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Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972
WCSS OIL SPILL CO-OPERATIVE
EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT REPORT
Oil Spill Co-Operative: D
Oil Spill Co-Op Chairman: Chris Labrie
Exercise Date: April 23, 2013
Type of Exercise: Awareness Training: Sunken & Submerged Oil
Location of Exercise: Slave Lake, AB – Fire Department HQ
EXERCISE OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the exercise were to: (check applicable ones)
Objectives Met
Yes No
1 Supply theoretical training (classroom) x
2 Evaluate deployment methods (hands-on training) x
3 Evaluate safety procedures x
4 Evaluate boat handling and operations x
5 Evaluate response capabilities x
6 Evaluate communications x
7 Evaluate Control Point x
8 Evaluate Co-op equipment x
9 Evaluate WCSS equipment x
10 Evaluate new equipment x
11 Other (please specify) x
EXERCISE REPORT - CHRONOLOGICAL
Time Event and Description Problems
08:50 Introductions, WCSS / Area D overview, WCSS website – Chris
Labrie, Area D Chairman
08:57 Introduction for Slave Lake Fire Department, orientation – Jamie
Coutts, Slave Lake Fire Department Chief
09:00 Safety Orientation – Doug Boisvert, Area D Alternate Chairman
09:03
Area D Equipment: 53’ trailer coming to Slave Lake from HSE in
Sylvan Lake in Q2 2013; 4300’ of lake boom brought to SL,
already had 2400’ of boom in area = well equipped – Mike
Locke, WCSS
09:05 ERCB Overview – Spill Preparedness & Response – Sandra
Blais
09:30 ASERT Overview – how the Government of Alberta is prepared
to assist with spill response – Mark Pickering
09:50 Coffee
10:00 WCSS Overview – Mike Locke, WCSS
10:10 Sunken & Submerged Oil – what WCSS knows – Mike Locke,
WCSS
11:00 Lessons Learned about Sunken & Submerged Oil – Trever
Miller, SWAT
11:30 Lunch, provided by Slave Safety
12:15
Dryland demo
Watergate Dam: ideal to contain globules in shallow water
Siene Netting: larger diameter to allow more particulate & water
to flow through; ideal for a lot of sandy material – smaller mesh
for vegetation
Turner Valley Gate with Wire Mesh: if you have sheen you will
still need to maintain surface control. Hard boom is ok, TV
Gates for smaller water bodies.
Turner Valley Gate with Oil Shark sheet: not sure what the
structural integrity is; can be used as bags to drag behind a boat
Turner Valley Gate with X-Tex: will not manage sheen very
well; needs to be at least 2” off the bottom (need some water
movement at bottom to prevent scouring)
Scoops, using Oil Shark, X-Tex, wire mesh: good for tarballs,
but not so much for debris
Pompoms: need to put on the back side of a Turner Valley
Gate. If you put it on the front site, the product will flow through.
Closed loop pompoms is better – can string along shoreline as
preliminary SCAT. DO NOT stomp on the pompoms because
you will push the globules further into substrate.
12:30
Use Test Tank to demonstrate how heavy oil behaves in
stagnant and agitated water. Pour into separate jars with water
first.
Heated Bitumen (25 degrees): product started stringing out
immediately in agitated water. By 12:52pm there was product at
the bottom of the test tank. It could still take up to a day for
product to sink. Wire Mesh on TV Gate: captured globules at
bottom – more at surface at the beginning of the test.
Progressive photos indicate that all mesh was covered.
Heated Dilbit (16 degrees): ambient odor when being poured.
Spreads out quicker and goes to the edge of the jar / tank. Easy
to see spots of dilbit coming to the surface – looks like
effervescent material. This is when you know the product has
become submerged.
Dilbit (not heated): after 1 hour condi had not settled in the jar.
Drum skimmer appeared to have picked up the material just fine.
Bitumen at 20 degrees (not heated): after 1 hour, globules were
forming at the bottom of the jar. Drum skimmer: product was at
11 degrees (just below pour point) and skimmer was picking it up
just fine.
14:00 Debrief
Agenda 08:00 – 09:00 Check-in - On Site ***click to register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4942307575# If you register on-line you are not required to print and bring your ticket. 09:00 – 09:20 Introductions/Area D Information Session 09:20 – 09:45 Regulatory Presentations 09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break 10:00 – 12:00 Presentation: Sunken & Submerged Oil History, Properties and Lessons Learned 12:00 – 13:00 Luncheon – provided on site 13:00 – 16:00 Observe different techniques for recovering sunken & submerged oil using the WCSS
test tank.
Please note: credit for participation will not be forwarded to the ERCB unless each attendee has signed in and signed out.
AREA D ANNUAL EXERCISE
Tuesday, April 23rd
, 2013
Sunken & Submerged Oil Recovery: Field Improvement Study
NEW Location: Slave Lake Fire Hall
Visit http://www.wcss.ab.ca/training/coop-schedule.asp for information about other WCSS coop exercises
Please bring: PPE : your company standard, and please include safety glasses with shields as we will be working directly with oil product.
