MSRC has the largest portfolio of oil spill response equipment in the U.S. With a dedicated team of more than 300 people, 40 manned sites and nearly 100 companies in our STARs contractor group in approximately 250 locations, we are able to deploy quickly and effectively anywhere in the continental U.S., Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In addition, our expertly maintained equipment and vessels can be cascaded from any region to respond to large–scale spill events.
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MSRC has the most advanced platform of surveillance equipment of any OSRO, used to maximize efficiency in recovery operations by distinguishing the thickest oil slicks from sheen, documenting oil movement, and redirecting recovery assets to enhance recovery rates. Thermal Infrared (TIR) sensors also allow for 24-hour recovery operations, ultimately leading to a faster and more efficient response.
These tools include aircraft mounted Multispectral, Near and Long Wave TIR sensors, OSRV mounted X-band and FLIR cameras, portable FLIR systems, and drones with 4K and TIR camera systems. We are able to meet initial over flight regulatory requirements, as well as support recovery objectives throughout the response.
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MSRC’s mechanical recovery inventory includes a comprehensive range of Oil Spill Response Vessels (OSRVs), Oil Spill Response Barges (OSRBs), workboats, boom, skimmers, storage solutions, and other equipment. These resources are capable of supporting ocean/offshore, nearshore/shoreline, and inland response operations, ensuring readiness for a variety of spill scenarios.
Vessels are essential to effective on-water spill response, as they provide the reach, capacity, and specialized tools needed to contain, recover, and store oil in a variety of marine and inland environments. Our vessel fleet includes Responder Class OSRVs with significant on-board skimming and storage capacities and the capability of remaining offshore for substantial periods to sustain continuous operations, OSRVs of other sizes and capabilities, Fast Response Vessels (FRVs), workboats, skiffs, Shallow Water Barge Systems (SBS), and OSRBs.
An oil spill boom is a temporary floating barrier placed on water to contain and control the spread of oil, mitigating environmental damage and aiding recovery efforts. Oil spill boom selection depends on environmental conditions such as water currents, wind, wave height, and shoreline sensitivity to ensure the boom’s design and deployment configuration effectively contains or deflects oil. MSRC’s boom inventory includes sizes ranging from 6-inch suitable for deployment in creeks and rivers, all the way to robust, ocean rated 67-inch.
Skimmers physically remove spilled product from the water for transfer into temporary storage. Sea states, product composition, presence of debris, and other factors influence spilled product behavior. MSRC maintains a broad variety of oleophilic surface, weir, hydrodynamic, and other skimmers with diverse features to support efficient collection activities for a wide array of spilled products under varying circumstances and conditions.
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MSRC’s substantial inventory of dedicated storage ensures rapid availability of recovered product storage solutions during a response. With more than 500,000 barrels of dedicated storage, MSRC is well poised to help customers meet applicable Federal and/or State standards within our Operating Area.
A variety of options and tailoring are available, ensuring MSRC has a storage solution appropriate for diverse operating environments and storage volume needs:
- For scenarios requiring storage of high volumes, MSRC’s ocean rated storage barges can carry up to 57,000 barrels.
- MSRC’s fleet of Shallow Water Barge Systems (SBS) are used in nearshore and inland scenarios. Each system can contain up to 400 barrels of recovered product and provides an easily maneuverable on-water storage option.
- For situations requiring smaller storage volumes or flexibility in placement, MSRC’s portable storage tanks or bladders can provide additional versatile storage capacity.
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In some spill scenarios, the most effective tactic to mitigate damage to the marine environment is to conduct a controlled burn of spilled product, known as in-situ burn. Product is first collected into a concentrated area using specialized, fire-resistant boom and then ignited with either a handheld or airborne igniter. MSRC has both the unique experience and the equipment to facilitate in-situ burn when the scenario requires it, as demonstrated repeatedly during Deep Water Horizon. MSRC has the largest inventory of fire-resistant boom in the world at 22,500 ft.
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Under appropriate and approved conditions, dispersants can be a highly effective tool in a large-scale release. MSRC has three dedicated Boeing 737 aircraft for high volume aerial application of dispersant in tight timelines, and over 190K gallons of dispersant.
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MSRC is capable of providing a variety of emergency communications packages, including AVL 1.2 M self-acquiring satellite, internet connectivity, VOIP telephony services, cell repeaters, multiband radio packages and more. In addition, we have 14 dedicated communications technicians.
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