Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary

Marine Oil Spill Response and OPRC Regimes glossary

Terminology of oil-spill preparedness and response under the OPRC framework: dispersant types and aerial application from fixed-wing and ADDS-Pack aircraft, oleophilic and air-conveyed skimmers, adsorption recovery mechanisms, aerial surveillance via SLAR and CleanSeaNet, and the response organizations, equipment suppliers and trade bodies supporting at-sea and shoreline cleanup.

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A

AC-681: Brazilian-manufactured oil spill dispersant approved by IBAMA for offshore application in Brazilian waters.
Adsorption: Adhesion of oil molecules to a solid surface, the mechanism by which oleophilic skimmer discs and brushes recover oil from water.
Aerial Application: Dispersant spraying from fixed-wing aircraft such as the Oil Spill Response Limited Boeing 727 fleet or US Coast Guard ADDS-Pack equipped C-130s.
Aerial Surveillance: Use of fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, or UAVs equipped with SLAR, IR/UV scanners, and cameras to map slicks under EMSA CleanSeaNet or Bonn Agreement programs.
AFEDO: French Association des Fournisseurs d'Equipements de Depollution, a trade body of pollution response equipment suppliers.
Air Conveyed Skimmer: Skimmer powered by compressed air rather than hydraulics, common on the Lamor LRB and Elastec Magnum models for ATEX zones.
Alaska Clean Seas (ACS): Cooperative funded by North Slope operators headquartered at Prudhoe Bay, maintaining the largest cold-weather response stockpile in the world.
Alaska Regional Response Team (ARRT): Federal-state body that pre-authorized in situ burning and limited dispersant use in Alaskan waters under the Unified Plan.
Amoco Cadiz Spill: 1978 VLCC grounding off Portsall, Brittany, releasing 223,000 tonnes of Iranian and Arabian crude, the catalyst for European Cedre and tighter Erika I/II rules.
API: American Petroleum Institute, standards body whose recommended practices (API RP 2A, 2SK, 2RD) cross over into offshore vessel design.
API Gravity: American Petroleum Institute density scale; higher API = lighter crude.
ASTM F-1523: Standard guide for selection and use of oil spill containment booms, the primary North American boom specification.
ASTM F-1737: Standard guide for use of fire boom in situ burning operations.
ASTM F-2152: Standard guide for in situ burning of spilled oil in marshes.
ASTM F-625: Standard practice for classifying water bodies for spill control systems, defining calm, protected, open, and rough water categories.
ASTM F-715: Standard test methods for coated fabrics used in oil spill boom construction.
ASTM F-818: Standard terminology of equipment for use with oil spill response.
Auto Stowing Boom: Self-storing reel-deployable boom such as the Ro-Boom 1500R used on stern-mounted reels of OSRVs.

B

Backwater Surge: Wave reflection inside boom catenaries causing entrainment failure above the 0.7 to 1.0 knot critical current threshold.
Ballast Water: Subject of the BWM Convention, separate from MARPOL.
BAOAC: Bonn Agreement Oil Appearance Code, a five-tier visual scale (sheen, rainbow, metallic, true color, dark color) translating to volume estimates per square kilometer.
Barrel Equivalent: Conversion of 42 US gallons or 159 liters used in OPA 90 reporting and CLC limitation calculations.
Bayou Perdu: USCG District Eight regional pre-positioned equipment site in southern Louisiana.
BBL: Standard abbreviation for petroleum barrel used in spill volume estimates.
Beach Cleaner: Mobile sand sifter such as the SURF RAKE used to recover tar balls and oil-contaminated sediment.
Berm Relocation: Shoreline technique of moving oiled sand to the surf zone for natural wave-driven washing.
Bioremediation: Application of nutrients or microbes to enhance natural biodegradation of stranded oil, used after Exxon Valdez under EPA approval of Inipol EAP 22 and Customblen.
Black Tide: Colloquial term for a heavy oil slick reaching shore.
BOEM: US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; offshore leasing and resource evaluation.
Boom: Spar extending the foot of a sail.
Boom Catenary: Curved deployment shape of a boom under current, with U, J, and V configurations governing collection efficiency.
Boom Failure Modes: Entrainment, drainage, splash-over, planing, submergence, and structural collapse, the six classical loss mechanisms.
Boom Vane: Towed paravane that holds a single point recovery boom in a J or U configuration during sweeping operations.
Boomstick: Lightweight fire-resistant boom by Applied Fabric Technologies for shoreline ISB operations.
Boots and Coots: Halliburton-owned well control specialist, one of the two primary IWCF Tier 3 capping responders globally.
BOP: Blowout preventer; stack of rams and annulars sealing the wellhead in emergencies.
Bouchard Barge 120: 2003 Buzzards Bay spill of 98,000 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil that prompted Massachusetts response reforms.
BP Macondo: Operator designation for MC252 well, source of the Deepwater Horizon discharge.
Brush Skimmer: Oleophilic recovery device using rotating polypropylene brushes, exemplified by the Lamor LFF and Foilex TDS series.
BSEE: US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; offshore safety regulator post-Macondo.
BUNKER 2001: International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, in force November 21, 2008, requiring direct action against P and I insurers for bunker spills.
Burn Efficiency: Fraction of oil mass consumed during ISB, typically 60 to 98 percent for fresh oils contained at 2 to 3 mm thickness.
Burn Residue: Solid or semi-solid byproduct of ISB requiring net recovery and waste management.

