Dickins Associates received a grant from the Oil Spill Recovery Institute in Cordova Alaska, May 2026, to develop an…

DF Dickins received a grant award from the Prince William Sound Recovery Institute (OSRI) in March 2025 to review the findings of groundbreaking historical research into oil behavior in ice and relate that work to present-day risks of oil spills in ice around the...

This project investigated the capabilities of Oil Detection Canines (ODCs) to detect and delineate underwater (submerged and sunken) oil and oil under floating ice. A US-Canadian team conducted two highly successful field studies at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in Ontario, Canada in 2024

David Dickins was re-appointed in February 2025 to serve a second three-year term on the Science and Technical Committee (STC). Members are specialists in matters relating to oil spill containment and cleanup technology, Arctic and sub-Arctic marine environments,...