Oil spill response in freshwater: Assessment of the impact of cleanup as a management tool

1995 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Vandermeulen ◽  
Cal W. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Freshwater Assessment ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Predicting the impact of future oil-spill closures on fishery-dependent communities—a spatially explicit approach

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igal Berenshtein ◽  
Shay O’Farrell ◽  
Natalie Perlin ◽  
James N Sanchirico ◽  
Steven A Murawski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Spatially Explicit ◽  
Oil Transport ◽  
Fishing Fleets ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Major oil spills immensely impact the environment and society. Coastal fishery-dependent communities are especially at risk as their fishing grounds are susceptible to closure because of seafood contamination threat. During the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster for example, vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) were closed for fishing, resulting in coastal states losing up to a half of their fishery revenues. To predict the effect of future oil spills on fishery-dependent communities in the GoM, we develop a novel framework that combines a state-of-the-art three-dimensional oil-transport model with high-resolution spatial and temporal data for two fishing fleets—bottom longline and bandit-reel—along with data on the social vulnerability of coastal communities. We demonstrate our approach by simulating spills in the eastern and western GoM, calibrated to characteristics of the DWH spill. We find that the impacts of the eastern and western spills are strongest in the Florida and Texas Gulf coast counties respectively both for the bandit-reel and the bottom longline fleets. We conclude that this multimodal spatially explicit quantitative framework is a valuable management tool for predicting the consequences of oil spills at locations throughout the Gulf, facilitating preparedness and efficient resource allocation for future oil-spill events.

THE IPIECA OIL SPILL WORKING GROUP 20:20 VISION REFLECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS ON OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (1) ◽  
pp. 1093-1095
Author(s):  
Bernie Bennett ◽  
Yvette Osikilo
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT The International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) Oil Spill Working Group (OSWG) is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Its mission has been, through education, training and awareness initiatives, to enhance the state of preparedness and response to marine oil spill incidents in priority coastal locations around the world. Its programme is carried out in close cooperation with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and operates within the context of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC), 1990. The OSWG is made up of oil spill managers and specialists from IPIECA member companies and associations, supported by invited representatives from other organisations in the oil spill response community. It aims to ensure that the full range of industry interests is adequately reflected in its work programme. Coordination between these industry-based organisations and the IMO remains an essential ingredient in the success of the OSWG programme This paper reviews the main activities and achievements of the IPIECA OSWG over the last 20 years and attempt to illustrate and measure the impact of its work on global oil spill preparedness. We then hypothesize as to how the work of the IPIECA OSWG might develop over the next 20 years, which could serve as future strategic/planning guidance.

A BRIEF COMPARISON OF U.S. AND JAPANESE OIL SPILL RESPONSE POLICIES

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 963-964
Author(s):  
Traci Benedict ◽  
Mike Hicks ◽  
Setsuko Masaki
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Actual Response ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Response Effectiveness

ABSTRACT This paper provides a brief overview of United States and Japanese oil spill response regulations with respect to the impact that regulations have on actual response effectiveness.

ICS CONTRIBUTES TO THE NORTH CAPE OIL SPILL RESPONSE1

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 737-742
Author(s):  
LT Tina M. Burke ◽  
LT John P. Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Management System ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
Incident Command System ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
The North ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT In recent years, the usefulness of the incident command system (ICS) has received much attention. Much of the oil industry and several government agencies involved in all types of emergency response have been using ICS for many years. In addition, the U.S. Coast Guard formally adopted the national interagency incident management system (NIIMS) ICS as the response management system of choice in February of 1996. The response to the tank barge North Cape grounding was a complex multiagency effort that brought with it many of the issues and problems responders face when dealing with crisis situations. This paper describes the ICS-based organization that was established to respond to the major North Cape oil spill, analyzes the organization compared to standard ICS, and discusses how the ICS framework and principles contributed to the success of the response. It also explains how closer conformity to standard ICS could have remedied many of the issues that later surfaced as lessons learned, resulting in improved response efficiency. The North Cape response provides a vivid example of how ICS is a helpful management tool that, if rigorously learned and applied in a widespread fashion, can greatly enhance the nation's oil spill response posture.

