API TR 425-2016

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Options for Minimizing Environmental Impacts of Inland Spill Response

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	2016	112

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Description

In this section, major sources of in inland oil spills in the U.S. are described: pipelines, rail, tanker truck,tank barges and towing vessels, oil exploration and production sites, oil refineries and inland-regulatedfacilities. Spill statistics are provided where available, although there are no comprehensive recentstudies for inland areas, and some studies do not separate out inland versus non-inland spills in theiranalysis. Available U.S. studies include analysis of nearly 52,000 oil spills that occurred in inlandnavigable waters over the period 1980 to 2003 (Etkin, 2006), all spills over the period 1968 to 2007 (Etkin,2009; 2010), and crude oil spills from pipelines over the period 1968 to 2012 (Etkin, 2014). Case studiesare included to demonstrate successes and challenges of inland oil response to various spill sources andoil types.

Maps for oil-related facilities are not included. The U.S. Energy Information Agency provides a website forthe U.S. Energy Mapping System (https://www.eia.gov/state/maps.cfm) that can be used to map locationsof a wide range of energy facilities. This site can be useful for contingency planning as well as spillresponse.

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