Document Overview
At Koch Oil Terminal in Ingleside, Texas, a French-registered 50,000 dwt tanker ripped a two-foot hole in its hull while docking. Approximately 70 barrels of bunker C fuel oil spilled into the water, and the area was quickly boomed to contain the oil.
Documented Field Application Details
Spill context
Surfaces cleaned
USCG-approved field workflow
Project and Application Details
PES Application Summary
PES-51 was used to clean the bathtub ring of oil from the tanker, to clean oil from pilings and bulkheads at the Koch terminal facility, and to decontaminate response equipment including booms, vessels, and skimmers at a centralized decontamination center.
Reported Outcome
The tanker oil ring, terminal pilings and bulkheads, and response equipment were cleaned using PES-51. The USCG allowed PES-51 to be sprayed on oiled pilings and bulkheads and then rinsed into boomed areas.
Key Takeaways
This is one of the strongest PES-51 case histories for tanker spill response because it includes a reported spill volume, vessel size, hard-surface cleaning, shoreline/terminal infrastructure cleaning, and centralized equipment decontamination.
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