The following is a list of projects conducted by the company in this area. Projects are presented chronologically and clients' names are shown in parentheses.

• Deepwater Oil Blowout Scenarios at Ajurak and Pokak for National Energy Board Hearings (Imperial Oil, ongoing)
• Oil Blowout Scenarios at Amauligak for National Energy Board Hearings (ConocoPhillips Canada, ongoing)
• Modeling of a Deepwater Blowout in the Southern Beaufort Sea and Initial In Situ Burning and Chemical Dispersant Countermeasures Assessments (with DF Dickins Associates for Chevron Canada Arctic, ongoing)
• Preparation of a Publication on Arctic Oil Spill Countermeasures (API and IPIECA, ongoing)
• Oil Spill Response Planning for Imperial Oil's Proposed Ajurak Drilling Program (with Kavik Axys for Imperial Oil, ongoing)
• Review of Oil Spill Sate of Knowledge for the Beaufort Sea and Identification of Key Issues (Environmental Studies Research Fund, January 2011)
• Preparation of Prevention and Response Measure/Recommendations in Newfoundland Waters (with Capt. Turner for the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, December 2010)
• Spill Probability Assessment for the Hebron Development Project (Jacques Whitford Stantec, June 2009)
• Workshop on Oil Spill Preparedness Issues in Newfoundland (Canadian Coast Guard, April 2009)
• Chukchi Sea Spill Fate and Trajectory Modeling (SLR Alaska, March 2009)
• Probability of Oil Spills Associated with Fuel Movements to the Vancouver Airport Fuel Terminal (Moffatt and Nichol, September 2008)
• Spill Response Planning for the Proposed Pinauna Development (El Paso Oleo e Gas do Brasil Ltda., January 2008)
• Summary Report on Safe Approach Distance Modeling for Hypothetical Open Water Subsea Blowouts (Shell E&P Alaska, March 2007)
• Summary Report on Near-Source Modeling of Hypothetical Subsea Blowout Oil Slick Characteristics in Open Water (Shell E&P Alaska, February 2007)
• Labrador Shelf Strategic Environmental Assessment - Oil Spill Modeling (Sikumiut Environmental Management Ltd., June 2008)
• Norske Hydro Environmental Assessment: Blowout and Spill Probability Analysis (Jacques Whitford, March 2006)
• ConocoPhillips Laurentian Basin Spill Modeling and Probability Analysis (LGL Limited, February 2006)
• Offshore Sakhalin Winter Scenario OSR Plan Incorporating Recent and Ongoing Research (ExxonMobil Upstream Research, December 2005)
• Countermeasures for Oil Spills in Ice-Affected Waters Related to Exploration and Production of Sakhalin (BP Exploration, December 2005)
• Spill Probability Analysis, Spill Fate and Behaviour Modeling - East Coast of Trinidad (Canadian Superior Energy, November 2005)
• Devon Oil Blowout Scenario Modeling and Countermeasures Strategy Development (with Envision Planning for Devon Canada, July 2005)
• The Behavior and Potential Effectiveness of Countermeasures For Hypothetical Oil Spills from the Chevron Orphan Basin Exploration Project (Chevron Canada Limited, February 2005)
• Review of Marine Spill Occurrence Rates in Eastern Canada (Environmental Studies Research Funds, November 2004)
• Blowout And Spill Probability Assessment For Exploration Drilling By Bepco in Lease Area El 2407 (Jacques Whitford, June 2004)
• Blowout Modeling, Fate and Behaviour and Spill Countermeasures (with Envision Planning Solutions for Devon Canada, May 2004)
• Technology Assessment of the Use of Dispersants on Spills in California Waters (U.S. Minerals Management Service, March 2002)
• The Behavior and Potential Effectiveness of Countermeasures for Hypothetical Oil Spills from the PanCanadian Deep-Water Exploration Project (PanCanadian Energy Corporation, January 2002)
• Clean Bay Dispersant Application System Options (Clean Bay Cooperative, California, August 2001)
• Response Strategies for Major Oil Spills in Offshore Newfoundland Waters (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, July 2001)
• Ehime Maru Recovery Operation - Analysis of Dispersant-Use (PCCI/U.S. Navy, June 2001)
• Response Strategies for Major Oil Spills off Newfoundland (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, January 2001)
• Revised Response Strategies for a Realistic Spring Break-up Scenario (BP Exploration Alaska, with DF Dickins Associates and Vaudrey and Associates, January 2001)
• Potential Impacts of Ice Management on Oil Spill Recovery Efficiencies during Spring Break-up (BP Exploration Alaska with DF Dickins Associates, January 2001)