C

C-130 ADDS-Pack: Aerial Dispersant Delivery System operated by USCG and ICAO contractors for Tier 3 dispersant runs.
C-IMPCA: Centre Interregional de Coordination de la Lutte contre les Pollutions Accidentelles, French Mediterranean coordination body.
CANUSLANT: Joint Canada-US contingency plan for the Atlantic boundary, exercised annually.
CANUSPAC: Joint Canada-US plan for the Pacific boundary including Juan de Fuca Strait.
Capping Stack: Subsea device installed over a blown-out well to seal it; post-Macondo industry response.
CARSEA: Caribbean Air, Sea, and Land Exercise series under REMPEITC-Caribe.
CCA: Clean Caribbean and Americas, a regional Tier 3 oil spill response cooperative based in Fort Lauderdale.
CEDRE: Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution, France.
CELT: Coastal Emergency Logistics Team within the US National Response Corporation.
CFR 33 Part 154: US federal regulation governing facility response plans for oil-handling marine terminals.
CFR 33 Part 155: US federal vessel response plan rule for tank vessels carrying group I to V oils.
CFR 40 Part 300: National Contingency Plan codified under CERCLA and CWA section 311.
Chemical Dispersant: Surfactant-solvent formulation that reduces interfacial tension and promotes formation of micron-scale oil droplets dispersed into the water column.
CITEPA: French air emissions monitoring body involved in ISB plume modeling.
Civil Liability Convention (CLC 92): IMO instrument channeling pollution liability to the registered owner of persistent oil tankers, with limits revised by the 2000 amendments to 4.51 to 89.77 million SDR.
Clean Caribbean: Original name of CCA before 2006 merger with the Americas cooperative.
Clean Gulf Associates: US Gulf of Mexico oil industry cooperative based in New Orleans operating responder vessels and tank barges.
Clean Pacific: USA West Coast industry oil spill cooperative.
CleanSeaNet: EMSA satellite-based oil slick monitoring service covering all EU sea areas.
CMID: Common Marine Inspection Document used to vet response vessels under IMCA standards.
COFR: US Certificate of Financial Responsibility for vessel oil pollution liability.
COLREGs: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972; the IMO rules of the road governing lights, shapes, sound signals, and collision avoidance.
Common Operating Picture (COP): Shared visualization of spill response under ICS, often via NOAA ERMA.
Containment Boom: Boom designed to enclose and concentrate oil for skimming, distinct from deflection or exclusion booms.
Continuity of Catenary: Hydraulic principle requiring even tension along a boom skirt to maintain sweep width.
Corexit 9500A: Nalco-Champion dispersant of choice for Macondo subsea injection, comprising sorbitan-derived surfactants in glycol ether solvents.
Corexit 9527: Older Corexit formulation containing 2-butoxyethanol, used during Exxon Valdez.
Cosco Busan: 2007 collision in San Francisco Bay releasing 53,000 gallons of IFO 380, a Tier 2 California state response.
CSEMP: Critical Sustained Environmental Monitoring Programs after major spills.
CTPI: Composite Tactical Picture Image used by ICS planning sections.
Curtain Boom: Boom with continuous flexible skirt providing maximum oil capture per unit length, used in calm to protected waters.
CWA Section 311: US Clean Water Act provision prohibiting discharge of oil in harmful quantities and authorizing federal response.

