Operações de recolhimento de óleo derramado no mar

Abstract

The recent increase of oil exploration activity, along with its associated environmental concerns, brought up the necessity of having dedicated oil spill response vessels on stand by close to the oil rigs. As a consequence, crew members must be well trained and manufacturers need to offer efficient recovery material aswell as effective equipments. The goal of this work is to describe the main aspects of an oil recovery operation, showing how to operate the equipments involved, their characteristics and limitations, making comparisons among the models currently available in the market in order to support the equipment selection according to the activity to be performed.