Overview of Oil Spills and Pollution:
Overview of global oil spill incidents.
Types of oil and their different properties.
Historical concerns over oil pollution.
Sources and patterns of oil spills.
Spillage from exploration and production facilities.
Environmental Impacts of Oil Pollution:
Effects of oil pollution on the environment.
Oil seepage vs. Oil Spills.
Routes of oil pollution exposure.
Impact differences in freshwater and saltwater environments.
Ecological effects of oil spills and pollution.
Oil Spill Prevention: How to Prevent Oil Spills:
Risk identification and analysis of potential oil spill and pollution scenarios.
Strategies for establishing effective oil spill and pollution preventative risk controls.
Hazards of Oil transportation – road and sea.
Refinery and Offshore platform oil spills and their impacts.
Modern tanker design (single and double hulls) to prevent oil spills.
Case Study – Part 3: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the oil spill prevention techniques applied.
Oil Spill & Pollution Response and Recovery:
Overview of oil spill response options, including what is involved in oil spill response.
Establish and activate oil spill contingency plans, highlighting training for oil spill response.
Emergency and medical response procedures during oil spills.
Understand Oil spill pollution and treatment options for containment and dispersion.
Conducting oil spill and pollution response emergency exercises and drills.
Management and Prevention Review:
Oil Spill and Pollution workshop.
Review of case studies and their cause of oil spill incidents.
Review of conducting an oil spill and pollution risk assessment.
Discuss preventative, response, and recovery of oil spill incidents.
Review of developing emergency procedures for oil spills and pollution incidents.
Explore oil spill and pollution recovery treatment options.
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