BOOMS COULD NOT HAVE INTERRUPTED OIL SPREAD.
Mr Chee said that there is” some misunderstanding” that the boom could have prevented the fuel from floating away and going onto Singapore’s coasts.
According to the secretary, spilling caffeine onto the surface is different from spilling oil.
” If you spill caffeine on the floor, the caffeine may be that, you can go get a broom and clean”, he said. ” Oil that spills into the sea, specially if it’s a sudden release, a large amount, like what happened on Jun 14, the fuel will not be stable.
We must anticipate that a considerable amount of oil that is sloshed in the water will be transported by coastal currents and waves to other places because it would take several hours to deploy the containment growth around the oil flow.
Therefore, the main goal of the confinement around the broken vessel is not to “fence” the spilled oil but as a preventative measure to prevent further leaks from the ruined vessel.
Some of the oil flow that is still floating in the vicinity of the incident site may be aided by the containment growth. Because the coastal currents and waves allow the oil to flow both below and above the booms, he said,” this is also not 100 percent flawless.”
He questioned why the boom were n’t strategically placed to stop oil from entering beaches because it was just unfavorable to place them along Singapore’s entire coastline.
He said,” It would require more than 46 kilometers of booms if you were going to deploy booms along the entire southern coastline from Pasir Panjang to the East Coast.”
Because some booms you jump and are content to the elements, maintenance and replacement would also be required.
Before deploying the surges, MPA may first check the oil’s activity.
He claimed that MPA had thus dispatched crew and vessels to monitor oil-stained surroundings while urging other agencies to increase their coastal monitoring.
Additionally, it used satellite imagery and coastal forecasting to predict where the crude would move in addition to forecasting using real-time weather data and satellite imagery.
This targeted strategy is in line with international training and places the booms available where they can be most useful, he said.
About 3.4 kilometers of boom have been constructed since Jun 14 to prevent oil from returning to the ocean and from being washed into interior canals.