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Welcome! Durk Haarsma durk.haarsma@geomares.nl Welcome to this first issue of the Spill International Buyers Guide! We are introducing this issue, to coincide with Interspill 2012 in London, UK, with a certain degree of pride; after all, it was only at the end of 2010 that we launched our website Spill International (www.spill-international.com), along with a weekly digital newsletter, to provide an overview of news and developments in the international oil spill preparedness, prevention and response sector. The response to our new service has been very positive ever since: people tell us that it helps them to connect with the industry, and brings them up to date on technical solutions in other parts of the world that might be applicable in their own ‘neck of the woods’ (or seas, in this case!) With this Buyers Guide, we aim to build on those foundations and reinforce that service. This edition not only lists countless manufacturers and service providers worldwide, but also contains company profiles on many of them – and all of the information is published on our website too. This issue also features an in-depth article by John Huisman, Advisor Response Organisation at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, who provides insights into the operational cycle of pollution response, and an exclusive Spill International interview with Sir Alan Massey, chief executive of the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency, who shares his perspectives on developments in oil spill response. This Buyers Guide will be distributed at conferences and trade shows throughout the year. Make sure you keep this issue within easy reach for reference purposes until the next one is published!

Contents Editorial 3 News 5 Interview 7

Spill International Interviews Sir Alan Massey

Companies Directory 16 Company Profiles 17

The Cycle of Operational Pollution Response 10 Preparedness, Developments and Lessons Learned

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Tanker Spills BOP Wins Innovation & TechShow Declining nology Award Trend ITOPF’s annual tanker spills analysis released on 14 February 2012 shows a continuance of the trend towards fewer spills from tankers and less oil spilled. Only one large spill from a tanker occurred in 2011, which is the same as in 2008 and 2009. With only four medium-sized spills recorded for the second year in a row, this means that 2011 saw just five spills of more than 7 tonnes (50 bbls) from tankers, the lowest on record. Hand in hand with this, the total volume of oil spilled in 2011 was also the lowest on record and, at approximately 1,000 tonnes, represents an infinitesimally small percentage of the volume of oil moved by sea. This combination of record lows is especially encouraging given the ever-increasing quantities of oil transported by sea. www.itopf.com

The Innovation & Technology Award, sponsored by Simmons & Company International, has been awarded to Nautronix, UK, for its NASeBOP (Nautronix Emergency BOP Acoustic Control) system at the Annual Subsea 2012 Business Awards, which were presented on 8 February 2012 in Aberdeen, UK. This award is a recognition of the advancements made through this development; the company has invested USD1.5 million in the product line in the past financial year and has increased the capabilities of current BOP products, including improved safety features. www.subsea2012.com www.nautronix.co.uk Enthusiastic Nautronix staff who contributed to the company winning the award.

“American Honour at Stake” in Ecuador Oil Spills U.S. oil giant Chevron needs to do in Ecuador what BP is doing in the U.S. Gulf Coast region – clean up its environmental mess, the conservative-oriented organisation ‘You Break It, You Fix It’ has demanded. The group, which was formed to encourage conservative-minded Americans to speak out on Chevron’s un-remediated oil spills in Ecuador, has charged the oil company with damaging America’s image overseas through obstinacy and inaction. Chevron’s oil and chemical contamination in Ecuador involves more than 900 unlined discharge pits that have contaminated, and continue to contaminate, that region’s drinking water, sickening thousands of people over a period of decades. A lawsuit on the matter has been going on for almost two decades. Pollution in an Ecuadorian forest.

Declining number of tanker spills. Image courtesy: ITOPF

ISCO Wins IMO Permanent Consultative Status The International Spill Control Organization ( ISCO, UK) has received a written confirmation that the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved the award of full consultative status. ISCO received provisional consultative status at IMO four years ago and, since this time, has been actively representing the international spill response community at meetings of the Marine Environment Protection Committee and the IMO OPRCHNS Working Group. www.spillcontrol.org

Tracking Debris to Forecast Coastal Impacts Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, mysterious honeycomb material was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches. A research team led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, USA) confirmed that the flotsam comprised pieces of material used to maintain buoyancy of the pipe bringing up oil from the seafloor. The researchers also affirmed that tracking debris from damaged offshore oil rigs could help forecast coastal pollution impacts in future oil spills and guide emergency response efforts, comparable to the way that the Coast Guard has studied speed and direction of various floating debris to guide search and rescue missions. www.whoi.edu

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Floating foam with labels facilitated tracking debris and may benefit further response efforts.

Deepwater Drilling Rigs Blossoming

Graphene Shows Promise for Spill Response As a nanomaterial, graphene has the ability to separate oil and water. This means that there are promising applications for this new material in the field of spill response. The production of graphene, however, remains a constraint, since it is expensive to produce the material in large quantities. The material, which consists of a one-molecule-thick layer of praphitic carbon, is a hexagonal array of bonded carbon atoms and is characterised as a 2D material. It is thin but strong, according to the manufacturer. Through its structure, it can act as a transistor, gas sensor or membrane. It has been discovered that the graphene can not only absorb oil, but also filter it. www.azcomp.us

By early 2012, more deepwater drilling rigs were operational in the Gulf of Mexico than there were in the days of the Deepwater Horizon incident, according to Jonathan Fahey of the Associated Press (AP). Currently, operations in the Gulf of Mexico produce enough oil to account for 27% of the U.S.’s total output and to meet 8% of the country’s demand, research and consulting firm Wood Mackenzie told news agency AP. According to the Denver Post, oil exec- Drilling in deep waters is on the increase again. utives describe the Gulf of Mexico as the best place to drill in the world. www.bsee.gov

Magnetic Soap for Spill Response at Sea

Graphene is able to separate and filter hydrocarbons from water.

