WORK AREA EXPERIENCE

This briefly summarizes work experience by country or continent location.

ANTARCTICA

• Development of oil and hazardous material response plan, and SPCC Plan for US bases.

ARGENTINA

• Numerous facility audits, environmental reviews, contingency plans and training.
• See Latin American / Caribbean Work Area summary.

AZERBAIJAN

• Environmental manager for pipeline construction, BTC Project.
• Environmental review / due diligence; 10 oil and gas fields prior to potential sale.

BENIN

• Erosion assessment of entire coastline, for United Nations.

BOLIVIA

• Environmental impact analysis of proposed jungle-based oil field and of gas pipeline to Brasil.
• Benchmarking of international emergency response plans for industry.

BRASIL

• Environmental and emergency response audits of offshore facilities (platforms and vessels in Campos Basin) and onshore pipeline system.
• Technical review of risk analysis for close-to-shore drilling platform.
• Invited symposium speaker - Oceanography (Fortaleza) and Coastal Sciences (Catarina) meetings.

CANADA

• Sensitivity mapping of Detroit River, Sault Ste. Marie, and St. Lawrence River areas.
  

CHILE

• Environmental reviews of numerous mines, railway and marine transport.
• Environmental risk review of copper slurry pipeline.
• Teaching at University, Valparaiso.
• Assessment of Metula spill, Patagonia.

CHINA

• Site visit and technical review of oil spill model for offshore producer, South China Sea.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Sensitivity Mapping Workshop (in Spanish) to develop ESI maps for the DR, sponsored by IMO.

ECUADOR

• Presentation in Spanish on Incident Command System (ICS) applied to Latin America.

FRANCE

• Multi-year Investigations of Amoco Cadiz and Tanio oil spills.

GERMANY

• Investigation of Afran Zenith oil spill.
• Sensitivity mapping - Hamburg north to Danish border.

GUAM

• Field survey and recommendation of National Marine Sanctuary sites.

ITALY

• Investigation of and damage assessment advisement for the Haven oil spill.

INDONESIA

• Sensitivity mapping of Java Sea, north of Java, east of Sumatra.

KAZAKHSTAN

• ESIA for seismic operations and environmental mapping of entire Kazakhstan shoreline of the Caspian Sea. KazakhCaspiShelf.

KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

• Technical advisor for several ESIAs for proposed seismic survey and drilling operations.
  

KUWAIT

• Shoreline characterization and Environmental Sensitivity Mapping.
• Post Gulf War damage assessment, Panel participant in UN Review Conference.
• Invited Speaker. Kuwait International Summit on Advances in Oil Spill Modeling. International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research and KISR.

LEBANON

• Assessment of environmental damages and related economic costs of the Jiyah oil spill resulting from conflict with Israel. World Bank.
  

MEXICO

• Advisor on water quality model for coastal development, Cancun.
  

NICARAGUA

• Sensitivity mapping training for all Central American countries, sponsored by IMO.
  

NIGERIA

• Numerous environmental analyses, audit, and sensitivity mapping projects.
• See Nigeria / West Africa Work Summary.

PANAMA

• Environmental analysis and contingency plans for Trans-Panama Pipeline (PTP).
• Oil and hazardous substances contingency plan for the Panama Canal Commission.

PORTUGAL

• Jacob Maersk spill site assessment - Porto.

SAIPAN

• Field work and survey of selected sites for inclusion as a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary.

SAUDI ARABIA

• EIA for 13 Power Plants in Western Region (Red Sea). Saudi Electric Co.- Western Region.
• Arabian Gulf oil impacts and spill assessment protocols related to the Gulf War. MEPA.
  

SPAIN

• Assessment of the Urquiola spill, Galicia.
• Analysis of Prestige spill loss and movement, and applied on-water assessment techniques.
• Analysis of Spain's (and other European) Contingency Plan(s).

TOGO

• Erosion assessment of entire coastline, for United Nations.
  

TRINIDAD

• Spill response training for major oil companies and government agencies.
  

TUNISIA

• Contingency Plan Advisor and Equipment Need Assessment.
  

TURKEY

• Response and management plans, Incident Management Plan, risk analyses, training, spill modeling for the BTC Pipeline and Marine Terminal, Botas.
• Leadership for shoreline / nearshore oil spill cleanup operations.
  

TURKMENISTAN

• Analysis of Turkmentbashi Oil Spill Contingency Plan and Response Equipment Requirements.  World Bank study.

UNITED STATES

• Numerous oil spill assessments, sensitivity mapping projects, environmental and risk analyses, and response product testing.

VENEZUELA

• Assessment and remediation of Lake Maracaibo.
• Review of National Contingency Plan and evaluation of all spill response equipment and facilities. 
• Remediation of oily waste lagoons and development of waste tracking system.