Oil Gas Production Accounting

Oil Gas Production Accounting

Oil Gas Production Accounting

58,000 gallons of bunker fuel spilled from the 810-foot container ship Cosco Busan into San Francisco Bay after the ship struck a tower of the Bay Bridge. Many willing volunteers went away frustrated after clean up officials refused to let near fouled beaches. One volunteer was even arrested by a National Park Ranger for cleaning oil from a beach.

An Aggravating Issue - This experience in California isn't unique and aggravates both natural resource agency managers and potential clean up volunteers. Uncontained petroleum products like crude oil, bunker C or diesel fuel are hazardous materials. Those who come into contact with the materials face a myriad of safety regulations. At the most basic level of regulation, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requires safety training for "Clean-up operations required by a governmental body, whether Federal, state local or other involving hazardous substances that are conducted at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites", under 29 CFR 1910.120(a)(1)(i) of the Code of Federal Regulations. It's not that volunteer work isn't needed or appreciated, it's that volunteers must be qualified like any other employee engaged in oil spill cleanup activities.


  • Oil Gas Production Accounting

    Oil Gas Production Accounting

    Oil Gas Production Accounting

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