Response system with a command centre proposed to tackle oil spills

Last updated: August 03, 2004 | 01:00

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A 24-hour response system with a command centre has been proposed to deal with oil spills. The system is necessary to tackle oil spills caused by substandard vessels which traverse the Gulf waters transporting crude, according to experts.

Workers deploy orange booms and skimmers from a response vehicle to contain an oil spill.

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Dealing with oil slicks in the region 10,000 tankers ply the Gulf every year to load oil from 39 terminals. They include an undetermined number of substandard vessels. A three-in-one oil spill response company proposes to use aerial surveillance for continuous monitoring of the UAE coastline. Two AT802 turbo-prop aircraft will be equipped with real time video feed that records the coordinates of the oil spill, its size, time and date. Company also equipped with oil spill response vessels, containment oil booms, skimmers, suction tankers, absorbent materials that can absorb 25 times their own weight of oil.

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