• Canada-Taiwan Maritime System Technology Program; Project 2: Marine Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Regime (COMART International Corporation, November 2000)
• Revised Response Strategies for a Realistic Fall Freeze-up Scenario (BP Exploration Alaska with DF Dickins Associates and Vaudrey and Associates, September 2000)
• A Review of the Response to Oil Spills in Various Ice Conditions: Limiting Factors and Possible Alternative Tactics (Alaska Clean Seas, May 2000)
• Evaluation of the Behavior and Cleanup of Liberty Crude Oil Spills in Arctic Waters (BP Exploration, February 2000)
• Technology Assessment of the Use of Dispersants on Spills from MMS-Regulated OCS Facilities (U.S. Minerals Management Service, December, 2000)
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• C-plan Implementation Project: Review of Handling and Disposal of Recovered Oil Spill Fluids (Alaska Clean Seas, September 2000)
• Oil Spill Associated with the White Rose Oilfield Development Project off Newfoundland: Risk Assessment, Spill Fate and Behavior, and Countermeasures (Husky Oil Operations Limited, May 2000)
• Greenland Oil Spill Response Atlas (Danish National Environmental Research Institute, May 2000)
• Preliminary Evaluation of the Behavior and Cleanup of Liberty Oil Spills in Arctic Waters (BP Exploration, April 2000)
• Nearshore Section of the Subsea Production Gathering Pipeline and the Overland NGL Pipeline (Sable Offshore Energy Incorporated, November 1999)
• Large Oil Spills and Blowouts from Exploration Drilling on Georges Bank. A Brief Analysis of Their Probability, Behaviour, Control and Environmental Effects (Chevron Canada Resources and Texaco Canada Petroleum Inc., submitted to the Georges Bank Review Panel, January 1999)
• Blowout and Spill Probability Assessment for the Northstar and Liberty Oil Development Projects in the Alaska North Slope (BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc., November 1998)
• Probability of Oil Spills from Ships Associated with the Voisey's Bay Nickel Company (VBNC) Labrador Mine/Mill Project (Canship Limited, August 1998)
• Evaluation of Cleanup Capabilities for Large Blowout Spills in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea during Periods of Broken Ice (Alaska Clean Seas and Minerals Management Service, July 1998)
• MMS citation: 297-Comprehensive Spill Response Tactics for the Alaska North Slope-Oil in Broken Ice Spill Response Scenarios
• TERMPOL Review Process (with Canship Limited, for Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal, June 1997)
• Classification of Oil Types Carried as Marine Cargo for the Purpose of Examining Implications of Alternative Fee Structures (Canadian Coast Guard, January 1997)
• Oil Spills Associated with the Terra Nova Development Project off Newfoundland: Risk Assessment; Spill Fate, Behaviour and Impact; Countermeasures; and Contingency Planning (Petro-Canada Inc., December 1996)
• Spill Response Planning for the Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal (with OSRL, for Newfoundland Transshipment Terminal, November 1996)
• Risk Analysis for Terra Nova Tanker Oil Spills (Petro-Canada, November 1996)
• Probability, Fate & Behaviour, and Control of Condensate Spills associated with the Sable Offshore Energy Project off Nova Scotia (Mobil Oil Canada Properties, November 1995)
• Evaluation of Bent Horn Crude Oil Spills and their Control (Panarctic Oils Ltd., May 1993)
• Evaluation of the Behavior and Cleanup of Offshore Oil-Well Blowout Spills in West Greenland (Mineral Resources Administration for Greenland, Danish Ministry of Energy, September 1992)
• Predicted Fate, Behavior and Impact of Various Oil Spills from Pipelines, Platforms and Tankers in the Gulf of Mexico (Exxon Company, U.S.A., July 1992)
• Spill Behavior and Response Scenarios for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 Beaufort Region Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Program (BREAM) (with AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd. for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, March 1992 and March 1993)
• Evaluation of Capabilities to Respond to 10,000-Barrel Tanker Spills in the Gulf of Mexico (Marine Industry Group (MIRG), July 1991)
• Assessing the Cleanup Costs of a Major Oil Spill in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, February 1991)
