Ontario – Ottawa – Ottawa
Corporation
www.slross.com
Ontario
Ottawa
Ottawa
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SL Ross Environmental Research is one of the world's most experienced oil spill consulting
companies. Founded in 1980 the company includes five professionals (three engineers and one
biologist, three with advanced degrees) who have a combined experience of 125 person-years in
marine oil spill matters. The company has performed over 500 oil spills studies for government
and industry, mostly in Canada and the U.S.A., but also in Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Ecuador,
Egypt, Norway, Qatar, Somalia, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad - Tobago and Venezuela.
About 50% of company activity involves consulting work in the areas of contingency planning,
countermeasures stategies/equipment, and training. The other 50% involves research and
development to improve oil spill control technologies (much of which is done in the company's test
tank facility).
Company professionals have provided services in three of the most important oil spill events that
have occurred in the world since 1979 (Ixtoc-1, Exxon Valdez and Gulf War) and are recognized
and respected by the major international groups that are involved in oil spill issues, such as the
UN International Maritime Organization, and International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
Ltd., in London, England.
The firm has has been the main oil spill consultant for every offshore oil and gas venture in
Canada, starting with the Beaufort Sea activity in the Arctic in the early 1980s, the Hibernia
Project in the mid-1980s off Newfoundland, and the current activities off the east coast of Canada,
including Terra Nova, Sable, and Panuke/Cohasset/Deep Panuke. Within the oil spill control
community SL Ross has a particular reputation for being a "technology" company that is in the
vanguard of developing new tools, contingency planning techniques and training packages for use
around the world.
SL Ross has two main facilities, both in Ottawa, Canada. The first is a regular office where paper
studies are done, and the second is a separate warehouse/laboratory where physical studies are
performed. The company also takes advantage of Canadian Government facilities around the city,
especially the Outdoor Ship Maneuvering Basin operated by the National Research of Canada
(NRC) and has done many engineering studies at Ohmsett, the U.S. MMS test tank in New
Jersey.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Year Established: 1980
Exporting: Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS): 541330 - Engineering Services
Alternate Industries (NAICS): 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences
Primary Business Activity: Services
Total Sales ($CDN): $500,000 to $999,999
Export Sales ($CDN): $200,000 to $499,999
Number of Employees: 10
Services:
Consulting engineer - environment-impact studies, Consulting engineer - environment-pollution control, Consulting engineer - environment-environmental standards, Environmental consultant - biological and ecosystem studies, Environmental consultant - consulting, Environmental consultant - engineering design/specifications, Environmental consultant - environmental impact assessments, Environmental consultant - equipment or instrument development, Environmental consultant - facility/equipment operation, Environmental consultant - gis applications, Environmental consultant - laboratory testing and analysis, Environmental consultant - mapping of resources/land types, Environmental consultant - research, Environmental consultant - remote sensing - image analysis, Environmental consultant - risk assessment, Environmental consultant - systems modelling or design, Environmental consultant - training and education, Environmental consultant - fisheries management, Environmental consultant - natural area parks, recreation and tourism, Environmental consultant - coastal areas and shoreline management, Environmental consultant - arctic resources management, Environmental consultant - contingency planning for spills, Environmental consultant - industry-petroleum and coal products, Environmental consultant - emergency response and spills cleanup, Consulting engineer - petroleum - natural gas-exploration, Consulting engineer - forest/fish/agrltr-fisheries
Products:
Environmental products and services, Integrated approach for spill countermeasures assessment., Oil spill models and impact assessment systems., Oil spill planning and training services.
Technology:
SL Ross maintains a test laboratory in Ottawa where we can: .Perform testing to characterize crude oils
.Weather oils and test for the efficacy of dispersant use
and in-situ burning for clean-up
.Simulate ocean conditions for small-scale engineering tests
We also have acces to other facilities for medium- and
large-scale testing of equipment and various countermeasures
techniques.
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