1. OIL SPILL RESPONSE EQUIPMENT

2. Oil Spill Response Why do we care about oil spill response equipment? How does this equipment affect us? Ship Escort/Response Vessel System (SERVS)

3. Methods for cleaning up oil spills Mechanical Burning Chemical Shoreline clean-up Biological

4. Mechanical Containment Booms and Skimmers

5. Booms When are they used? How do they work? Where do they have problems?

14. Skimmers What types are there? How do they work? What problems are associated with skimmers?

20. Burning

21. Chemical Methods Dispersants Herders Solidifiers

22. Dispersants

23. Solidifiers

24. Other Methods Shoreline Cleanup Bioremediation

25. Shoreline Cleanup Top: http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/smithrd/PR/Exxon.htm Right: © Ron Cogswell

26. Bioremediation Use of bacteria to eat oil Has to be used in moderation Bacteria used to help clean-up the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico (Image: Courtesy of Heimholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI))