RAPID: Investigating the Composition, Behavior, and Environmental Fate of Emerging Unconventional Oils from North America: Bakken Crude Oils and Canadian Diluted Bitumens

这项研究将调查原油和沥青的成分，行为和环境命运，以产生科学家，政策制定者和泄漏应急人员迫切需要的强大的基线数据集。这两种新兴的非常规石油产品的生产和运输被誉为通往北美能源独立的道路，它们的生产继续以惊人的速度扩大，缺乏同行评审文献中的数据阻碍了对这些产品环境排放相关风险的深入了解。已经对这些新出现的非常规产品的化学和物理特性进行了分析，这些数据将沿着一些额外的分析，以了解其环境归宿和迁移。这项研究的结果将超越出版物和演示文稿，并用于积极吸引关键利益攸关方。这项工作将支持博士后科学家，通知行业和政府官员，并向媒体，决策者和非政府组织提供无障碍信息。通过让PI在其同龄人群体之外进行互动，这项研究还将使他们能够了解他人的兴趣和需求，并改善学术界和其他利益相关者之间的双向沟通。

1547132ReddyThis study will investigate the composition, behavior, and environmental fate of crude oils and bitumens in order to produce a robust baseline data set desperately needed by scientists, policy makers, and spill responders. The production and transport of these two emerging unconventional petroleum products has been hailed as the path to North American energy independence, and their production continues to expand at a dramatic pace.The lack of data available in the peer-reviewed literature has hindered a robust understanding of the risks associated with environmental discharge of these products. These emerging unconventional products have already been analyzed for their chemical and physical properties and these data will be used along with some additional analyses to understand their environmental fate and transport. The results of this research will extend beyond publications and presentations and be used to actively engage critical stakeholders. This effort will support a postdoctoral scientist, inform industry and government officials, and provide accessible information to the media, policy makers, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). By giving the PIs cause to interact outside their peer group, this research will also allow them to learn about the interests and needs of others and improve bidirectional communication between academia and other stakeholders.