Scientists from the University of Bristol, UK, have developed a soap, composed of iron-rich salts dissolved in water, that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. The Institut Laue-Langevin, France, used neutrons to prove that the soap’s magnetic properties result from tiny iron-rich clumps that sit within the watery solution. The Magnetic soap can help to clean up oil spills. generation of this property in a fully functional soap could calm concerns over the use of soaps in oil-spill clean-ups and revolutionise industrial cleaning products. www.bris.ac.uk

Extended EU Dangerous Water Pollutants List Falls Short Environmental group World Wildlife Fund, Switzerland, has criticised plans by the European Commission to add 15 new chemicals to the current EU list of 33 dangerous water pollutants, arguing that the proposals “fall short”. According to WWF’s water policy officer, Sergey Moroz, the Commission’s delayed proposal, which was published on 31 January 2012, fails to specify when and how existing EU policies, such as regulations on chemicals or pesticides legislation, should be used to control water pollution. As part of the Commission’s proposals, it is planning to extend the current list to include substances ranging from industrial and household chemicals to pesticides as well as, for the first time, pharmaceuticals, which can end up in surface waters as a result of manufacturing and agricultural processes. wwf.panda.org

Online Mapping Tool for Arctic Spill Response The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE, USA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, USA) are partnering to enhance the Environmental Response Management Application ( ERMA) for the Arctic region by summer 2012. ERMA is the same interactive online mapping tool used by federal responders during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This effort will help address numerous challenges in the Arctic where growing volumes of ship traffic and proposed energy development are increasing the risk of oil spills and chemical releases. BSEE Director James A. Watson, who served as the federal on-scene coordinator for the U.S. Coast Guard during the disaster, thinks that adding this tool to the Arctic region would provide a tremendous boost to the current oil spill response capabilities there. www.noaa.gov www.bsee.gov

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Bacterial Adaptation in Oiled Mud Pool of European Within the framework of its knowledge-enhancement activities on oil persistence in sediment, Cedre, France, has joined the ANR DECAPAGE project for a four-year period. This project, which follows on from the ANR DHYVA project conducted from 2006 to 2010 with the same partners, aims to study the adaptation of bacterial communities present in mudflats when exposed to oil pollution. An original experimental system has been set up in Cedre’s trial hall to recreate a tidal mudflat for several months. The installation of this equipment was also the opportunity to host a three-day visit from all the project partners as well as an ANR representative. www.cedre.fr

Shell Chukchi Sea Oil Spill Response Plan Approved On 17 February 2012, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced the next steps toward energy exploration activities in shallow waters in the Arctic during a limited period in the summer. The steps include: the approval by DOI’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) of Shell Gulf of Mexico’s Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) for the Chukchi Sea; coordinated exercises and emergency response planning by U.S. agencies in the Arctic; expanded scientific work, information collection and data-sharing among agencies, industry, and research institutions to inform Arctic planning; and undertaking long-term, landscape-scale planning for the Arctic. www.bsee.gov

Oil Spill Response System Tested Crew members aboard the Coast Guard cutter Kukui and members of the District Response Advisory Team conducted an exercise in Honolulu Harbour to test the cutter’s Spilled Oil Recovery System on Thursday 2 March 2012. The annual exercise is conducted to test both the equipment and the crew members’ response in the event of an oil spill. The goal of the training is to ensure the crew’s efficiency in using and deploying the equipment in order to minimise response time. According to Lt. Ryan Dickson, a member of the District 14 District Response Advisory Team, the equipment on the Coast Guard cutter Kukui is unique to its own platform. Each Coast Guard cutter has its own system built in, prepositioned and stored within the vessel. So everywhere it goes it has the opportunity and the capability to respond to an oil spill at short notice. Working with booms during the exercise. www.usgs.gov

MSRC Completes Gulf Of Mexico Expansion The Marine Spill Response Corporation (MRSC, USA) has completed its Gulf of Mexico expansion programme known as Deep Blue. The new response capabilities created under this programme are ready to respond to an oil spill incident, if and when necessary. The key objectives of this expansion programme were to increase the effectiveness of mechanical recovery through expanding the number of dedicated oil spill response and recovery platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and to increase the ability to utilise commercial Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) and Multi-Purpose Support Vessels (MPSVs) to reinforce MSRC’s existing dedicated platforms. Added to this was to enhance the ability to find and encounter oil on the water’s surface. www.msrc.org 6 | 2012 E d i t i o n | Spill int E r nat io na l b uy E r s g uid E

Stand-by Response Vessels to Be Extended The European Maritime Safety Agency, Portugal, has started a procurement procedure to contract stand-by response vessels in southern Europe. The vessels should be available for involvement in a spill response action when needed for a time span of four years. The vessels involved are likely to be used in the area of their home port and should be able to operate under international command. They will be either already equipped with oil spill equipment, or they will be needed to be equipped rapidly. www.emsa.europa.eu

Training Leads to Response Job Weeks before the Costa Concordia ran aground near Tuscany, Italy, on 13 January 2012, teams from the Canadian company Aqua-Guard were in Italy to lead training courses for spill-response contractors in the region. In order to avoid a possible oil spill, a Dutch salvage firm has been contracted to pump out the fuel from the ship’s tanks before the ship can be moved. On stand-by at the site are a number of AquaGuard’s oil-skimming machines. www.aquaguard.com Aqua-guard is standing by in case of spill from the grounded

cruise liner Costa Concordia.

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Better Future Response Demands Greater Innovation Spill International Interviews Sir Alan Massey Industry needs to innovate to devise new solutions to both the spill prevention and the spill response challenges, says Sir Alan Massey of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) in the United Kingdom. Along with designing new tools and products, it is also crucial to stimulate international cooperation for effective response when a spill occurs. MCA is not only working together with local oil spill response organisations (OSROs) in the UK, but is also cooperating on an international level under the Bonn Agreement. As well as agreeing to open Interspill 2012 in London as key-note speaker, Sir Alan Massey also shares his views here in this issue of Spill International.

