DISPERSANT EFFECTIVENESS AT SEA

Abstract

ABSTRACT Information from five incidents in U.K. waters since 1980 in which dispersants have been used in responses, and two experimental spills using dispersants in 1993, shed light on the questions of whether dispersion of oil can reduce the overall environmental impact at a spill, whether we can demonstrate that dispersants enhance the rate of natural dispersion, and whether we can quantify how effective dispersants are.