. The method of fluorescence detection of oil was capable of generating results much faster and more cost-effectively than the traditional GC technique.
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- Moonkoo Kim
- Oil and POPs Research Group, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, 391 Jangmok-ri, Geoje-shi 656-834, Republic of Korea
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