Photo Release: Coast Guard responds to cleanup efforts at oil refineries near Houston

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 08/30/2017 07:49 PM EDT

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Coast Guard responds to cleanup efforts at oil refineries near Houston

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Coast Guard Marine Science Technicians survey the skimming process performed by Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminal personnel in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017 during Hurricane Harvey. This process is used as a safety measure to separate oil and water, and to assure hazardous material does not enter the channel. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug)

Coast Guard Marine Science Technicians survey the skimming process performed by Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminal personnel in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017 during Hurricane Harvey.

This process is used as a safety measure to separate oil and water, and to assure hazardous material does not enter the channel.

Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug.
Coast Guard Petty Officers 3rd Class Andrew Butcher and Jason Carpenter assess the corrective action taken by Valero personnel in reaction to a minor oil spill at a refinery in Houston, Aug. 30, 2017, during Hurricane Harvey. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug)

Coast Guard Petty Officers 3rd Class Andrew Butcher and Jason Carpenter assess the corrective action taken by Valero personnel in reaction to a minor oil spill at a refinery in Houston, Aug. 30, 2017, during Hurricane Harvey.

Both petty officers are Marine Science Technicians attached to the Pollution Response Team in Houston.

Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug.
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Butcher walks through Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) as the top layer blows off spilled oil at a Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminal in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017 during Hurricane Harvey response. The application of AFFF is a safety measure used by oil refineries to prevent exposed petroleum from igniting. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug)

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Butcher walks through Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) as the top layer blows off spilled oil at a Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminal in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017 during Hurricane Harvey response.

The application of AFFF is a safety measure used by oil refineries to prevent exposed petroleum from igniting.

Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug.

 

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