scholarly journals A land-based oil spill management planning framework for the petroleum industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Michele Tang Kai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Pollution Problem ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Petroleum Company

Oil spill pollution efforts have historically focused on ocean-based oil spills and response has typically been reactive. Strategies to regulate and mitigate oil spills occur at all levels, internationally, nationally, and at the industry level. Absent is a strategy geared specifically to manage and mitigate land-based oil spills by the petroleum industry. To address this need, the objective of this study proposes a comprehensive oil spill management planning framework. It is comprised of five components, oil spill prevention, control, clean-up, and emphasis on the characterization and economic evaluation of oil spills. Land-based oil spills is a significant pollution problem largely due to a decaying pipeline infrastructure, which have escalated oil spill costs, volumes and frequencies. Using oil spill data collected at a petroleum company in Trinidad, statistical analyses and structural and non-structural concepts, adapted from Ontario's flood management approach, are applied to understand and mitigate oil spill events and costs.

scholarly journals A land-based oil spill management planning framework for the petroleum industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Michele Tang Kai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Flood Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Pollution Problem ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Petroleum Company

Oil spill pollution efforts have historically focused on ocean-based oil spills and response has typically been reactive. Strategies to regulate and mitigate oil spills occur at all levels, internationally, nationally, and at the industry level. Absent is a strategy geared specifically to manage and mitigate land-based oil spills by the petroleum industry. To address this need, the objective of this study proposes a comprehensive oil spill management planning framework. It is comprised of five components, oil spill prevention, control, clean-up, and emphasis on the characterization and economic evaluation of oil spills. Land-based oil spills is a significant pollution problem largely due to a decaying pipeline infrastructure, which have escalated oil spill costs, volumes and frequencies. Using oil spill data collected at a petroleum company in Trinidad, statistical analyses and structural and non-structural concepts, adapted from Ontario's flood management approach, are applied to understand and mitigate oil spill events and costs.

THE OIL SPILL FIELD OPERATIONS GUIDE (FOG)-NEW AND IMPROVED1

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 (2) ◽  
pp. 987-990
Author(s):  
Kristy Plourde ◽  
Jean R. Cameron ◽  
Vickie Huyck
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Management System ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Incident Management ◽  
California Department ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT The original oil spill Field Operations Guide (FOG) was a product of the Standard Oil Spill Response Management System (STORMS) Task Force comprised of representatives of the U. S. Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), other states, the petroleum industry, oil spill response organizations, and local government. The STORMS Task Force produced this first version of the “oilized” Incident Command System (ICS) FOG and Incident Action Plan (IAP) forms in 1994 and made subsequent revisions in 1995 and 1996. With 2 more years of ICS experience and facilitated by the States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force, a new group of representatives from federal and state governments, the petroleum industry, and oil spill response professionals met to review and update the 1996 FOG and IAP forms in October 1998. The overall goal was to remain consistent with the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) yet reflect the experience gained using ICS at actual oil spills and drills. The group met quarterly over an 18-month period, working collaboratively to reach a consensus on numerous changes. Some of the changes included adding an Environmental Unit to the Planning Section, revising the planning cycle diagram for the oil spill IAP process, and revising the IAP forms as appropriate to reflect the way oil spills are managed. All significant revisions/improvements will be highlighted in this paper and poster.

scholarly journals Environmental Impact Assessment of Remediation Strategy in an Oil Spill in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region

Pollutants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 234-252
Author(s):  
Karina García-Villacís ◽  
Luis Ramos-Guerrero ◽  
José Luis Canga ◽  
Daniel Hidalgo-Lasso ◽  
Paul Vargas-Jentzsch
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon

Past petroleum-extraction activities in Ecuador have contaminated its Amazon region. To assess the environmental impact attributed to remediation activities regarding the cleanup of these oil spills, two scenarios were studied according to Life Cycle Analysis methodology: (1) No-action, which means to leave the contamination in place without any further action and (2) Environmental remediation, where the environmental-load attributed to the remediation of the representative oil spill was studied. Results indicated that the no-action scenario presented a higher environmental impact for 12 out of the 16 environmental categories evaluated (climate change, ozone depletion, human toxicity non-cancer effects, particulate matter, ionizing radiation human health, ionizing radiation ecosystem, photochemical ozone formation, acidification, terrestrial eutrophication, marine eutrophication, freshwater ecotoxicity, mineral, fossil and renewable resource depletion). Moreover, the no-action scenario presented a global weighted score of contamination of 5.45 points, while the remediation scenario got a score of 3.3 points, which means that the remediation decreased by 39% of the global environmental impact due to the remediation activity applied, showing the positive influence of environmental remediation to mitigate the effects attributed to the presence of pollution sources associated to the petroleum industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon region.

Industry arrangements for oil spill preparedness

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 681
Author(s):  
Nick Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
National Plan ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Australian Coastline

In the post-Montara/Macondo world, the Australian petroleum industry has been actively represented on various working groups focused on the prevention, preparedness and response to significant oil spill incidents. Through the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre (AMOSC) based in Geelong, Victoria, cooperation and coordination with other international associations has been occurring to ensure ‘reasonable steps’ are taken to develop preparedness and response arrangements commensurate with the risks associated with industry activities.Concurrently and here in Australia, a thorough review of the National Plan has allowed industry to work with government to develop or amend a range of initiatives aimed at ensuring that industry and government strategies are integrated for maximum efficiency in all circumstances. The scene has been set by a reviewed national risk assessment focusing on all activities of hydrocarbon movement around the Australian coastline. So what has Australian industry actually achieved post-Montara in prevention, preparedness and response to oil spills? This extended abstract shares and explains the practical outcomes of the industry initiatives of oil spills in Australia. The outcomes are planning requirements, equipment location, mutual aid arrangements, training programs and the extended services of industry oil spill response organisations in Australia and overseas.

PROMOTING OIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS IN EGYPT: JOINT GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY EXERCISE

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-252
Author(s):  
Art J. Schroeder ◽  
Magdi Omar ◽  
Robert E. DeHart ◽  
Mohamed A. Fawzi ◽  
Ian Stirk
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Joint Venture ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
African Region ◽  
Egyptian Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
Petroleum Company

ABSTRACT In October 1996, Mobil, Amoco, and Amoco's Egyptian joint venture partner, Gupco (Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company), conducted a tier III oil spill exercise with key government authorities, including the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). This joint exercise represented a significant step forward in promoting global government and industry cooperation in preparedness and response to major oil spills. The exercise involved high-level decision makers from key Egyptian government agencies charged with responding to oil spills. Other participants were local, regional, and international tier II and III consultants and contractors, including responders from Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) in Southampton, England. During the exercise, onshore response equipment was deployed, and civil aviation, customs, and immigration issues related to air transport of equipment and mobilization of personnel to Egypt were tested. Technical resources from the Integrated Simulators Complex in Alexandria, Egypt, were used by the response team in developing strategies to deal with the oil spill scenario. Professional media personnel were used to test issues pertaining to government and public affairs. This exercise, which was observed by the Egyptian Red Sea governor and the U.S. ambassador, demonstrates that Egyptian authorities are working to become a “center of excellence” in oil spill preparedness for the Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean, and North African region.

scholarly journals Herring and the “Exxon Valdez” oil spill: an investigation into historical data conflicts

2007 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Thorne ◽  
Gary L. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Eumetopias Jubatus ◽  
Exxon Valdez ◽  
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽  
Clupea Pallasi ◽  
Sea Lions ◽  
Comprehensive Management

