Oil Spill Co-Operative

WCSS OIL SPILL CO-OPERATIVE EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT REPORT

Oil Spill Co- Operative: D Oil Spill Co-Op Chris Labrie Chairman: Exercise Date: April 23, 2013

Type of Exercise: Awareness Training: Sunken & Submerged Oil

Location of Exercise: Slave Lake, AB – Fire Department HQ

EXERCISE OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the exercise were to: (check applicable ones) Objectives Met Yes No 1 Supply theoretical training (classroom) x Evaluate deployment methods (hands-on 2 x training) 3 Evaluate safety procedures x 4 Evaluate boat handling and operations x 5 Evaluate response capabilities x 6 Evaluate communications x 7 Evaluate Control Point x 8 Evaluate Co-op equipment x 9 Evaluate WCSS equipment x 10 Evaluate new equipment x 11 Other (please specify) x

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 EXERCISE REPORT - CHRONOLOGICAL

Time Event and Description Problems Introductions, WCSS / Area D overview, WCSS 08:50 website – Chris Labrie, Area D Chairman Introduction for Slave Lake Fire Department, 08:57 orientation – Jamie Coutts, Slave Lake Fire Department Chief Safety Orientation – Doug Boisvert, Area D 09:00 Alternate Chairman Area D Equipment: 53’ trailer coming to Slave Lake from HSE in Sylvan Lake in Q2 2013; 4300’ of lake 09:03 boom brought to SL, already had 2400’ of boom in area = well equipped – Mike Locke, WCSS ERCB Overview – Spill Preparedness & Response – 09:05 Sandra Blais ASERT Overview – how the Government of Alberta 09:30 is prepared to assist with spill response – Mark Pickering 09:50 Coffee 10:00 WCSS Overview – Mike Locke, WCSS Sunken & Submerged Oil – what WCSS knows – 10:10 Mike Locke, WCSS Lessons Learned about Sunken & Submerged Oil – 11:00 Trever Miller, SWAT 11:30 Lunch, provided by Slave Safety 12:15 Dryland demo Watergate Dam: ideal to contain globules in shallow water Siene Netting: larger diameter to allow more particulate & water to flow through; ideal for a lot of sandy material – smaller mesh for vegetation Turner Valley Gate with Wire Mesh: if you have sheen you will still need to maintain surface control. Hard boom is ok, TV Gates for smaller water bodies. Turner Valley Gate with Oil Shark sheet: not sure what the structural integrity is; can be used as bags

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 to drag behind a boat Turner Valley Gate with X-Tex – will not manage sheen very well; needs to be at least 2” off the bottom (need some water movement at bottom to prevent scouring) Scoops, using Oil Shark, X-Tex, wire mesh: good for tarballs, but not so much for debris Pompoms: need to put on the back side of a Turner Valley Gate. If you put it on the front site, the peoduct will flow through. Closed loop pompoms is better – can string along shoreline as preliminary SCAT. DO NOT stomp on the pompoms because you will push the globules further into substrate. 12:30 Use Test Tank to demonstrate how heavy oil behaves in stagnant and agitated water. Pour into separate jars with water first.

Heated Bitumen (25 degrees): product started stringing out immediately in agitated water. By 12:52pm there was product at the bottom of the test tank. It could still take up to a day for product to sink. Wire Mesh on TV Gate: captured globules at bottoem – more at surface at the beginning of the test. Progressive photos indicate that all mesh was covered.

Heated Dilbit (16 degrees): ambient odour when being poured. Spreads out quicker and goes to the edge of the jar / tank. Easy to see spots of dilbit coming to the surface – looks like effervescent material. This is when you know the product has become submerged.

Dilbit (not heated): after 1 hour condi had not settled in the jar. Drum skimmer appeared to have

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 picked up the material just fine.

Bitumen at 20 degrees (not heated): after 1 hour, globules were forming at the bottom of the jar. Drum skimmer: product was at 11 degrees (just below pour point) and skimmer was picking it up just fine. 14:00 Debrief

AREA D ANNUAL EXERCISE Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Sunken & Submerged Oil Recovery: Field Improvement Study

NEW Location: Slave Lake Fire Hall

Visit http://www.wcss.ab.ca/training/coop-schedule.asp for information about other WCSS coop exercises Please bring: PPE : your company standard, and please include safety glasses with shields as we will be working directly with oil product. Special notes: This is an Awareness Level Training Exercise. There will be a second exercise in September with hands-on training (Oil Spill Containment & Recovery in a Small River). Individuals in a supervisory role are encouraged to attend the April session.

