Several projects studying weathering processes with oil-in-ice on a bench-scale, meso-scale (in flume/basins) and field experiments have been performed especially in US/Canada and Norway the last three years. Experimental design and results from thes studies have been implemented in the planning of oil weathering activities in this JIP

• CEDRE (France); Arctic related bench/meso-scale oil weathering experiments, cold water - No ice.
• SL. Ross (Canada) and DF. Dickins (USA) "Empirical weathering of oil in snow and ice funded by MMS, Alaska, USA.
• UNIS "Oil weathering processes under Arctic conditions". Funded by the Norwegian Research Council and StatoilHydro;