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Upcoming Events

  • 82nd PERF Meeting
    November 2-4, 2010.


    Location

    Houston, TX.


    The next general PERF meeting will be hosted by Chevron on the theme of Marine Oil Spill Response Environmental Research Needs in Houston, Texas, on November 2-4, 2010.

     

  • 2010 Remediation Workshop
    September 8 - 9, 2010


    Location

    La Palma, California


    The third annual PERF remediation workshop will be hosted this year by BP in their offices in La Palma, California on September 8 and 9, 2010.  The past two workshops have been attended by approximately 50 people that included representatives from the oil industry, consulting firms and laboratories.

    Topics covered in the first workshop in 2008 were: 

    Source characterization tools; In-Situ Chemical Oxidation, liquid reagents and ozone sparging; Innovative tools to monitor remediation processes; and Soil Remediation.

    The second workshop in 2009 focused on three issues:  phytoremediation/constructed wetlands; contaminated sediments; and vapor intrusion.

     

    This year’s agenda will focus on two topics:

    TBA-plume lengths, clean up levels, remediation options, case studies

    Biofuels-effect on plume lengths and remediation approaches, vapor pathway issues, and case studies