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Oil on the Sea

Proceedings of a symposium on the scientific and engineering aspects of oil pollution of the sea, sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and held at Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 1969

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1969

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Editors:
  1. David P. Hoult

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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Part of the book series: Ocean Technology (OCTC)

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Table of contents (9 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Effects of ‘Torrey Canyon’ Pollution on Marine Life

    • Norman A. Holme
    Pages 1-3

  3. Oil Pollution of the Ocean

    • Max Blumer
    Pages 5-13

  4. The Santa Barbara Oil Spill

    • Robert W. Holmes
    Pages 15-27

  5. The Role of Chemical Dispersants in Oil Cleanup

    • Gerard P. Canevari
    Pages 29-51

  6. The Spread of Oil Slicks on a Calm Sea

    • James A. Fay
    Pages 53-63

  7. Containment and Collection Devices for Oil Slicks

    • David P. Hoult
    Pages 65-80

  8. Removal of Floating Oil Slicks by the Controlled Combustion Technique

    • Paul R. Tully
    Pages 81-91

  9. Oil Transportation by Sea

    • R. F. Cooke
    Pages 93-102

  10. The Role of the Federal Government in Controlling Oil Pollution at Sea

    • Max N. Edwards
    Pages 103-112

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 113-114
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About this book

In the last decade, changes in the scale of operations required to find and transport oil have led to a pollution problem of major proportions: oil on the sea. These changes occurred slowly, and the change in magnitude of the possi­ bilities for . pollution went unrecognized until a series of dramatic accidents recently gave the problem wide-spread public notice. The Torrey Canyon and Santa Barbara episodes are discussed in this volume. The changes in the scale of oil operations stem from an ever increasing demand for energy. In response to this demand, oil drilling from offshore rigs on the continental shelf has been rapidly developed. To inexpensively trans­ port oil to the consumers of energy, huge supertankers, of ever increasing size, are being constructed. These ships effect economic savings at the expense of being relatively underpowered, and less maneuverable. Having very deep draft, they are constrained to operate on the high seas and the few deep harbors of the world. Every year there is more oil pumped from the sea floor. Every year more oil is trans­ ported over the sea. Approximately one tenth of one per cent of this oil each year is spilled on the sea. The purpose of the present volume is to provide a summary of our current understanding of the problem of oil on the sea. Before describing in detail the topics presented, it seems well to point out .

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    David P. Hoult

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Oil on the Sea

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a symposium on the scientific and engineering aspects of oil pollution of the sea, sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and held at Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 1969

  • Editors: David P. Hoult

  • Series Title: Ocean Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9019-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-9021-3Published: 30 August 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-9019-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 114

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution

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