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Oil spill response

and textile use

ZEETEX Workshop – January 2014

Mikaël Laurent

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Presentation outline

– Cedre introduction

– Main uses for textiles during an oil spill

– Cedre input

– Principles of French organization

– French market

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Cedre Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation

on Accidental Water Pollution

Since 1979

Status : non-profit-making association

Location : head office in Brest - 1 delegate in Caribbean

and 1 for the Mediterranean Sea

Staff: about 50 people - Budget 2013 : 4.7 M€

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Cedre Accidental water pollution: response preparedness and operations,

technical expertise, assistance for the authorities

Scope: Sea and inland waters. Oil and chemicals. In France and abroad.

Activities: 24-hour advisory service, contingency planning, training, information -

documentation, research, pollutant behaviour studies, ecotoxicity, equipment and

product testing

Tools: Man-made beach, seawater basin, laboratory, flume tank (‘polludrome’) for

simulation of weathering in the environment, experimentation greenhouse for testing

contamination of living organisms…

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Oil spill : main uses for textiles

1 -- Contain oil /

protect sensitives

sites

2 – Collect oil

3 – Cleaning

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Booming : oil containment or

protection of sensitive sites

Means : floating boom

(PVC, PU, neoprene,

hypalon, blend, etc.)

Limits (and possible needs) :

strength, efficiency in

current, marine behaviour ,

only surface protection

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Main boom failure

More details at Cedre operational guide

“Manufactured spill response booms”

Download at : www.cedre.fr/en/publication

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Nets : Protection of sensitive sites

Means : net, textile

Limits (and possible needs) : sheltered areas, shallow water,

waste treatment

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Oil containment

Means : fire boom (fire proof material or water cooled)

Limits (and possible needs) : strength, efficiency in current,

marine behaviour, fire deterioration

Specific case of in-situ burning

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Trawling : oil collect at sea

Means : net, trawl, different sizes

Limits (and possible needs) : only highly viscous oil,

extrusion leak, clogging effect , waste management

Viscous oil, tar balls

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Nets : oil collect on the shore line

Means : net catching tar balls in the surf area.

Many materials used depending on oil type and exposure

Limits (and possible needs) : only viscous oil, efficiency, waste

management.

Viscous oil, tar balls

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Sorbents : oil collect in small quantities Means : sorbents made of oleophilic material and water

repellent (PP, PE)

Limits (and possible needs) : mainly single use, low viscosity,

small quantities of oil

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Storage of collected oil Means : storage tanks, floating or on land, many sizes

Limits (and possible needs) : complete unloading and cleaning,

HNS compatibility, towing strenght

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Shore line cleaning

Means : mainly geotextiles to protect and sorbents to filter

Limits (and possible needs) : efficiency, single use, waste

management

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Cedre inputs / textile

• Technical advise

• Feed back from end users through contacts and partners

(from our response Dpt., training, contingency planning,

tests, etc.)

Sorbent : efficiency measurment

Booms : max strenght and marine behaviour

Nets : measure of viscosity threshold before

extrusion

• Call for tenders : tests to validate specifications achievement

• Standard tests or tailored experimentations, eg.

• Specific study in 2014 about shore line tar balls catching with

nets and oil in water filtering with textile : to be continued

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Principles of French organization

• Response is organized in two parts:

Sea and Shoreline / Land

•Prestige, 2002, source Cedre

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Organisation at sea • Under the responsibility of the “Maritime Prefect”

in charge of all civilian and military actions

• 3 maritime Prefect : North Sea/Manche, Atlantic, Mediterranean sea

– Traffic control and surveillance (MRCC)

– Emergency assistance

– Pollution detection and surveillance

– Response at sea

– Contingency planning…

• Dedicated stockpiles for at sea response equipment : CEPPOL

www.ceppol.fr

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Organization on land

Three levels:

1/ Minor spill : municipalities (Mayor)

2/ Major spill (several municipalities) :

department (Prefect)

3/ Exceptional spill (several departments):

regional civil defense area (7)

13 Dedicated stockpiles for on land response equipment :

CEREMA (Polmar unit)

polmar.cetmef.developpement-durable.gouv.fr

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Spill response equipment market • Strong specificity of this market :

high demand level during oil spills and low level between them.

• French government :

– During oil spill : priority orders to referenced suppliers (in the frame of

anticipated markets, including geotextiles and nets).

Renewal of this anticipated market for North of France ongoing : survey call for

tenders in BOAMP (www.boamp.fr) and JOUE (ted.europa.eu)

– During “peace time” : call for tenders according to specificiations and tests

results. Renewal of existing stockpiles (ex : 53 km of boom in land stockpiles

+ 20 km in sea stockpiles)

• Others customers :

– cooperative stockpiles (FOST, OSRL,CCA, ACS, CGA, etc.)

– Industrials : EDF, Total, etc.

– Fire brigades, municipalities

– French syndicate of oil spill response equipment and services : SYCOPOL

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Thank you