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OHMSETT 2019

BACKGROUND

This was our first visit to the Ohmsett Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility in New Jersey (read more about our second visit to Ohmsett here)The main goal of this experiment was to gain some experience with taking underwater measurements in a controlled, yet realistic, marine environment. To do so, we used a (heavily modified) commercially available ROV carrying three different fluorescence sensors specifically tuned to detect crude oil in seawater (ROV.FISH-3). We owe a huge thank-you to ExxonMobil for inviting us to their workshop and allowing us to run our ROV during their tests.

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PHOTOS

PHOTO GALLERY

Click on the images below to expand the photo reels.

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Many thanks to Tom Coolbaugh (then ExxonMobil; now Applied Research Associates (ARA)), who took these photos for us.

surface slicks

underwater plumes

dispersed oil

miscellany

VIDEOS

VIDEO GALLERY

Footage from both above and underwater! Click on the videos below to play.

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Many thanks to Tom Coolbaugh (then ExxonMobil; now Applied Research Associates (ARA)), who took the 'above water' videos for us (underwater videos were taken by the ROV).

above water

Exploring an oil containment boom

Surfacing

underwater

Through a dispersed plume

Under a dispersed plume

PARTNERS

PARTNERS

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We owe a great many thanks to the following groups and individuals:

EXXONMOBIL

Tim Nedwed, Tom Coolbaugh, Doug Mitchell

 

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

Aaron MacNeill, Mike Vining, Ian MacIntosh, Haibo Niu, Jim Eddington

 

DEPARTMENT OF OCEANS AND FISHERIES (DFO)

Ken Lee

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BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY (BIO)

Brian Robinson

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​US NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA)

Lisa Dipinto

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US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)

Robyn Conmy

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OHMSETT/ARA

everyone at Ohmsett, but especially:

Mike Brennan, Alan Guarino, and Paul Panetta

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REFERENCES

  1. Ohmsett Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://ohmsett.bsee.gov/

Last revised: March 09, 2023​

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