Area D Chairman – Chris Labrie (780) 849-6942 [email protected] Area D Alt. Chairman – Doug Boisvert (780) 849-4708 [email protected] Area D Administrator – Shannon Jarrell (403) 516-8019 [email protected]

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 Agenda 08:00 – 09:00 Check-in - On Site ***click to register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/4942307575# If you register on-line you are not required to print and bring your ticket. 09:00 – 09:20 Introductions/Area D Information Session 09:20 – 09:45 Regulatory Presentations 09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break 10:00 – 12:00 Presentation: Sunken & Submerged Oil History, Properties and Lessons Learned 12:00 – 13:00 Luncheon – provided on site 13:00 – 16:00 Observe different techniques for recovering sunken & submerged oil using the WCSS test tank.

Please note: credit for participation will not be forwarded to the ERCB unless each attendee has signed in and signed out

DEBRIEFING – EQUIPMENT DEPLOYMENT

Safety: What safety issues were not identified and could be managed more effectively? - Could put a jib on the end of the drum skimmer to lift in or out of tank - Shelves to hang over sides so that material can drip back into the tank (corrugated metal?)

Equipment Deployment: How could we have improved the equipment deployment portion of the exercise? - No suggestions

Equipment Deficiencies: What equipment deficiencies did you see? - See Safety Issues above

Communications: How can we improve communications? (ie: was the sound acceptable? Were directions clear?) - No suggestions

Training Effectiveness/Exercise Improvement: How can we make these exercises more effective? - Put vegetation in the test tank to demonstrate issues there

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 - Smaller teams – more hands-on - Administration: when changing locations make sure that website is updated Lessons Learned: What were the lessons learned? - Heavy oil & screen = globules at the bottom - Dilbit was stringier and floated - x-tex worked very well - refer to chronological report for further notes Other Types of Training: What other types of co-op exercises would you like to see? - In-situ burning (very helpful to see actual product) particularly of dilbit – would like to see what remains

Other Equipment Needed in this Area: What additional equipment would be beneficial to this co-op area? - No response

ATTENDANCE: No. of Participants 61 Member 25 Companies % of Membership

AREA EXERCISE DATE: COMPANIES IN ATTENDANCE

Danny Jackson Altagas Henry Carrier Leroy Cardinal Pat Didyk Apache Corp Shane Shepherd Arsenal Terry Moldowan Baytex Brian LeDrew Celtic Ron Gullion Michael Gemmell Cenovus Mike Borlé

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 Allen Neilson Don Jaeger Dylan Harrison CNRL Fred Gallant Luke Vandermuhll Scott Davidson Shawn McCracken Devon Canada Darrell Jarvis Sheldon Callio Wendell Hannon ExxonMobil Ron Gullion Harvest Operations Jeff Humphries Arlene Grant Dale Krysta Douglas Boisvert Husky Eric Lachner Jordy Dick Mike Sowada Richard Betts Kandrea Larry Bonsan Linklator Darrell Jarvis David Kuntz Murphy Oil Shane Kremsatev Shawn Marcoux Newalta Spencer Dickman Pembina Pipeline Ryan Pendrak Troy Wharton Wyatt Evans Pengrowth Dennis Paleck Brian Hill Dan Loubier Dave LaFrance Penn West Darrell Jarvis Lee Tees Richard Garon Steven Adams Perpetual Energy Norm Wohland Plains Midstream Chris Labrie Shell Canada Colin High

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972 Les Unrau Marco Paradis Michael Shirreff Scott Gough Trevor Thiel Craig Labrech Spilak Ed Anderson Steve Beaufield Lori Rogalczyk Sword Energy Terry Rogalczyk Chad Wilson Tervita Chris Ritchie Vermilion Russ Wilson

Alberta Environment Jonathan Sinclair Arlen Hogg AESRD – ASERT Brian Fairless Mark Pickering Dale Bull B.C. Environment Terry Sawchuk Kim Galloway ERCB Sandra Blais E.R.E David Hines John McDermott Lesser Slave Regional Fire Service Tyler Hobbs Slave Safety Ken Bolan Mike Locke WCSS Trever Miller

Spill Preparedness and Response Support since 1972