The Oil Industry International Oil Spill Response Centres: What Future?1

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 (1) ◽  
pp. 813-816
Author(s):  
Archie Smith ◽  
Lindsay Mead
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Fire Station ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Tier 3 ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Oil Company ◽  
Oil Tanker

ABSTRACT Over the years the oil industry has invested significantly in strategically placed oil spill response centres and continues to fund them. Oil spill response strategy has historically been based around the tiered response structure which favours these stockpiles. When first positioned, the major risks were in oil tanker traffic and the headline accidents, with major oil company names attached, warranted their future A number of the oil majors have since moved out of shipping and the services provided have changed from the simple “fire station” service to the delivery of a range of training, consultancy and other services. This increases awareness and helps mitigate the impact of spills, but also changes the nature and expectations of the centres. A similar change in the end user, with ever greater need to protect major exploration, production and development programmes inevitably shifts the requirement to a need for more substantive tier two facilities close to these locations. Does this shift in requirements necessitate a shift in the thinking regarding the international tier 3 centres, should they continue in their current format or is more change needed? This paper explores these issues and looks in detail at what changes could come about and how they could add value. The paper analyses the cost and value of current global populace of the centres and attempts to quantify the benefit of change to the industry.

Fishing and Harvesting Bans in Oil Spill Response

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 693-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. Moller ◽  
Brian Dicks ◽  
K. J. Whittle ◽  
Michel Girin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
North America ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Rational Basis ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT Fishing and aquaculture harvesting bans are increasingly used as an oil spill management tool, with the intention of protecting public health and consumer markets. Such bans are easily imposed, but a rational basis is needed for maintaining and lifting them. Scientific criteria offer the best prospect for administering fishery bans in a consistent way, but recent marine pollution incidents reveal contradictions in their application. Inconsistencies can be found when comparing oil spills in different countries, and also when the response to different types of pollutant are compared. This paper explores the approaches for managing activity bans in the fisheries sector following oil spills. Examples are drawn from recent oil spills attended in North America, Europe, and Asia. Recommendations are made for caution to be exercised in the application of fishing and harvesting bans and for the adoption of sound criteria for monitoring their effectiveness.

LONG TERM ICE EXPOSURE STUDIES FOR ENHANCING ARCTIC NEBA SCIENCE BASE

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 1128-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Marine Environment ◽  
Mesocosm Experiment ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Polar Cod ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Science Base ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT #2017-097 The Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology - Joint Industry Programme has the goal to advance arctic oil spill response strategies and equipment as well as to increase understanding of potential impacts of oil on the Arctic marine environment. In 2013 a comprehensive review of investigations into environmental consequences of spilled oil and oil spill response technologies in the Arctic marine environment was performed by a multi-disciplinary team of experts. This review indicated that there is a significant science base for oil spill response decision-making in the Arctic already available and also listed recommendations for studies to enhance the science-base for Arctic Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA). To follow up on the reviews’ recommendations a unique long-term mesocosm experiment was executed to improve the scientific knowledge of the fate and biodegradation of oil and oil spill response residues in ice, as well as the environmental effects to ice associated ecology. Eight mesocosms were installed in the sea ice of the Van Mijenfjorden in Svea, Svalbard, Norway in February 2015 and remained in place until July 2015. The study was designed to monitor the long term fate, behaviour, persistence and biodegradation of the oil in ice together with the impact on the microbial communities, following different response scenarios. Additionally, under-ice phyto- and zooplankton communities were sampled and monitored for effects. The same exposures were replicated in the laboratory to measure the sensitivity and resilience of the polar cod. Over the five month period that the mesocosm experiment lasted, the following parameters were studied within the water column, through the ice layer and within the water-ice interface:Chemical composition of the oilBacterial populations and oil degrading microorganismsMicrobial activity and biodegradation activityZooplankton - survival, feeding and reproduction (under ice)Ice algae primary production Results from the studies and additional modelling activities have improved our understanding of what happens to oil once frozen into ice, how microbiology is reacting to oil in ice and what the exposure potential is of the ecology associated with the ice. This information enhances the NEBA science base and helps the response community in selecting a combination of response strategies that minimises the effects to people and the environment.

