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DIVISION ON EARTH AND LIFE STUDIES
Figure 1 Existing and Proposed Canadian and U.S. Crude Oil Pipelines
Transport
Density
Potential Outcomes
Movement in suspension or as
bedload
Movement in suspension or as
bedload (oil particle aggregates)
Movement as droplets
Spreading on land
Groundwater contamination
Mobility and toxicity in water
Sinking
Burial
Sinking after sediment interaction
Adhesion
Surface coating
Penetration
Viscosity
Percentage of Air emissions
light fraction
Flammability Fire or explosion risk
Biodegradability Persistence
Quantity of residue
Burn residue Residue sinking
Impaired water quality from oil in the
Density
Density
Response Operations
Viscosity
BTEX
Adhesion
Solubility
Fate
Property
Effects
Adhesion
BTEX
components
HMW
components
LMW
components
Technique
Potential Outcomes
Worker/public
safety from
explosion risk/
VOCs
Booming/
skimming
Public evacuation
Worker respiratory protection/
personal safety
viscosity/density
Narrow window of opportunity/
In situ burning
residue sinking
Dispersants Narrow window of opportunity
Surface
More aggressive removal to meet
cleaning agents cleanup endpoints
Submerged/
More complex response
sunken oil
Less effective recovery for
detection/
submerged/sunken oil
recovery
Higher removal volumes from residue
Waste
persistence
generation
Sunken oil recovery
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