• Explorer I Drilling Program Approval Submission: Risk, Fate and Countermeasures for Oil Spills (Amoco Canada Petroleum Ltd., February 1991)
• Estimation of Maximum Feasible Cleanup Capabilities for Large Tanker Spills in Canadian Nearshore Waters (Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, January 1991)
• Spill Response Planning for the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, September 1990)
• Development of a Spill Behavior/Trajectory Model for Spills of No. 2 Fuel Oil in the Miramichi River/Estuary (Monenco Consultants Limited/ New Brunswick Power Commission, June 1990)
• Evaluation of Capabilities to Respond to Large Oil Spills in California Marine Waters (California State Interagency Oil Spill Committee, April 1990)
• Amauligak Subsea Pipeline Study: Oil Spill Risk, Behavior, Effects and Countermeasures (for Gulf Canada Resources, April 1990)
• Kulluk Drilling Program Approval Submission: Chapter 6: Oil Spills (with D.F. Dickins Associates and ESL Limited for Gulf Canada Resources, March 1990)
• Risk, Behavior and Cleanup of Major Oil Spills from Amoco Operations off the East Coast of Trinidad (Amoco Trinidad Oil Company, February 1990)
• The Cohassett/Panuke Field Development Project: Spill Countermeasures Study (LASMO Nova Scotia Limited, December 1989)
• Evaluation of Marine Oil Spill Response Plans and Capabilities in Canada (Canadian Coast Guard, November 1989)
• Esso, Chevron, et al. South Isserk I-15 Drilling Program: Chapter 6 - Accidental Spills (with D.F. Dickins Associates and ESL, October 1989)
• Oil Spill Fate and Trajectory Modeling: Pascagoula Refinery and Delaware Bay (Chevron USA Inc. September 1989)
• Evaluation of Capabilities to Deal with Spills from Oil-Well Blowouts in Canadian Offshore Waters (Canadian Petroleum Association, August 1989)
• Panuke/Cohassett Field Development Project: Risk, Behavior and Effects of Oil Spills (IONA Resources Ltd. and Nova Scotia Resources Ltd., July 1989)
• Expected Frequency of Spills from Tankers in or Near Canadian Waters (Canadian Department of the Environment/Canadian Coast Guard, August 1989)
• Behavior and Control of Spills of ORIMULSIONTM (New Brunswick Power Commission, June 1988)
• Amauligak Seasonal Production: The Behavior and Control of Oilspills (Gulf Canada Corp., March 1987)
• A Study of Oilspill Cleanup and Damage Costs Related to Various Well Blowout Scenarios on Canada Lands (Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, March 1985)
• Hibernia Oil Spills and Their Control (Mobil Oil Canada Ltd., July 1984)
• The Bent Horn Project: The Control and Impact of Marine Oil Spills (Panarctic Oils Ltd., May 1984)
• Evaluation of Industry's Oil Spill Countermeasures Capability in Broken Ice Conditions in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea (Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, September 1983)
• Oil Spill Countermeasures Requirements for the Southern Beaufort Sea (Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., April 1983)
• Igniter Requirements for a Major Spill From a Vessel in the Canadian Arctic (Canadian Department of the Environment, March 1983)
• A Study of On-Board Self-Help Oil Spill Countermeasures for Arctic Tankers (Canadian Department of the Environment, March 1983)
• Environmental Impact Statement for Hydrocarbon Development in the Beaufort Sea-Mackenzie Delta Region. Volume 6: Accidental Spills (Dome Petroleum Ltd., August 1982)
• Potential Large Oil Spills Offshore Canada and Possible Response Strategies (Canadian Department of the Environment, March 1982)
• Oil Spill Response Strategies and Equipment Requirements for the Gulf of Guayaquil (Corporacion Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana: Ecuador, March 1982)
• Oil Spill Countermeasures for the Production and Transportation of Hibernia Crude Oil (Mobil Oil Canada Ltd., March 1982)
• A Review of Countermeasures for a Major Oil Spill from a Vessel in Arctic Waters (Canadian Department of the Environment, March 1982)
• Oil Spill Response Strategies and Equipment Requirements for the St. Lawrence River - Kingston to Beauharnois (Petroleum Industry Marine Environmental Cooperative, Ontario, January 1982)
• Oil Spill Countermeasures for Exploration Drilling in Dixon Entrance, B.C.: Chapter 9 of an Initial Environmental Assessment (Petro-Canada Exploration Inc., January 1982)
• Norman Wells Oilfield Expansion: Oil Spill Scenarios and Countermeasures (Esso Resources Canada Ltd., August 1980)