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the environment is obviously the overriding aim of preventing and dealing with pollution. At present, the ‘side effects’ of some spill response measures (e.g. dispersant spraying) can appear unattractive – but these have to be weighed against the wider environmental risk of using less effective alternatives.

Figure 1: Sir Alan Massey says “We learned many lessons from the MSC Napoli incident.”

What lessons can be learned from the Deepwater Horizon spill for other regions? As with all such incidents, there are lessons and insights that will be relevant for those engaged in similar activities that carry similar risks. Possibly the key lesson – yet again – is that bad things can happen and risks don’t only exist on paper. We all have to remain extremely vigilant, and our contingency planning has to keep pace with evolving technologies and the increasing complexity of hydro-

Good work is going on among producers, responders and regulators to develop and improve their knowledge of the deepwater environment, so as to ensure that adequate safety regimes, risk assessment and mitigation measures are in place to deal with potential spills. It is important that research, planning and regular exercises take place to maintain and improve deepwater expertise across all sectors of the industry and its stakeholders. For example, the UK government and a major oil company

You are only as good as your last incident, and we certainly cannot be complacent carbon extraction. The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) commissioned an independent postMacondo report which acknowledged the strength of the regime we have in place and also identified a number of points for continued improvement. You can find the report at 1. Deepwater drilling is becoming increasingly common. In view of this increase, is there enough expertise on, and research being carried out into, spills? 8 | 2012 E d i t i o n | Spill int e r nat io na l b uy e r s g uid e

conducted ‘Exercise SULA’ in May 2011, which incorporated all aspects of the UK’s National Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution from Shipping and Offshore Installations (NCP), and was a direct result of the Deepwater Horizon incident. Is there enough attention being given to environmentally friendly spill response material? I believe we need to pursue vigorous research and development into effective response materials. Protecting

How do you achieve a balance between dispersant spraying and mechanical recovery? There is no simple formula for this; instead, it clearly depends on the type of pollutant and other factors such as weather, sea-state, and the size and degree of dispersion of the spill. When a spill can be adequately contained by physical means such as booming, mechanical recovery is often the most desirable option. But we may not always enjoy that luxury. Is there enough capacity throughout the world to respond adequately in the event of a spill? How long is a piece of string? I am reassured that, at least in northern Europe, the participating nations of the Bonn Agreement form the key component of a coherent response strategy. The combined capacity of government and industry is adequate to deal with foreseeable risks. In truth, you are only as good as your last incident, and we certainly cannot be complacent. EMSA maintains a fleet of response vessels. Why doesn’t the UK have a fleet, considering the length of its coastline? The UK supports the idea of a shared pool of assets to deal with pollution events, and the EMSA fleet is a welcome step forward. We do not have a ‘national’ fleet of response vessels but will normally draw on locally held resources such as harbour tugs and local response vessels that are identified in local Oil Pollution Response Plans around the UK coast. Are you still guaranteeing a short enough response time in the case of a spill? You can never quite guarantee such things: how much is ‘enough’? We believe that we have adequate airborne, seaborne and shore-based response means that can be deployed

within a reasonable timescale to begin effective counter-pollution operations. But these have to be kept under close review as the nature of the risk evolves. Are there provisions in place for you to work together with the Norwegian authorities in the case of a spill in the northern waters, for instance, or EMSA in the southern ones? Yes. We have the bilateral ‘Norbrit’ plan that has been developed with Norway, for example, which provides the coordinating framework for any oil spill response activity within areas of mutual interest in the North Sea. In what way does the evaluation of the MSC Napoli incident affect your organisation? We learned many lessons from the MSC Napoli (Figure 1) incident. Two of the most salient were, firstly, the validity of the SOSREP (Secretary of State’s Representative) system in taking control of a diﬃcult incident; and secondly, the importance of ensuring adequate shore-line response when a casualty is close to the shore.

Our organisation has evolved to take account of those lessons. What results do you expect from the Bonn BE-AWARE project on area-wide risk assessment? The Bonn BE-AWARE project is still in its infancy, and its true eﬃcacy has yet to be established. How do you anticipate closer co-operation under the Bonn Agreement? The participating nations in the Bonn Agreement already work very closely across all areas of oil spill response. The continued close cooperation is constantly nurtured through numerous multinational projects, programmes and wide-ranging plenary discussions. The MCA is an active participant at each and every level of Bonn activity. What is the main message you want to send out to the spill response community (during your keynote at Interspill, for instance)? We depend on the innovation of industry to bring us new solutions to the challenges of both spill prevention

and spill response. In addition, cooperation at every level is absolutely critical to successful incident management.

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Sir Alan Massey joined the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as chief executive in July 2010. This followed a 33-year career in the British Royal Navy that culminated in the post of Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, in the rank of Vice Admiral. In his seafaring years, he commanded four warships including the aircraft carriers HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal. He was appointed CBE in 2003 and KCB in 2009.

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The Cycle of Operational Pollution Response Preparedness, Developments and Lessons Learned In the unfortunate occurrence of a maritime incident resulting in the outflow of a large volume of oil, and possible contamination of wildlife and coastal areas, media attention is paramount. Members of the response community draw on their expertise, training and experience to deal with the incident, facing up to the challenges of limiting or undoing the environmental damage and even restoring the area to its original state. In the aftermath of the incident, evaluations will produce ‘lessons learned’, and initiatives will often be launched to improve specific parts of the chain of response. There is a recognised cycle of steps; by addressing a few of these steps here, this article aims to offer the reader insights into preparedness and response strategies.