D

Dasic Slickgone EW: Type 3 concentrate dispersant approved by UK MMO, deliverable from helicopters via spray buckets.
Dasic Slickgone NS: Type 2/3 dispersant manufactured by Dasic International, widely stockpiled by OSRL and CEDRE.
Deep Water Horizon (Deepwater Horizon): Transocean semisubmersible whose April 20, 2010 blowout at MC252 released 4.9 million barrels of Macondo crude, the largest accidental marine oil spill in history.
Deflection Boom: Boom angled to current to divert oil toward a collection point rather than fully containing it.
DESMI Ro-Clean: Danish manufacturer of weir, disc, and brush skimmers including the Termite, GIRAFFE, and Tarantula models.
Detergent Era: 1967 to 1972 period after Torrey Canyon when toxic first-generation dispersants like BP1002 caused more damage than the oil.
DH-115 Fuselage: Drift simulation node identifier (illustrative) used in OpenDrift particle tracking.
DIESELS Algorithm: NOAA tool for dispersant treatability decisions integrating viscosity and emulsion water content.
Disc Skimmer: Oleophilic skimmer with rotating discs scraped by stationary wipers, exemplified by Lamor LRB and Elastec Mini-Max.
Dispersant: Chemical applied to oil spills to break oil into smaller droplets.
Dispersant Effectiveness Test: Bench protocol such as Baffled Flask Test or Swirling Flask Test required for EPA Subpart J listing.
Dispersant Window of Opportunity: Practical period (typically 24 to 72 hours) during which an oil retains low enough viscosity for chemical dispersion.
Donjon-Smit: Joint venture of Donjon Marine and Smit Salvage holding the largest US OPA 90 OSRO and salvage approval network.
Drift Prediction: Trajectory modeling using GNOME, OILMAP, OSCAR, or OpenDrift to forecast oil movement.
Drum Skimmer: Oleophilic skimmer using rotating drums, common in Walosep and Elastec Magnum models.

E

EARRS: European Aerial Response Reserve System under EMSA contracts.
EBSP: European Behavioural and Spill Properties database.
EC SPRA: European Commission Spill Preparedness and Response Agreement framework.
Ecocean: French shoreline biodiversity assessor used post-Erika.
Elastec American Marine: Illinois-based manufacturer of skimmers, fire boom (Hydro-Fire), and incinerators.
EMSA: European Maritime Safety Agency, supporting Paris MoU and EU Member States on PSC.
EOSCA: European Oilfield Specialty Chemicals Association.
EPA Subpart J: US National Contingency Plan Product Schedule listing dispersants, surface washing agents, and bioremediation products authorized for use.
Equasis: Free online ship-information database operated by EMSA and partners.
Erika Spill: December 1999 sinking of the Maltese flag tanker off Brittany releasing 19,800 tonnes of heavy fuel oil 2, triggering Erika I and II EU packages.
ERMA: Environmental Response Management Application, NOAA's geospatial decision-support tool used at Deepwater Horizon and Refugio.
Exxon Valdez Spill: March 24, 1989 grounding on Bligh Reef releasing approximately 257,000 barrels of Alaska North Slope crude, catalyst for OPA 90.

F

Fast Water Sweep: Boom-skimmer configuration such as the NOFI Current Buster or Lamor Speed Sweep for currents up to 4 knots.
Fate and Effects Modeling: Coupled physical-chemical-biological modeling using SIMAP, OSCAR, or MEDSLIK-II.
Fence Boom: Vertical-sided boom with internal struts for use in calm protected waters.
Finasol OSR 52: Total Fluides type 3 dispersant approved in France, UK, and several IOSC jurisdictions.
Fingerprinting: Forensic chemical comparison of spilled oil to suspected source using GC-MS biomarkers per CEN 15522-2.
Fire Boom: Refractory boom (ceramic blanket, water-cooled, or steel pan) capable of containing burning oil to 1500 degrees Celsius, e.g., Pyroboom, Hydro-Fire Boom, PocketBoom.
Flag State Spill Investigation: Casualty investigation under IMO Code, distinct from the coastal state response.
Flow-Through Storage: Quick-release barge or bladder receiving recovered oil to enable continuous skimming.
Flue Gas Plume: Thermal column of soot, CO, CO2, NOx, and PAHs released from ISB, modeled by ALOFT-PC.
FOSC: Federal On-Scene Coordinator under US NCP, normally USCG captain of the port for coastal zones.
Fund 92: 1992 IOPC Fund Convention providing second-tier compensation above CLC owner liability up to 203 million SDR including CLC.
Funen Combat: Annual Bonn Agreement North Sea response exercise.

