25 Shoreline Project or Natural Recovery Program: A Pipe Dream or Nightmare?

Welcome to an explanation by EnviroEmerg Consulting about the Memorandum of Understanding to Explore the Development of a Second Unconventional Crude Oil Pipeline from Alberta’s Oil Sands to British Columbia’s Tidewater – titled “Is it a Pipe Dream or a Nightmare?” This podcast is drawn from a comprehensive report by EnviroEmerg Consulting that highlights the technical and institutional challenges of responding to a tanker casualty and a major spill of unconventional crude – called dilbit - on Canada’s West Coast. 25 Explains whether treating oil stranded on the shore constitutes an emergency shoreline project under SCAT, a post-incident natural recovery programme endeavour, or a combined effort during the spill incident. REPORT’S SECTION: Responding to Stranded Heavy Oil – a Shoreline Project or Recovery Endeavour. The report is written by Stafford Reid and available at: EnviroEmerg.ca