John Huisman Advisor at RWS Noordzee (Response Organisation within the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment), The Netherlands

Preparedness is an integral part of national contingency planning. Any self-respecting coastal state will have established a response organisation that is prepared to deal with maritime incidents. The general level of preparedness is based on a risk analysis that considers ship traffic density as well as the offshore oil & gas industry and wind energy parks, if applicable. The selected scenario is then studied more closely, taking into account sensitivity mapping and areas of economic interest that play an important role in identifying where to concentrate the response equipment. The sensitivity mapping should include any seasonal effects; in wintertime, beaches are less frequented by tourists, for example, but there could be an increased number of migrating birds at sea. The quantitative likelihood of a incident resulting in the outflow of a certain volume of oil or other contaminating liquid determines the

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number of response vessels, type of equipment and number and type of trained responders. Obviously, the level of preparedness can also be related to the level of acceptance of risks. Besides the procedural side of preparedness, which describes ‘how to be prepared for what’ and ‘how to combat spills’, investment in education, training and exercises for vessels’ crews and the responders is often neglected. This should cover both the technical aspect – such as the application of equipment – and the administration and communication aspects during response actions. Procedures or scenarios may provide details about various possible incidents, ranging from so-called operational discharges (relatively small quantities of bilge discharges) by vessels to ships losing cargo oil due to a collision or a hull failure. Other

scenarios with specific response measures included broken subsea pipelines or oil well blowouts. The individual scenarios influence which response measures might be applied: spraying dispersants, in-situ burning, mechanical recovery, or do nothing. It is important to have options, because no two incidents are the same, and various techniques might be required – the responders could be in need of high-viscosity pumps or large lengths of oil booms, for instance. Recording technical remarks

During an actual incident, the appropriate response means are brought to the scene and deployed. In the heat of the moment, responders often omit to make a note of how the equipment is functioning. However, it is essential to record technical remarks on components during a response operation so that their performance can be evaluated after the incident.

After deck with Current Buster technology.

MV Arca in a response operation.

Pump suppliers, for instance, provide interesting figures on their productâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity yet do not mention the viscosity levels â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which is why it is important to test pumps in oil at four levels of viscosity in addition to clean water. Valuable observances, whether from tests or incidents themselves, should be discussed with manufac-

should make notes about the performance ( functionality, endurance) of newly designed equipment in particular, including safety aspects and maintenance. Recording administrative remarks An incident invariably results in a substantial dossier due to require-

Recording remarks during a response operation is essential to evaluating performance turers to help them improve their products. Close cooperation with manufacturers in this way has been known to result in further improvements to oil booms, for example, because clients originally complained about the construction of the chain to the skirt of the boom. The responder

ments such as relevant legislation, government authoritiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; standard procedures, etc. Details such as manhours, equipment used, repairs and maintenance to components, and stand-by hours should be noted to justify the costs and withstand potential scrutiny. While this might not

be of utmost importance in minor incidents involving limited manhours and equipment use, such a dossier is essential if a claim is to be filed against the polluter. After accidents such as the Prestige (2002) or Macondo spill (2010), the financial administration required the appointment of a special team to prepare the claim. While settling a claim can be a simple operation and bring satisfactory closure to the incident, it may also turn into a lengthy court case. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has published EU States Claims Management Guidelines to assist Member States in claims processes. Lessons learned

Lessons learned could include legislative aspects, such as how the liability was addressed and including the response by (representatives of) the owners, or they could apply to communication during the response, Spill i n t e r n at i on a l

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improvement issues had been mentioned. Of course, these issues still have to be studied and the technical design has to be evaluated and tested in order to learn whether it really improves the system. Furthermore, beach-cleaning systems have been redesigned based on experiences in real operations.

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i.e. the communication procedures and dissemination of information through situation reports (‘sitreps’). For the purposes of this article, however, lessons learned will focus on the response equipment. Following the Prestige (2002) incident off the coast of Galicia in Spain, in which RWS Noordzee, the Dutch response organisation, participated with two vessels – in close cooperation with other EU Member States and the responsible authorities in Spain – a one-day meeting with the vessels’ crews and the authorities addressed a long list of remarks. The points recognised during the meeting included the following: that the response operation at sea had had to deal with some very rough weather conditions which caused crews to tire more quickly, making the ratio of resting hours to working hours critical; that secondary contamination requires additional crew to avoid this happening and clean up the mess; that an additional washing machine was required to separate laundry from cloths; and equipment failures or additional maintenance were also addressed. Not only are manufacturers and suppliers keen to learn how their products perform in the most important test of all – an actual response operation – but also response colleagues from within other regional agreements can benefit from these experiences. Thankfully, large-scale accidents such as the Macondo spill or Prestige 12 | 2012 E d i t i o n | Spill int e r nat io na l b uy e r s g uid e

tanker incident seldom occur. Yet when such events do happen, the deployment of the relevant equipment provides an invaluable learning experience that should not go to waste. If some components should fail, their failure can be used as the basis for designing improvements, providing that there is a clear description of their shortcomings. For this reason, relevant evaluation report findings should be made available for the commercial market. Equipment developments

Recommendations from the above-mentioned lessons learned or evaluation reports can lead to improvements if properly raised with the manufacturer. A good example of this is the transport of highly viscous oil from the oil pump into a storage tank, which can be improved by installing a flange with an injection connection for warm water or just water. Emulsified oil can also be treated by injecting demulsifier into the oil pump and, as a result, the emulsion will break up into water and oil in the settling tank. In another example, the well-known rigid sweeping arm (a Dutch design) was improved after response actions and now has an improved skimmer house including a large inspection porthole shutter in the bottom of the house. Elastec improved the known disc skimmer by making the surface larger through grooved technology. Meanwhile, the Current Buster system, produced by NOFI Norway, has been improved after meetings with clients in which several possible

Sometimes, rather than developing existing equipment, something new is invented or discovered instead. A prototype is designed and produced, followed by a test. This may succeed, in which case the engineers are happy, or it may fail, causing them headaches as they try to find a way of making it work. When it comes to finding solutions, close cooperation between responders and industry can ultimately only lead to further improvements. In addition to the equipment used, the procedures during a response situation may be evaluated too. In the case of the Macondo spill, the application of dispersants was already a recognised technique, but injecting the product so deep below the water’s surface, directly into the oil plume, was a new approach. Many scientists are currently studying the advantages and disadvantages of this response measure. Developments in response techniques