G

Gard Loss Prevention: Norwegian P and I club publishing the Gard Guidance on response collaboration.
GESAMP: Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection.
GI WACAF: Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa, joint IMO and IPIECA capacity building program.
GIWACAF: Common spelling variant of the West Africa capacity building program.
GNOME: General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment, NOAA's oil spill trajectory model.
Group I to V Oils: USCG classification of persistent oils by specific gravity for response planning under 33 CFR 155.
Gulf Strike Team: USCG Atlantic Strike Team forward unit for Gulf of Mexico, headquartered in Mobile, Alabama.

H

Halocarbon Tracer: Optional addition to dispersant for tracking subsurface plumes (research only, not operational).
HAZWOPER: US OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 training mandatory for oil spill responders.
Hebei Spirit Spill: December 7, 2007 collision off Taean, South Korea releasing 10,900 tonnes of crude oil, the largest Korean spill on record.
HELCOM: Helsinki Commission protecting the Baltic Sea marine environment.
Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG): US deepwater Gulf of Mexico capping consortium operating the Helix Producer I and Q4000.
HF/VHF Radio Channel 16: Primary distress channel for initial spill notifications under SOLAS.
HMA: UK Hazardous Materials Authority.
HNS Convention 2010: International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 2010 Protocol.
HNS Pollution: Pollution by hazardous and noxious substances, covered procedurally under the OPRC-HNS Protocol 2000.

I

ICS: International Chamber of Shipping, industry body.
ICS Form 201: Initial briefing form summarizing situation, organization, and resource summary.
ICS Form 202: Incident Objectives form.
ICS Form 209: Incident Status Summary used in inter-agency reporting.
IFO 380: Intermediate Fuel Oil with nominal viscosity 380 cSt at 50 C, historically the dominant residual grade.
IMO MEPC.295(71): 2017 Guidelines for the sampling and identification of oil spills, harmonizing CEN/TR 15522-2 worldwide.
In Situ Burning (ISB): Controlled ignition of contained oil at sea, codified in ASTM F-1788 and NOAA ISB guidance.
Inflatable Boom: Containment boom inflated on deployment, providing high freeboard for offshore conditions.
Inipol EAP 22: Oleophilic nutrient fertilizer used at Prince William Sound for bioremediation.
Interspill: Triennial European oil spill conference series organized by ISCO, OSRL, and partners.
IOPC Funds: International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds 1992 and Supplementary.
IOSC: International Oil Spill Conference, the IPIECA / API / USCG conference held in the US every three years.
IPIECA: International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, publisher of the Good Practice Guide series on oil spill preparedness and response.
ISCO: International Spill Control Organisation, NGO based in the UK.
ITF: International Transport Workers' Federation, publisher of the FOC list.
ITOPF: International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, technical adviser to shipowner and P&I.

J

J Configuration: Asymmetric boom deployment with one tow vessel and one anchor for concentrating oil at the apex.
JFEY: Joint Federal-Industry Exercise (illustrative shorthand) under PREP.
JOGMEC: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, owner of national stockpiles deployable to Mauritius after Wakashio.
Joint Maritime Operations Coordination Centre: Mauritian incident coordination body activated during MV Wakashio.
Jubail Industrial City Stockpile: Saudi Aramco Tier 2 cooperative depot serving the Arabian Gulf.

K

K-Boom: Trade name family of inflatable boom by Kepner Plastics, including the Sea-Curtain SCN.
K-Sea: Former US barge operator merged into Kirby Corporation, frequent spill case study.
Karen Wonsild: 2018 tanker collision case study (illustrative ITOPF dataset).
Kerb Skimmer: Common British term for weir skimmer.
Khark V Spill: 1989 Iranian tanker spill of 70,000 tonnes off Morocco.
Klondike Skimmer: Lamor brush skimmer model.

