API PUBL 4691-1999

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Fate of Spilled Oil in Marine Waters: Where Does It Go? What Does It Do? How Do Dispersants Affect It?

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	1999	59

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Description

This booklet was developed for oil spill response decision-makers. It summarizes what happens to oil that spills on marine waters. To make informed decisions on using dispersants, or any countermeasure, it is important first to have a clear understanding of the overall fate of the oil entering the environment: What will the oil do once it is spilled? Where will it go? Once the fate of the oil alone is understood, we can then examine how the addition of dispersants will affect that fate.

All of these answers are found in this booklet, in an easy-to-read format supplemented with diagrams and figures. Each fate process involved is reviewed independently, including a discussion of how significant the process is, when it occurs following a release, and what properties or ambient conditions influence it. The booklet then presents information on how dispersants affect or alter the various fate processes.

This booklet is also designed to identify and explain unfamiliar terms associated with oil that may be used by technical experts during planning or response operations. The first time a new technical term is used within this booklet, it will appear in an ALL CAPS format; this signifies that a more detailed explanation or definition is present in the right or left narrow margin at or near where the word(s) is first used within the main text.

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