As well as evaluating the equipment used and procedures followed during an incident, the response technique itself could also be reviewed, because of the type of oil that is spilled for instance. When large volumes of orimulsion (a slurry consisting of Orinoco bitumen, water and phenol ethoxylate) was transported into Rotterdam, it was important for the response organisation to learn about the behaviour of that product and to identify the most applicable response. The transportation of very heavy (residual) oils also requires new types of equipment, since the oil may rapidly submerge when released into the marine environment. A survey sensor is required to locate the oil in the water column, as is a means to recover the plume. The Macondo spill in 2010 reminded the response community yet again

that special measures are required. Oil escaped from the well at 1,500 metres water depth and would travel to the surface in a certain period of time, but it would also spread into the water column thus requiring many surface tools to recover the oil over a vast sea area. Dispersant injection directly at the well head made the oil mix with the chemical dispersant, breaking the oil up into small particles in order for microbes to biodegrade the oil. It remains to be seen whether this response solution results in a better net environmental Benefit analysis than recovering the oil from the water’s surface. Risk analysis and preparedness review

Most response authorities review their risk analysis and contingency plans regularly and update their level of preparedness accordingly. Perhaps there has been a change in the shipping industry within a zone of jurisdiction, which may result in other users of the sea area requiring larger areas, and this change to the sea area’s spatial planning could be a good reason to review the risks. Wind-energy parks, which are often built close to shipping lanes, are a cause of tension within the shipping industry and present extra risks: a drifting vessel may be pushed against an offshore installation or turbine’s pole, resulting in a minor or even potentially major incident. On the other hand, the increasing safety levels of newly built vessels could lead to declining risks. The desired level of preparedness might be adjusted as a result of the economic or political situation in a coastal state, in which case the responder has to live with that. Whatever the reason for policy review, nature will always be considered, making sensitivity mapping indispensable. looking at the Wadden sea, which is designated a Particularly sensitive sea area (Pssa), The netherlands, germany and Denmark will require a high level of preparedness based on a proper risk analysis, for example. Whereas in the previous century tankers were the only vessels to carry oil in large quantities, nowadays very large container vessels may have over 15,000 tonnes of fuel oil in their tanks. also, in the early days of contingency

planning, almost every detail focused on oil pollution, whereas today other scenarios are taken into account, such as the discharge of Hazardous & noxious substances (Hns). These goods can be transported in bulk or in packaged form, quite often in containers. Therefore, a response organisation should be better prepared for incidents involving Hns or have close links established with commercial salvors. Regional collaboration

as well as developing a national approach to pollution response, authorities are also handling these issues at a regional level. Both HelCOM and its BrIsK project (cooperation of coastal states around the Baltic) and the Bonn agreement with its Be-aWare project (cooperation of coastal states around the north sea) demonstrate that countries have recognised the need for intensified consultation on these matters (see 1 and 2 for more details). The key starting point is a shared risk analysis of marine and maritime affairs, followed by defining a minimum level of preparedness at national level. The next step could be to agree on the balance of resources, meaning that assets are shared to respond to a maritime accident. This could result in a tiered approach: tier one at national level, tier two at sub-regional level and tier three at regional level. Prevention

While this article is focused on response rather than prevention, both of the regional agreements mentioned above are, through their national governments, also committed to improving the prevention aspect in IMO forums such as the Marine safety Committee or Marine environmental Protection Committee. In addition, within the eU, the european Maritime safety agency provides a framework for close cooperation on both safety and pollution. Preventive measures should apply globally. examples of coastal states having taken preventive measures include Vessel traﬃc separation systems approved through IMO ( for more details, see 3). Many regulations, such as MarPOl, have been reviewed regularly to increase the level of environmental

Contaminated wildlife attracts media attention around the globe.

protection. There have even been some cases of industry taking the initiative to tighten regulations, such as when technical developments in engine-room components made it possible to reduce oily water discharges. nevertheless, when an incident occurs despite such sector regulation and mitigating measures, the response community is committed to reacting to the best of its endeavours.

The Author John Huisman started his career in the merchant navy in 1972 and, after serving in the Royal Navy, he joined Rijkswaterstaat at the HydroMeteorological Centre in 1975. He moved to the head office in 1985 in order to set up the enforcement division. From then on, he was involved in emergency operations, first as an operator of the remote sensing aircraft and subsequently providing education and training in response preparedness. From 1990 onwards, he has been in charge of operational response and has contributed to the organisation of crisis management activities with regard to sea and coastal pollution.

Huisman has been an active participant in the Bonn Agreement’s Operational, Technical and Scientific working group, dealing with detection of and response to maritime accidents and pollution, since 1987 and is currently the chairman of that group. Additionally, he represents The Netherlands in EMSA’s Consultative Technical Group. He has conducted numerous training courses on remote sensing and crisis management, including response to oil pollution. John Huisman has been involved in over 20 accidents involving oil, including the Gulf War oil disaster in 1991 and, more recently, the Prestige incident off the coast of Galicia in Spain as well as several other types of maritime accidents in the North Sea area.