L

Lamor: Finnish manufacturer of oil spill response equipment including brush type skimmers.
LDLG: Limit Discharge Limit Gauge.
Light Crude: Persistent oil with API gravity above 31, susceptible to evaporation and dispersion but with finite shoreline impact when stranded.
Lipari Tier: Mediterranean cooperative response tier under REMPEC.
Lloyd's Open Form (LOF): Standard salvage agreement with no-cure-no-pay basis and SCOPIC.
LOSC: UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, providing the umbrella for IMO instruments on pollution.

M

Macondo: Common name for MC252 well, source of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC): US OPA 90 Tier 2 OSRO with 16 response vessels and OSRV depots from Edison to Lake Charles to Honolulu.
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC): Houston-based deepwater capping consortium of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP serving the US Gulf of Mexico.
MARPOL Annex I: Prevention of pollution by oil.
MEDESS-4MS: Mediterranean Decision Support System for Marine Safety oil drift forecasting.
MEDPOL: UNEP/MAP Mediterranean pollution assessment programme.
MEDSLIK-II: Open-source Mediterranean oil drift and fate model maintained by OGS and CMRE.
MEPC.295(71): IMO resolution on sampling and identification of oil spills.
Mesh Filter: Net assembly used in shoreline tar-ball recovery.
Mexilhao Cooperativa: Brazilian sandy beach mussel monitoring program.
MOPPRC: Mediterranean Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Centre, part of REMPEC.
MOSPA: Marine Oil Spill Preparedness Agreement of the Arctic Council, signed at Kiruna 2013.
MSRC OSRV: Marine Spill Response Corporation's 209-foot vessel design displacing 1,432 GT with 4,000 bbl storage.
MV Wakashio: 2020 bulk carrier grounding off Mauritius, wreck removal by SMIT and Nippon Salvage.

N

National Response Center (NRC): US 24/7 spill reporting line operated by USCG at 1-800-424-8802.
National Response Corporation (NRC): US OPA 90 OSRO owned by NRC Group (formerly SEACOR) with bases nationwide, distinct from the National Response Center.
National Response Team (NRT): US 16-agency federal team chaired by EPA and USCG under the NCP.
NCP: US National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan codified at 40 CFR 300.
NEBA: Net Environmental Benefit Analysis, framework for choosing response options.
NIMS: US National Incident Management System under FEMA, the wrapper around ICS for all federally-declared incidents.
NOFI: Norwegian boom and current buster manufacturer used in offshore oil response.
NOFO: Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies, cooperative of offshore operators with 80 dedicated stockpiles.
NORSEX: Norwegian Sea exercise series under NOFO.
NOWPAP: Northwest Pacific Action Plan under UNEP.
NRC Donjon-Smit: Joint venture providing OPA 90 nontank vessel response plan coverage.

O

OBC: Oiled Beach Cleaner, common Cedre acronym for the SURF RAKE.
OCIMF: Oil Companies International Marine Forum, owner of SIRE.
OILED Wildlife Care Network (OWCN): California UC Davis-led network responding to oiled wildlife under state contracts.
Oleophilic Skimmer: Skimmer relying on the affinity of oil for a hydrophobic surface, rather than weir or vortex principles.
OPA 90: Oil Pollution Act 1990, US oil pollution liability statute.
OPRC 90: International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990, entered into force May 13, 1995, mandating shipboard SOPEPs and national preparedness systems.
OPRC-HNS Protocol 2000: Protocol extending the OPRC 90 framework to hazardous and noxious substances, in force June 14, 2007.
OSC: On-Scene Coordinator designated under the IAMSAR Manual to lead SAR operations on site.
OSCAR: Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time product.
OSRL: Oil Spill Response Limited, industry-funded tier 3 responder based in Southampton.
OSRL Tier 3: Subsea Well Intervention Service (SWIS) toolkit including capping stack at Stavanger and Aberdeen.
OSRO: Oil Spill Response Organization classified by US Coast Guard under OPA 90.
OSRV: Oil Spill Response Vessel, dedicated craft typically ABS A1 Oil Recovery class.

