Hosted by Center for Spills in the Environment (CSE)

December 4 & 5, 2012
Portland, ME

In cooperation with Maine DEP and U.S. EPA Region 1.

FINAL REPORT on this training (pdf, large file) here>>

MEETING GOALS:

• Oil sands mining and refining process
• Required specifications and the chemical composition of oil sands
• Potential behavior and fate of oil sands when spilled in the marine environment
• Case studies of oil sands and related product spills

Oil Sands Products Training: An Informational Overview here>>

AGENDA here>>

PARTICIPANTS (invitation only)

PRESENTATIONS

Background and Goals (Nancy Kinner, Center for Spills in the Environment)

Oil Sands Overview and Natural Resource Development (Randy Mikula, Kalium Research)

Characteristics of Oil Sands Products (Heather Dettman, Natural Resources Canada)

Transportation of Oil Sands Products (William Fairfield, Canadian Pacific)

Enbridge/Kalamazoo Case Study including Response Technologies for Oil Sands Products (Lori Muller, US EPA, Reg 5)

Assessing Natural Resource Impacts fromt he Enbridge Pipeline Spill into the Kalamazoo River (Jessica Winter, NOAA ORR, ARD)

Transportation of Oil by Rail in Maine & Resources at Risk (Ginger McMullin, Maine DEP)

MEETING RESOURCES:

• MSDS for Dilbit (Cenovus) or Dilbit Imperial MSDS (MSDSxchange) or Imperial Oil Dilbit (CEAA)

• MSDS for Synbit

• MSDS for Bakken crude

• MSDS Heavy crude diluent mix

• Presentation on CRW condensate specifications (per Heather Dettman) [pdf]

• Data sheets for the OSPs that Environment Canada have measured:
  • Dilsynbit: Albian Heavy Synthetic
  • Bitumen: Wabiska
  • Bitumen: Cold Lake

• Synbit
  
• CRW condensate specification (this is one of the majors diluents used to make dilbit)
  
• The Environment Canada Oil Properties Database
  
• US EPA's Response to the Enbridge Oil Spill

RESOURCES ( in random order):

• North Dakota's Bakken Oil Finally Hits the East Coast 2/6/2013
  
• Enbridge Inc Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Rupture & Release 7/25/2010
  
• Oil Spill Intelligence Report Vol 35 No 29 (pdf) 7/5/2012
  
• Workshop: Response to Liquid Asphalt Releases in Aquatic Environments (2009)
  
• CRRC's Submerged Oil Working Group & resources
  
• Canadian oil producers look east (TalkRail.CA)
  
• The Dilbit Disaster: inside the biggest oil spill you've never heard of (6/26/2012)
  
• Map of Maine Railroad Lines
  
• Oil Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline: Background and Selected Environmental Issues
  
• EPA Worries Dilbit Pipeline Spill Still Threatens Kalamazoo River
  
• Crude Monitor
  
• Athabasca oil sands or Athabasca tar sands are large deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil (definition)
  
• Oil Sands - Environmental Issues
  
• Canada's Oil Sands: Opportunities & Challenges to 2015 (May 2004)
  
• TRB Committee on Transportation of Hazardous Materials (AT040)
  
• Maine Frieght System - 2012
  
• Crude from the Midwest begins traversing Maine (Portland Press Herald)
  
• Federal Railroad Administration
  
• Freight Railroad Backgrounds

LODGING:

Clarion Hotel, Airport (Mention meeting block "OIL SANDS" for $74 per night rate)
1230 Congress St
Portland, ME 04102
207.774.5611

Click here for >> Driving Directions to hotel

VENUE:

University of Southern Maine, Abromson Center
88 Bedford St, Portland ME 04104
207.780.5900

 

Questions? Please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu (603.862.1545)

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