Oil Spills and Gas Leaks
About the Authors
Stephen M. Testa, P.G., C.E.G., C.P.G., has undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology. He has written over 125 articles in the field of geology and environmental science, as well as publishing several books. He is an expert on soil and groundwater remediation, hydrocarbon recovery, resource recovery, and reuse and recycling of soils, sediments, and wastes. From 1976 until August 2005, he served as an engineering and environmental consultant for such firms as Bechtel, Dames and Moore, Converse Consultants, and Engineering Enterprises, and as Chief Executive Officer of the international consulting firm Applied Environmental Services and later Testa Environmental Corporation. He entered public service in August 2005 when he was appointed Executive Officer of the California State Mining and Geology Board. He is the author of numerous books and over 125 publications, including Geological Aspects of Hazardous Waste Management, The Reuse and Recycling of Contaminated Soil, Restoration of Contaminated Aquifers: Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Compounds, Petroleum and the Environment, and most recently One Mans PlanetEarth in Todays Political Culture. He has served as an instructor at the California State University at Fullerton and the University of Southern California, and has provided numerous workshops and technical presentations. He can be reached at stesta@goldrush.com.
James A. Jacobs, P.G., C.H.G., C.P.G., has both undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology and has co-authored two booksone on MTBE and one on chromium [Cr(VI)]as well as hundreds of technical articles. As a Fulbright Senior Scholar, he received four teaching grants in geology and environmental science. He co-teaches international workshops on risk-based subsurface environmental management, and has taught a class on Sustainable Remediation of Soil and Water at the University of California at Berkeley extension program. He worked as an oil exploration geologist in Alaska and California for close to a decade before working for two decades in the environmental assessment and remediation field. Since 1990 he has been the Chief Geologist for Clearwater Group, where he has performed environmental assessments at a variety of oil- and gas-producing properties. He can be reached at jjacobs@clearwatergroup.com.
Oil Spills and Gas Leaks
Environmental Response, Prevention, and Cost Recovery
Stephen M. Testa
James A. Jacobs
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Contents
Introduction
T his practical book is focused on oil and gas drilling, spills, and leaks. These are the side effects or unintended consequences of resource extraction. Chapters include geology of petroleum, oil and gas drilling techniques and methods, oil spills, and gas leaks. Other detailed chapters include drill site/production site assessment, remediation, and leak and spill prevention. Other topics include conflicts in jurisdictions, spill response, unintended consequences of complex systems (missteps that result in a series of errors contributing to a catastrophic event), the cleanup details of recent oil spills, the laws and policies associated with marine and terrestrial spills, and litigation/cost recovery issues.