Special notes: This is an Awareness Level Training Exercise. There will be a second exercise in September with hands-on training (Oil Spill Containment & Recovery in a Small River). Individuals in a supervisory role are encouraged to attend the April session.
Area D Chairman – Chris Labrie (780) 849-6942
Area D Alt. Chairman – Doug Boisvert (780) 849-4708
Area D Administrator – Shannon Jarrell (403) 516-8019
Big thank you to Slave Lake Fire Dept. for hosting us
Watergate Dam
Siene Netting
Turner Valley Gate with Wire Mesh
Turner Valley Gate with Oil Shark Sheet
Very effective in retaining product and allowing clear water to flow through
Turner Valley Gate with X-Tex
Scoop with X-Tex – both TV Gate and scoop proved to be very effective
Pompoms – found to be effective with submerged material
Heating Bitumen and Dilbit
Heated bitumen stretched out and sank immediately in fresh water.
Globules formed at the bottom of the test jar after one hour – non-heated
bitumen
WCSS Test Tank – designed and built with valves on either end to allow for lines to be hooked up to a trash pump; this creates current. 2 baffles can also be used to create further wave action. Dimensions: 8x16x4.
Turner Valley Gate – no additional material
DEBRIEFING – EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT
Safety:
What safety issues were not identified and could be managed more effectively? - Could put a jib on the end of the drum skimmer to lift in or out of tank - Shelves to hang over sides so that material can drip back into the tank (corrugated
metal?)
Equipment Deployment:
How could we have improved the equipment deployment portion of the exercise? - No suggestions
Equipment Deficiencies:
What equipment deficiencies did you see? - See Safety Issues above
Communications:
How can we improve communications? (ie: was the sound acceptable? Were directions clear?) - No suggestions
Training Effectiveness/Exercise Improvement:
How can we make these exercises more effective? - Put vegetation in the test tank to demonstrate issues there - Smaller teams – more hands-on - Administration: when changing locations make sure that website is updated
Lessons Learned:
What were the lessons learned? - Heavy oil & screen = globules at the bottom - Dilbit was stringier and floated - x-tex worked very well - refer to chronological report for further notes
Other Types of Training:
What other types of co-op exercises would you like to see? - In-situ burning (very helpful to see actual product) particularly of dilbit – would like to
see what remains
Other Equipment Needed in this Area:
What additional equipment would be beneficial to this co-op area? - No response
ATTENDANCE: No. of Participants 61
Member Companies in Area D
85
Member Companies Represented
22
% of Membership Representation
25.8%
AREA EXERCISE DATE:
COMPANIES IN ATTENDANCE
Altagas
Danny Jackson
Henry Carrier
Leroy Cardinal
Apache Corp Pat Didyk
Shane Shepherd
Arsenal Terry Moldowan
Baytex Brian LeDrew
Celtic Ron Gullion
Cenovus Michael Gemmell
Mike Borlé
CNRL
Allen Neilson
Don Jaeger
Dylan Harrison
Fred Gallant
Luke Vandermuhll
Scott Davidson
Shawn McCracken
Devon Canada
Darrell Jarvis
Sheldon Callio
Wendell Hannon
Harvest Operations Jeff Humphries
Husky
Arlene Grant
Dale Krysta
Douglas Boisvert
Eric Lachner
Jordy Dick
Mike Sowada
Richard Betts
Linklater Darrell Jarvis
Murphy Oil David Kuntz
Shane Kremsatev
Newalta Shawn Marcoux
Spencer Dickman
Pembina Pipeline
Ryan Pendrak
Troy Wharton
Wyatt Evans
Pengrowth Dennis Paleck
Penn West
Brian Hill
Dan Loubier
Dave LaFrance
Darrell Jarvis
Lee Tees
Richard Garon
Steven Adams
Perpetual Energy Norm Wohland
Plains Midstream Chris Labrie
Shell Canada
Colin High
Les Unrau
Marco Paradis
Michael Shirreff
Scott Gough
Trevor Thiel
Spilak
Craig Labrech
Ed Anderson
Steve Beaufield
Sword Energy Lori Rogalczyk
Terry Rogalczyk
Tervita Chad Wilson
Chris Ritchie
Vermilion Russ Wilson
Regulatory
Alberta Environment Jonathan Sinclair
AESRD – ASERT
Arlen Hogg
Brian Fairless
Mark Pickering
B.C. Environment Dale Bull
Terry Sawchuk
ERCB Kim Galloway
Sandra Blais
Non Member Companies
E.R.E David Hines
Exxon Mobil Ron Gullion (also for Celtic)
Ray Dettman – approved to sign in for Areas D, G, H & N
Kandrea Larry Bonsan
Lesser Slave Regional Fire Service John McDermott
Tyler Hobbs
Pradara Darrell Jarvis
Spilak
Craig Labrech
Ed Anderson
Steve Beaufield
Slave Safety Ken Bolan
WCSS Mike Locke
Trever Miller
