Crude oils and motor oils are commonly identified in oil spills on land. Controlling and
understanding their flow both across and into land is of paramount importance to minimize …

One of the available oil spill response options is to enhance the natural dispersion process
by the addition of dispersants known as chemical dispersion. An informed decision for such …

The increase in oil and gas development activity at increasing water depths has highlighted
the need for modeling tools to evaluate the unique aspects of accidental deepwater …

The increasing volume of petroleum products being transported from the Canadian oil sands
raises concerns of potential impacts of accidental oil discharges in-land. Understanding the …

Marine oil spills can have dire consequences for the environment. Research on their
dynamics is important for the well‐being of coastal communities and their economies …

Modeling of large-scale oil transport and fate resulting from deep-sea oil spills is highly
complex due to a number of bio-chemo-geophysical interactions, which are often empirically …

Oil viscosity has been perceived as a major factor affecting the dispersibility of oil. Very high
viscosity oils—20,000 centistokes (cs) or more—can readily be observed as resisting the …

Dispersed oil has now been shown to have a 'half-life'of 10–30 days in numerous lab and
field-based experiments. On the other hand, the biodegradation of floating oil slicks is much …

A better understanding of oil droplet formation, degradation, and dispersal in deep waters is
needed to enhance prediction of the fate and transport of subsurface oil spills. This research …

Application of chemical dispersants on surface oil is a trade-off between surface effects
(impact of floating oil) and sub-surface effects (impact of suspended oil). Making an informed …