1. www.helcom.ﬁ 2. www.bonnagreement.org 3. www.imo.org

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Readers fall generally under the following categories: International non-governmental organisations responsible for advising on and lobbying over the impact of oil and HNS pollution under the global marine environment conventions, eg IMO, ITOPF, OCIMF, INTERTANKO, Greenpeace Government departments, both national and international, charged with policing marine conventions and laws, focusing on marine environmental rules and legislation for controlling pollution from the oil and shipping industries. The energy industry, both oil and chemical, where risk exists in upstream and downstream activities - exploration, production, refining and transport. The shipping industry, owners, charterers, classification societies, insurance companies and P & L clubs. The ports industry with its obligations under the OPRC convention to plan for pollution, together with local government departments concerned with risk from accidental discharge under international and national legislation. The spill contractors, manufacturers and consultants providing clean-up services, equipment and advice in both marine and inland environments. Scientists, research & development organisations involved in environmental R&D and potential oil exploitation/ natural resource conflicts created by accidental spills. Professionals from organisations concerned with the preservation of the environment in the event of an oil spill. Professionals related to Aviation Services/Surveillance of Spills, Bioremediation Equipment/Services Control, Clean-up Remediation and Restoration, Contingency Planning, Crisis Management / Emergency Exercises, Damage/Impact Assessment, Insurance Risks, Dispersants/Spray Systems, Diving / Tug and Salvage Services Pollution response equipment suppliers Response specialists

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3R Environmental Contractors Abanaki Oil Skimmers ABASCO LLC Abatix Corporation ACME Environmental Action Petroleum Spill Recovery Advanced Contaminant Recovery US Advanced Environmental Options (AEO) Advanced Environmental Solutions (AES) Advanced Green Solutions Advanced Magnet Lab AeroVironment Agip KCO AIM Filtertech Akela Alaska Chadux Albarrie Environmental Services AllMaritim Allweiler Alnmaritec AlphaMERS Alpina Ambiental Alpine Environmental Services Al-Thurya Radiation Service Company American Boom & Barrier American Petroleum Institute (API) American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Amorim Isolamentos Apache Corporation Applied Fabric Technologies Applied Science Associates Aqua-Guard Spill Response Aquasentry ARCADIS Arctic Council Arjay Engineering ARKTOS Developments ASRC Energy Services Atlas Interactive Atwood Oceanics Awoo Feather Absorbent Ayles Fernie International A-Z Comp Basic Concepts Baysaver Technologies BC HAZMAT Management Belltech See Page 2,17 Bentley Best Value Supplies Biobased Europe Bio-Matrix US Bioscience Biota Guard BioWorld Products Black Gold Industries (BGI)

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BellTech BellTech Inc. specialises in ecological management as it relates to the response, recovery and restoration of spill response activities. With over 24 years of experience, ranging from the Exxon Valdez to the Deepwater Horizon incidents, BellTech has cleaned more contaminated vessels than anyone in the world. This proven method has transformed to land-based operations addressing tanker trucks, storage tanks, frozen tundra and recovery from a multitude of surfaces. The Bell-Vac system that is used to facilitate the decontamination is unlike any other process used in spill recovery operations today, since it is capable of 100% contaminant capture and recovery. What sets BellTech apart from all

other environmental response companies is the specialised equipment combined with the procedures the team has developed and refined over the years. The BellTech method captures and collects the contamination at the point of contact and prevents it from being transferred back into the environment. Conceptualised in Valdez, Alaska, BellTechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique method consists of taking the current state of the oil and changing the viscosity, thus returning it back to a liquid form to be managed effectively. The approach incorporates adjustable water temperature and pressure for agitation purposes along with a powerful vacuum to extract the water and contaminates directly into a holding

tank. Using an assortment of clean and capture tools, ranging from a wide surface area to a crevasse, decontamination is contained within the footprint of the attachment preventing cross-contamination to ultra-sensitive areas.

BellTech, Inc., 537 Egan St., P.O. Box 3467, Valdez, AK 99686, USA Phone: +1 800 537 6949, www.belltechconsultants.com

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Blue Blue Electronics Blue Petrel Consulting Bluestream Offshore BMT Cordah Bondline Products Bowtech Products BP Braemar Howells Briggs Marine & Environmental Services Brinker Technology Bulbeck EnviroSolutions Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) C.I.Agent Solutions Cameron Canadyne Technologies Canflex Inc Can-Ross Environmental Services CARBO Ceramics Cardno ENTRIX Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation (CEDRE) CEREX Advanced Fabrics Chatoyer Environmental Chelsea Technologies Group ChemRisk Chemtex Cherrington Beach Cleaners Chevron Chukar Waterjet CINC Solutions C-K Associates Claxton Engineering Clean Caribbean & Americas Clean Globe International Clean It Up Technologies Cliff Berry Inc CMI Marine CNOOC Coabis Group, Aker Offshore Partner Columbia Analytical Services Complete Environmental Products Consilium CONTROS Systems & Solutions Cooley Engineered Membranes CorkSorb Crown Salvage Crucial Cygnus Instruments DESMI Ro-Clean Det Norske Veritas Dexsil Corporation Diamond Airborne Sensing DONJON-SMIT

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Eco Equipments Taiwan-based Eco Equipments Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, installs and supplies advanced oil spill response equipment. The product range includes oil containment booms, special booms, boom reels, oil skimmers, skimmer boats, landuse storage tanks, marine floating towable storage tanks and bags, plus accessory items required for the containment and recovery of oil spills on water. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products can be customised on request in line with specific client requirements.

(www.youtube.com/user/EcoEquipments). The company takes pride in its high level of customer service and responds to requests for quotations and specifications within 24 to 48 hours. Please contact the company with any enquiries via e-mail a visit the website.

More information can be found in the company brochure (www. ecoequipments.com/2012BrochureEng.pdf ) and in the company videos

Eco Equipments, 15F-34, No 50, Chung Hsiao W. Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei, 100, Taiwan Phone: +886-2-2370-9788, Fax: +886-2-2370-0266, e-mail: sales@ecoequipments.com, www.ecoequipments.com

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Douglas Environmental Douglas-Westwood DOWCAR Environmental Management Drizit Environmental DSPCon DTC International DV Howells Dynamic Aviation Eagle Craft Eason Diving & Marine Contractors ECM Maritime Services Eco Equipments See Page 19 Ecoceane Eco-Oil Treatment Technologies ECOPOMEX Ecoservice-Neftegaz Ecosystem Management & Associates ECRC-SIMEC Edwards & Cromwell Spill Control Elastec/American Marine Emco Oilfield Services Emergency Management Safety EmergWest Consulting Emirates Vision Environmental Servcies (EVES) Empteezy ENCO Industries Energy North Engineered & Environmental Products ENPAC Enviro Team Enviro Voraxial Technology Environ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Restoration Environmental Standards EnviroSmart ES&H Esri ETI/ETC European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) Evolution Sorbent Products See Page 14, 21, 30 Exprodat Consulting Extreme Spill Technology (EST) Fast Engineering Limited Fastwave Comunications First Line Technology Fluid Imaging Technologies Fosse Liquitrol Fugro GapVax Garner Environmental Services GE Analytical Instruments GEO TAG Engenharia & Consultoria, Projetos e Serviรงos Geomares Publishing See Page 31 Geomate Links Consulting

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Evolution Sorbent Products Evolution Sorbent Products, LLC (ESP) produces high-performance industrial sorbents and spill-control products with either natural and recycled materials or traditional polypropylene.

ESPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products include:

Delivering Innovative Customer Solutions The company focuses on developing and manufacturing innovative new sorbent products that increase the competitiveness of its customers. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility just outside Chicago feeds into a coast-to-coast network of regional distribution centres. Used around the world to handle a wide range of environmental, medical and fi ltration-industry challenges,

Air Matrix Premium oil-only sorbents made with top-quality recycled synthetic materials offering high absorbency and well as high chemical and water resistance.

ColdForm2 Versatile, high-tech, high-performance sorbents made from high-quality recycled and renewable natural materials.

Meltblown An industry mainstay brought to new heights through ESPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state-of-the-art manufacturing technology and rigorous quality control systems. SpillLock Proprietary technology added to products to increase absorbency by turning absorbed water-based liquids into a leakresistant gel.

Ultraclean Premium universal sorbents designed for medical and clean room environments made with top-quality recycled synthetic materials and delivering lint-free, leak-resistant performance.

Evolution Sorbent Products, 1270 Nuclear Drive, West Chicago, IL 60185, USA Phone: +1 630 947-5908, e-mail: roy@esp-us.com, www.esp-us.com

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Geospatial Experts Germanischer Lloyd GKL Solutions Global Diving & Salvage Global Stratagem Consulting Graphene Industries Hamburgeo. HANSEN Energy Solutions Haws - Engineered Solutions Division Hazard Control Technologies HeiQ Materials HELZEL Messtechnik Henriksen HidroClean Proteção Ambiental Hydro Geo Hydro Quip InduMar Products Industrial Surfacing Infield Systems Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) International Maritime Contractors Association (IMCA) International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Spill Control Organization (ISCO) ITOPF Jet Edge Jotun Kampers Oil Spill Equipment (Koseq) Kongsberg Maritime Kvichak Marine Industries Lamor Lehane Environmental & Industrial Services Lloyd's Register Lockheed Martin Locus Technologies Marine Emergency Mutual Aid Centre (MEMAC) Marine Pollution Control Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Maritime Safety Administration People's Republic of China Maritime Technology & Competence Solutions (MTCS) Maritime Technology Society (MTS) Markleen Marpolindo Pratama Nugraha Maxum Industries McCarson Response Consulting Microbac MicroCare Europe Millennium Enterprises Miros See Page 23 MOP Environmental Solutions

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Miros Miros AS is a high-tech company that provides advanced systems and remote-sensing equipment sensors for the offshore and marine industries. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s products include Directional Wave Monitoring sensors, Tide Gauges, Oil Spill Detection systems and Meteorological and Oceanographic (Met-Ocean) systems. Miros is a major supplier of Met-Ocean systems for the Norwegian continental shelf, and is a European leader in its field. The Miros OSD (Oil Spill Detection) system has become a success story and international oil recovery operators have been quick to adopt it as a reliable, well-verified and efficient tool during oil spill response

operations. The system has been tested yearly in oil-on-water trials since 2004, giving the crew on oil spill recovery vessels automated oil spill detection, oil spill position history and estimates of future drift. During the past year, the number of installations in Europe, South East Asia and South America has been increased, and as of now the Miros OSD has gained interest in most parts of the world. Miros OSD has received official confirmation of its NOFO Standard 2009 compliance.

delivered with software and displays tailored to individual operator needs, and provide users with realtime and historic data to support helicopter traffic control, marine operations, search and rescue operations, crane vessel operations and synoptic weather reporting.

Miros has extensive experience in delivering Met-Ocean systems and can supply and integrate any required sensor into its systems. Modular Miros systems are

Miros AS, SolbrĂĽveien 20, 1383 Asker, Norway Phone: +47 66 98 75 00, fax: +47 66 90 41 70, e-mail: office@miros.no, www.miros.no

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Oil Spill Response Limited Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) is an industry-funded organisation that provides a comprehensive range of industry-leading global oil spill preparedness and response services. The organisation is owned and funded by the world’s most responsible and environmentally committed oil and energy companies that account for over 60% of global oil production, and membership continues to grow. The organisation’s oil spill preparedness and response services are recognised as setting the industry benchmark. Key oil spill preparedness services: • Oil spill capability reviews •D evelopment of oil spill contingency plans • Development and facilitation of

incident management exercises •O il spill modelling (OSCAR, OILMAP and OSIS) • S econdment of specialist personnel •L ong-term and short-term equipment hire •O iled wildlife planning • Environmental sensitivity mapping •P ublished and client-tailored training, ranging from senior management level through to oil spill operatives. Including IMO 1-3, MCA 2/2P to 5/5P, DECC 1-4. The organisation has set up a website dedicated exclusively to oil spill training, www.oilspillresponsetraining.com, to provide comprehensive information about its extensive training services.

Response services: •G uaranteed 24/7 global response services for members including: o Specialist expert response personnel o Response equipment for spills, offshore, shoreline and inland o Aerial dispersant capability o On-site technical advisory service o Incident command system support o Regional response services in UK and West Africa o Capping device (OSPRAG UK) For more details, visit the OSRL website.