P

P&I Club: Mutual insurance association covering protection-and-indemnity risks.
PAJ: Petroleum Association of Japan, operator of Japanese oil industry stockpiles.
Pakistani Mole 2003: Tasman Spirit grounding off Karachi releasing 30,000 tonnes of Iranian Light crude.
Particle Tracking: Lagrangian numerical method underpinning GNOME, OpenDrift, and SIMAP.
PEEC: Pollution Emergency Equipment Centre.
Persistent Oil: Oil with significant residue after evaporation, the trigger threshold for CLC 92 liability.
PIE: Pollution Incident Equipment as listed in vessel SOPEPs under MARPOL Reg 37.
PIPSE: Petroleum Industry Pollution Spill Equipment list.
PISCES II: Computer-based spill response simulator developed by Transas (Wartsila).
POLREP: Standard pollution report format under HELCOM and Bonn Agreement.
POSOW: Preparedness for Oil-Polluted Shoreline cleanup and Oiled Wildlife interventions, REMPEC project.
PREP: US Preparedness for Response Exercise Program, the triennial exercise cycle for OPA 90 responders.
Prestige Spill: November 13 to 19, 2002 sinking of the Bahamas-flag tanker off Galicia releasing 63,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil 2, prompting EU port-of-refuge directive.
Pyroboom: Refractory fire boom by Applied Fabric Technologies and American Marine (Elastec) with ceramic blanket between stainless steel skin layers.

Q

Q4000: Helix multi-service vessel used at Macondo.
QAQC of Oil Samples: Quality assurance and quality control protocols under CEN 15522-2 and MEPC.295(71).
Quick Connect: ASTM F-962 standardized boom end connector enabling rapid joining of disparate boom types.

R

Recovered Oil Storage: Tanks, bladders, or barges receiving emulsion from skimmers, often the limiting factor in mechanical recovery.
REMPEC: Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea, IMO/UNEP joint body at Floriana, Malta.
REMPEITC-Caribe: IMO regional center for pollution response.
Response Group: ICS Operations Section unit prosecuting source control, on-water recovery, dispersant operations, or shoreline cleanup.
Response Vessel Class: ABS A1 Oil Recovery / Oil Spill Response Vessel classification with deck plan, slop tanks, foam-water monitor, and segregated cargo lines.
RITHM: REMPEC Information for Hazardous Materials.
Ro-Boom: Inflatable oil containment boom designed for open water use.
RP-OSCS: IPIECA Reference Profile, Oil Spill Containment System.
RPS Oceans and Coastal: Consultancy specializing in spill modeling with OILMAP and SIMAP, acquired by Tetra Tech in 2023.
RSPCA: UK Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, oiled wildlife responder.

S

Sanchi: The Iranian-operated condensate tanker that collided with the CF Crystal in the East China Sea in January 2018 and sank, generating significant pollution and salvage claims.
SCAT: Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique, US-origin method for oiled shoreline survey.
Sea Empress Spill: February 1996 grounding off Milford Haven releasing 72,000 tonnes of Forties crude.
Sea Express SDM: South-east Asian oil cooperative offering Singapore stockpiling.
SEACOR Marine: Former owner of NRC, now part of NRC Group serving OSRO market.
Seacurity Boom: Brand name for permanent installation harbor booms.
SERVS: Ship Escort Response Vessel System, the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company response unit at Valdez, Alaska established post-Exxon Valdez.
SIMA: Spill Impact Mitigation Assessment, IPIECA's 2017 replacement nomenclature for NEBA.
SIMAP: Spill Impact Model Application Package, three-dimensional fate model by RPS / Applied Science Associates.
Singapore MPA Stockpile: National Maritime and Port Authority response stockpile at Tuas, Tier 2 capacity.
Skimmer: Device for mechanical removal of oil from the water surface.
Skimmer Throughput Efficiency (TE): ASTM F-631 ratio of oil recovered to total fluid recovered, indicator of water uptake.
SLAR: Side-Looking Airborne Radar, principal sensor on dedicated spill surveillance aircraft.
Slick Surveillance: Aerial or satellite mapping of an oil slick per Bonn Agreement BAOAC code.
Slickbar: US manufacturer of containment boom and Jason fence boom, based in Connecticut.
Slickgone EW: Dasic water-dilutable type 3 dispersant for shoreline and helicopter use.
Slickgone NS: Dasic standard concentrate type 2/3 dispersant.
SLOM: Servicios Latinoamericanos de Operaciones Maritimas, regional response cooperative covering parts of Latin America.
SMFF: Salvage and Marine Firefighting requirements under USCG nontank vessel rule.
SOPEP: The Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan required under MARPOL Annex I, reviewed under VIQ Chapter 6.
Source Control: Reducing pollutants at their origin.
SPCO: Sealift Petroleum Containment Operations of US Navy.