The Role of Human Factors in Maritime Environmental Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Oil Spill Response

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (A2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Erdem ◽  
E Akyuz ◽  
O Arslan
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
Pollution Prevention ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
The Impact

Human error is one of the significant factors attributed to marine accidents. This paper aims to assess the potential contribution of human errors in improving maritime environmental risk management. Success Likelihood Index Method (SLIM), has been adopted to systematically estimate human error potentials for designated tasks in pollution prevention, along with fuzzy sets to deal with subjectivity in the process of using experts’ judgments. An oil spill response operation was investigated due to its considerable risks for the marine environment. Environmental factors, familiarity, and fatigue were observed as having a high impact on human performance. Besides its theoretical insight, the paper provides practical insights into the prevention of marine pollution. This study is presented as a reference providing a contribution to estimating the impact of human errors on maritime accidents. The paper is also intended to contribute to other risky industries where human errors can lead to fatal consequences.

The International Tier 3 Centres: Background and Future of Clean Caribbean Cooperative, Oil Spill Response Ltd., and East Asia Response Ltd.1

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 797-800
Author(s):  
James Irvine ◽  
Alan Higgins ◽  
Dan Harcharik
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Tier 2 ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The World ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Tier 3 ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Clean Caribbean Cooperative (CCC), Oil Spill Response Ltd. (OSRL), and East Asia Response Ltd. (EARL) are independent non-profit organisations established by members of the oil industry to provide 24-hour Tier 3 response resources for their members around the world. At considerable cost each maintains 24-hour access to an ADDS Pack unit, the world's largest airborne dispersant application system, as well as keeping equipment and expertise available for more conventional response techniques. Considerable experience has been gained in responding to major spills in many countries, and lessons learnt are shared among the three Centres. Their secondary activities include local Tier 2 response capability, and training and consultancy services on associated issues to members. Most of these services are also available to non-members. In this paper the chairmen of the three Centres review the common backgrounds of these activities and develop a vision of the future of this important contribution by members of the international oil industry to help minimise the impact of major oil spills around the world.

IOSC WORKSHOP REPORT: A PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL GUIDE FOR OIL SPILL RESPONSE PLANNING AND READINESS ASSESSMENT

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott Taylor ◽  
Alexis Steen ◽  
Mark Meza ◽  
Benjamin Couzigou ◽  
Marc Hodges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
National Level ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Response Capacity ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Response Capability

ABSTRACT This paper presents a proposed Oil Spill Response (OSR) Readiness assessment tool for international application that is designed to support spill response planning and readiness assessments by industry and government. This paper summarizes the content of a larger report developed by an IOSC Workshop Subcommittee and refined during an IOSC Special Workshop: Assessment of Oil Spill Response Capabilities held on 3 December 2007 in Gamboa, Panama. Each nation and industry sector has different interests and areas of knowledge with respect to spill response priorities and capabilities. As personnel change jobs, their knowledge departs with them. Consequently, expectations for response capability and the manner by which it should be attained can vary. Requirements for levels of response competency may change over time, may not be balanced by the risk of spills, and may not support long-term readiness to meet actual spill risks. There have been few attempts in the spill response community to prepare generic checklists or comprehensive guides for the assessment of response capability. Most guidance is focused on the content of OSR contingency plans. The current IOSC effort aims to be as comprehensive and as detailed as possible encompassing an entire OSR system or program. The IOSC Workshop Subcommittee prepared a broad suite of planning and readiness assessment elements to encourage improved response capacity by aiding development and maintenance of response management systems from a site level to a multi-national level and to reach beyond OSR contingency planning. This approach turns the document into a powerful management tool for evaluating oil spill response capacity at different planning levels, from local, to regional, national and multi-national. Government and industry representatives from Latin America and the Wider Caribbean Region met in Panama on 3 December 2007 to review and discuss the preliminary IOSC Guidelines. This paper and its companion report are intended to advance best international practice for OSR planning and readiness assessment. It is hoped that this IOSC Guide can be maintained as an evergreen tool by consistent use and feedback from within the spill response community.

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