Oil Spill Response Limited, One Great Cumberland Place, London, W1H 7AL, UK Phone: +44 2077240102, e-mail: london@oilspillresponse.com, www.oilspillresponse.com

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Opflex Opflex open celled elastomeric sorbents are 100% American-made, reusable and recyclable. Opflex technology works quickly and efficiently to remove oil from water in all weather conditions (including rough seas and high winds) and can be used in conjunction with conventional containment booms. Opflex technology set new industry standards as the first sorbent to efficiently remove oil and sheen from water. Opflex booms, mops, sweeps and pads have all been tested in the real world – as opposed to in a laboratory – with oil sheen, diesel fuel, bunker oil, heating oil, emulsified oil, weathered oil and even subsurface oil plumes. The company’s

products are so effective that BP purchased 2 million square feet of Opflex material for clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Subsequent deployment in China (Dalian spill), Italy (Costa Concordia disaster), Montana (ExxonMobil spill), and New Bedford/Cape Cod, Massachusetts, further underlined the efficacy of the Opflex technology. Opflex products are truly green and have a low carbon impact (LCI) from manufacturing to reuse and recycling: they do not needlessly fill landfills like ineffective white sorbents do. With a low density of 1.5 PCF, Opflex products are easier to deploy in oil spills. Opflex products absorb up to 30 times their weight in

oil, always maintaining positive buoyancy. Recent industrial wastewater testing, after Opflex filtering, using EPA method 1661 resulted in significant reductions in oil, grease, suspended solids and biological oxygen demanders. Industrial laundry companies have avoided or significantly reduced EPA fines with Opflex. New applications of Opflex technology are being discovered every day.

Opflex Solutions, PO Box 243, West Hyannisport, MA 02672, USA Phone: +1 6465802613, e-mail: jroberts@opflex.com, www.opflex.com

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Rutter Rutter Inc. is a global supplier of marine electronics, headquartered in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Building upon its core radar processing and imaging technologies, Rutter offers the sigma S6 Oil Spill Detection System. Rutter’s sigma S6 Oil Spill Detection System can automatically detect, track and outline marine oil slicks in real time across a range of visibility conditions and sea states. A complete Oil Spill Response and Management system is also available, integrating the sigma S6 Oil Spill Detection system with an infrared camera that is capable of reporting relative thickness of an oil slick and provides remote oil

spill confirmation and additional management communications features during clean-up operations. The system can be supplied complete with the Rutter Radar-100S6 in either horizontal or vertical polarisation; optionally, it can also be connected to existing marine X-band radars in a slave configuration. Rutter’s sigma S6 Oil Spill Detection system has met the NOFO (Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies) compliance standard for oil spill radar detection requirements.

Rutter Inc., 63 Thorburn Road, St. John’s, NL, A1B 3M2, Canada Phone: +1 709 576 6666, Fax: +1 709 576 7635, e-mail: sales@rutter.ca, www.rutter.ca

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Spill International Spill International, the international website on the prevention, preparedness for, response to and restoration of marine spills and pollution, www. spill-international.com, provides experts from all over the world with information on recent events, developments in the industry and significant research projects. It provides a forum for discussion regarding innovations and best practices across the spectrum. Readers include operating managers, safety and security officers, regulators, plant managers, EH&S professionals, administrators, attorneys, environmental managers, purchasing agents, engineers, buyers, consultants and others

concerned with compliance, oil-spill response and/or clean-up. Topics include: oil production and transport at sea •p atterns, trends, pollution prevention and response • s horeline response • tools and techniques, performance, waste disposal, alternative uses of oily waste, waste disposal legislation •o il pollution legislation and policies • r esponse at sea • r ationale, tools and techniques, performance • r egional preparedness • c ooperation agreements, mutual assistance • dispersants

• efficiency, toxicity, decision making, new developments • oil pollution impacts and restoration • assessment, implementation • inland water pollution from production and transport • prevention, contingency planning • rigs, wrecks and sunken oil • tracking slicks, quantifying oil in wrecks, removal from wrecks • heavy fuel oil versus crude oil aspects • challenges of heavy oil response, impacts • oil slick detection and monitoring • organisation, detection, sampling techniques and equipment, subsurface monitoring • response and business continuity in emergencies.

Spill International, P.O. Box 112, 8530 AC, Lemmer, The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0)514 561854 , e-mail: wim.van.wegen@geomares.nl, www.spill-international.com

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SpillTech Spills happen. We are more aware of that today than we have ever wanted to be. We all care about the environment, we all care about worker safety and we all want to be prepared. Since 1971, SpillTech has been manufacturing and offering distributors high-performance polypropylene sorbent products for industrial maintenance and spill clean-up. By building technology into every product, SpillTech has developed an exclusive line of high-performance sorbents for almost any leak or spill application. In addition, we also market a wide variety of complementary spill control products to help workers establish and maintain clean, safe waters and workplaces.

Our manufacturing operations are based in Mobile, Alabama, USA, where our 160,000-square-foot facility produces sorbent pads and rolls as well as pillows, socks, booms and sweeps. Half of our Mobile facility serves as the primary warehouse that is central to SpillTechâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shipping operations. This fully stocked warehouse is supported by four satellite warehouses across the US to ensure timely delivery. No matter where you are located or shipping to, SpillTech will be right there with you, providing competitive pricing and easy ordering via fax, e-mail or online at www.spilltech.com. For convenience, we offer credit card payment facilities, drop-shipping capabilities, no minimum order restrictions, free

SpillTech, 5440 McGinnis Village Place, Ste. 102, Alpharetta, GA 30005, USA Phone: +1 800 228 3877, fax: 1 770 410 1812, e-mail: info@spilltech.com, www.spilltech.com

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samples, complete marketing support and on-site training. Be prepared with SpillTech. With hundreds of products, a nationwide presence and our friendly and knowledgeable service team, we have the right technology, product lines and sales formula for you.

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