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(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.)
Thursday, 3/25/10
2:45 pm
An oil spill drill on Padilla Bay came to a successful conclusion after noon
today. The drill – which involved several response organizations – began around
sunrise on the rising tide and concluded after high tide a few hours later.
Skimmer vessels and work boats successfully formed skimming formations on the
open water. The boats position floating boom to channel oil to the skimmers.
(There is no oil used in drill.)
Meanwhile, crews placed boom across part of the mouth of Telegraph Slough.
The bay proved too shallow on today’s 7.1-foot tide for boats to work on another
section, as planned. The information gained from today’s operations will guide
future plans to protect the slough in the event of a nearby oil spill.
Vessels and crews coordinated well, under the leadership of Marine Spill
Response Corporation, a not-for-profit spill-response organization cooperatively
owned by shipping companies, oil terminals and pipelines that operate in
Washington State.
The Department of Ecology observed and evaluated the drill.
Click
here for background on the exercise.
Thursday, 3/25/10
9:30 am
A spill-response drill is under way this morning on southern Padilla Bay in
Skagit County. Marine Spill Response Corporation is the primary response
organization conducting the drill, with crew and vessel participation from
Burrard Clean Operations, as well as the Tesoro, Shell and Conocophillips
refineries and Transmountain pipeline. For more background on this exercise,
please click
here.
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11:36am Boats position boom that would
channel oil toward skimmers, during a drill on Padilla Bay, March 25, 2010.
Photo: Carl Andersen, Ecology
10:25am A work boat delivers a
barge-load of boom for placement at the mouth of Telegraph Slough. Photo: Myola Martinez, Ecology
10:18am Shallow water barge with boom
for Geographic Response Plans. Photo: Myola Martinez, Ecology
8:45am Boom deployment with bridge in
background. Photo: Myola Martinez, Ecology
8:11am Work boats position boom into a
V-formation with a skimmer. The boom lines, towed by boats at the open ends of
the V, channel oil to the skimmer at the v-point as the formation moves through
the water. Photo: Myola Martinez
8:00am Work boats tow boom for use in a
V-formation skimming operation. Photo: Myola Martinez
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SUMMARY INFORMATION
Date of Exercise:
March 25, 2010
Location:
Padilla Bay, Skagit County
Product/Quantity:
None / No Spill
Cause:
None
Responsible Party:
None
NEWS RELEASES
News Release 1
Skagit Valley Herald
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