The International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC 2020) Includes a Field Trip to Harvey, LA

IOSC 2020 is featuring a field trip to Harvey, LA to view and learn about leading-edge operational aerial and on-water equipment on Monday, 11 May from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM.  This event is organized by SCAA, API, BSEE, and several OSROs and equipment manufacturers.  Clean Gulf Associates (CGA) is graciously hosting the viewing from their facility located on the Harvey canal.  The event is approved by the IOSC Executive Committee and supported by the IOSC Planning Committee.

A modest sign-up fee of $20 offsets the cost of chartered coach buses that will make the 15-20-minute round-robin run between the Convention Center Harvey and CGA’s facility in Harvey.  On-water deployed equipment will be viewed from CGA’s High Volume Open Sea Skimming System (HOSS) Barge, a 174' dedicated Oil Spill Recovery Barge (OSRB) with state-of-the-art oil spill detection and recovery equipment onboard. The viewing and narrations include the following operational equipment with possible additions:
  • Autonomous Marco skimmer (MSRC & Sea Machines Robotics)
  • Low-Emission Spray Combustor – “BSEE Burner” (Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement and Naval Research Laboratory)
  • Portable Barge Set & push boat for staging BSEE Burner (National Response Corporation) 
  • Aerostat (MSRC)
  • UAS equipped with Pyxis oil sensor (Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc.)
  • Autonomous surface vessel (ExxonMobil)
  • Lightweight, rapid deployable boom (HARBO Technologies)
  • Remote controlled AquaGator skimmer and marine plant harvester  (Crucial, Inc.)
  • 46’ fast boat (Clean Gulf Associates)
  • Autonomous sensor/ skimming system (Elastec)
  • Mobile wildlife Treatment and Rehabilitation Station (Clean Gulf Associates)
  • Koseq Rigid Sweep Arm (Clean Gulf Associates)
Sign up for this field trip and spread the word.   Contact John Allen, SCAA Outreach Director at jallen@scaa-spill.org.


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