Oil Spill Remediation in North Dakota with Dr. Tom DeSutter and Sam Croat

<p>“Crop Production on Heavily Disturbed Soils following Crude Oil Remediation” with Dr. Tom DeSutter and Sam Croat.</p> <p>When an oil spill occurs on land, there are myriad ways to approach cleanup, from adding oxidizers or nutrients to speed natural processes, burning off surface oil, replacing contaminated top soil with top soil from other regions, or even just removing the soil to a landfill. When an oil spill in 2013 contaminated Steve and Patty Jensen’s land with ~860,000 gallons of Bakken crude oil, Dr. Tom DeSutter and then student Sam Croat tested soil mixing and thermal desorption methods, working with the oil companies, landowners, and remediation companies to try to see which methods could best return the Jensen’s land to its original, pre-spill state.</p> <p>Listen in to learn:</p> <ul> <li>What are different techniques to cleanup an oil spill</li> <li>How thermal desorption works</li> <li>Who to contact in case of an oil spill</li> <li>How mixing soils can give subsoils the jumpstart they need</li> </ul> <p>If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20077">https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20077</a></p> <p>It will be freely available from 17 April to 1 May, 2020.</p> <p>If you would like to find transcripts for this episode or sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website: <a href= "http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/">http://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/</a></p> <p>Contact us at <a href= "mailto:podcast@sciencesocieties.org">podcast@sciencesocieties.org</a> or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don’t forget to subscribe.</p> <p>If you would like to reach out to Tom, you can find him here:<br /> thomas.desutter@ndsu.edu</p> <p>If you would like to reach out to Sam, you can find her here:<br /> scroat@stealthnd.com<br /> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-croat-88171810a">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-croat-8817181