Abstract Thorne, R. E., and Thomas, G. L. 2008. Herring and the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill: an investigation into historical data conflicts. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 44–50. It was generally believed that the 1989 “Exxon Valdez” oil spill did not cause the collapse of the Prince William Sound Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) population because of a 4-year gap between the spill and the collapse. However, we noted in a previous paper that some data suggested an earlier timing for the herring decline. We examine historical patterns of herring spawn, anomalies in historical fisheries model predictions, changes in predation behaviour of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), and a decadal database of acoustic measurements of herring biomass. Behaviour of adult herring makes them especially vulnerable to damage from oil spills, something that was either unknown or misunderstood at the time of the spill. We therefore argue that the start of the herring decline was coincident with the oil spill, and that the decline took place over a 5-year period, rather than the single-year collapse previously reported. Although a comprehensive management approach is now in use for herring, the tools were not in place at the time of the oil spill or the subsequent collapse.

scholarly journals A Web-Based GIS Planning Framework For Urban Oil Spill Management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Y. Han
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Planning Framework ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Planning Processes

The thesis is comprised of five chapters. Chapter 1 presents an introduction and identifies the spill issues and strategy gaps at the municipal level. The objectives and scope of this study are indicated in this chapter. Chapter 2 is the literature review of oil spill research and the role of GIS and its distributed form, Web-based GIS. In this chapter, focus is directed at the review of land-based oil spills and their characteristics, spill prevention measures, control technology, and response and cleanup. It also elaborates on spill related law and enforcement within the Canadian legal system. The applications of GIS and Web-based GIS in spill-related fields are reviewed in this chapter. Chapter 3 focuses on the information needs for the establishment of an oil spill planning framework. How GIS and Web-based GIS could facilitate planning processes. Chapter 4 discusses Web-based GIS architecture as refined for municipal spill management. Chapter 5 presents the case study which examines the planning framework based on a Web-based GIS architecture, and Chapter 6 highlights the conclusions of the study, suggestions and recommendations for urban oil spill management based on the research findings--From the Introduction.

scholarly journals Recent Developments and Advancements in Graphene-Based Technologies for Oil Spill Cleanup and Oil–Water Separation Processes

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Salma Elhenawy ◽  
Majeda Khraisheh ◽  
Fares AlMomani ◽  
Mohammad K. Hassan ◽  
Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Oil Spill Cleanup

The vast demand for petroleum industry products led to the increased production of oily wastewaters and has led to many possible separation technologies. In addition to production-related oily wastewater, direct oil spills are associated with detrimental effects on the local ecosystems. Accordingly, this review paper aims to tackle the oil spill cleanup issue as well as water separation by providing a wide range of graphene-based technologies. These include graphene-based membranes; graphene sponges; graphene-decorated meshes; graphene hydrogels; graphene aerogels; graphene foam; and graphene-coated cotton. Sponges and aerogels modified by graphene and reduced graphene oxide demonstrated effective oil water separation owing to their superhydrophobic/superoleophilic properties. In addition, oil particles are intercepted while allowing water molecules to penetrate the graphene-oxide-coated metal meshes and membranes thanks to their superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic properties. Finally, we offer future perspectives on oil water separation that are hindering the advancements of such technologies and their large-scale applications.

Coastal Ecology and the Arctic Oil Industry: Some Elements for Future Oil-Spill Contingency Planning

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
E. Sendstäd
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Oil Contamination ◽  
Active Season ◽  
Functional Aspects ◽  
Offshore Oil Production

The ecological vulnerability of shorelines to oil contamination varies and their self-cleaning ability may be extensive. The ice may restrict the spread of oil. In the biologically active season, oil contamination in this environment will affect an important foodchain. Both the ice and shoreline environments have elements which positively and negatively influence the planning of countermeasures for oil-spills. Offshore oil production in the Arctic is expected to be dependent on enhanced oil recovery (“EOR”). Thus any future environmental impact analyses of the offshore petroleum industry should include this aspect. It is important to analyse the functional aspects of arctic ecology to single out the most vulnerable situations. An oil-spill clean-up plan should avoid vulnerable areas and seasons of the year, and use effective countermeasures in the less sensitive situations.

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