TECHNOLOGY AND INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE FOR OIL SPILL PLANNING AND RESPONSE

1997 ◽  
Vol 1997 (1) ◽  
pp. 973-975
Author(s):  
Carl G. Kitz ◽  
Michael J. Szerlog ◽  
Sean M. Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Critical Information ◽  
Response Information ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
User Friendly

ABSTRACT EPA Region X has combined the immense storage capacity of CD-ROMs with interactive software to develop a user-friendly tool to provide quick and easy access to digital information for use by oil spill response teams. These CD-ROMs, created specifically for spill planning and response, provide responders with hypertext links and powerful search capabilities allowing uncomplicated access to response information, regulations, nationally recognized standards, and area maps. This format enhances response time by reducing the time needed to access critical information and the volume of materials carried to the site by responders.

Technology: Are We Using It To Its Best Advantage?

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 837-838
Author(s):  
Carl G. Kitz
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Response Information ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
User Friendly

ABSTRACT U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region X has combined the immense storage capacity of CD-ROMs with interactive software to develop a user-friendly tool to provide quick and easy access to digital information for use by oil spill response teams. These CD-ROMs, created specifically for spill planning and response, provide responders with hypertext links and powerful search capabilities allowing uncomplicated access to response information, regulations, nationally recognized standards, and area maps. This format enhances response time by reducing the time needed to access critical information and the volume of materials carried to the site by responders. The CD disk produced contains the Region X Area contingency plan, and select reference materials such as the NCP, OPA 90, and digitized maps and color photographs.

Brazil oil spill response: Time for coordination

Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 367 (6474) ◽  
pp. 155.2-155
Author(s):  
M. O. Soares ◽  
C. E. P. Teixeira ◽  
L. E. A. Bezerra ◽  
S. Rossi ◽  
T. Tavares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Response Time ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spill Response

CISPRI TECHNICAL MANUAL—A DIFFERENT APPROACH

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 929-931
Author(s):  
Victoria Askin
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Cook Inlet ◽  
Technical Manual ◽  
Member Company ◽  
Inlet Region ◽  
Response Information ◽  
Contingency Plans ◽  
Common Response ◽  
Oil Spill Response

ABSTRACT Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response, Inc. (CISPRI) is an oil industry sponsored oil spill response cooperative with headquarters in Nikiski, Alaska. CISPRI presently provides a variety of spill response services in support of member company petroleum operations in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska. Currently, each of CISPRI's 12 member companies has one or more contingency plans (one company has seven). By utilizing a single agency-approved CISPRI Technical Manual, each member is allowed to include in their C-Plan, by reference, all common response information that is included in the CISPRI Technical Manual.

New Tools Simplify Oil Spill Response Mapping in Oregon and Highlight the Need for National Standards

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
pp. abs123
Author(s):  
Don J. Pettit ◽  
Steven M. Jett ◽  
Jeff Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Response Information ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Resource Data ◽  
National Significance

ABSTRACT: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) was an early leader in developing some of the first Oil Spill Response Plans in the Pacific Northwest, dating back to the mid-1970s. Early work culminated in the development of Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) for the Oregon Coast and major estuary systems. However, since their development in the mid-1990s, the GRPs have not been significantly updated due to a lack of resources to overcome technological hurdles and shortages of field and office personnel. Additionally, the collection of natural resource data used for plan development has lagged in Oregon. Improvements in GIS technology have made it possible for Oregon to create a state-wide platform for emergency response information (the Oregon Incident Response Information System or OR-IRIS), which can also serve as an information base for the development and revision of GRPs. With the ESRI file geodatabase as the repository for useful legacy data and newly collected geographic information, the process to create and maintain GRPs has been substantially simplified, and the required resources have been reduced. However, with these changes in the ability to store large amounts of data comes the need to organize and streamline output. The Deepwater Horizon Spill presented a unique challenge to quickly gather, process and utilize vast amounts of geographic data to satisfy response planning needs within the Gulf of Mexico response, and highlighted the need for coordinated and organized GIS services to responders. The time is now to develop regional or national GRP production templates utilizing a common spatial database structure and common map symbology, thus assuring that incident mapping needs are able to be met when a large spill such as a Spill of National Significance, or a spill which crosses state boundaries, draws multi-agency, multi-state or regional personnel to a response.

DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION OF THE OPERATIONAL OIL SPILL FORECAST SYSTEM TESEO

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (1) ◽  
pp. 1023-1029
Author(s):  
ANA J. Abasca ◽  
Sonia Castanedo ◽  
A. David Gutierrez ◽  
Raul Medina ◽  
Inigo J. Losada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Forecast System ◽  
System A ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Complete Set ◽  
Oceanographic Data ◽  
User Friendly

ABSTRACT In the framework of the ESEOO Project (Spanish Operational Oceanography System) a complete set of models has been developed to simulate oil spills transport and fate processes. These models have been integrated in a user friendly operational system called TESEO. The main objective of the TESEO system is to integrate the meteorological and oceanographic data as well as the oil properties data required by the oil spill model to provide the evolution of contaminating spills at a regional scale. The system is linked with the operational winds and currents forecast system and, consequently, is able to provide useful information to decision-makers in a crisis situation. The performance of TESEO system has been successfully tested during four operational oil spills exercises organized by the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency (SASEMAR) with the collaboration of the ESEOO Group. In these exercises, the TESEO system was used to provide forecast spill trajectories and fate processes to decision-makers in real time. Detailed information regarding the operational requirements of the system and its utilization during the Finisterre-2006 exercise is presented in this paper. The Finisterre-2006 exercise, as well as the other operational exercises performed, shows the TESEO system'S capability as a useful tool in an oil spill response.

The Australian Oil Spill Response Atlas Project

2003 ◽  
Vol 2003 (1) ◽  
pp. 851-859
Author(s):  
Trevor Gilbert ◽  
Tracey Baxter ◽  
Alex Spence
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
System Development ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Oil Spill Response ◽  
Environmentally Sensitive ◽  
Gis System ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Automation Tools ◽  
Environmental Agencies

ABSTRACT Australia is among the top five shipping nations of the world based upon cargo and kilometres travelled. Australia also has vast, remote and environmentally sensitive coastlines ranging from tropical to subantarctic. Unfortunately shipping accidents and illegal discharges of oil and chemical pollutants into our marine environment do occur. To support spill response management in Australia, over the past four years the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has coordinated the development of a uniform and integrated national Oil Spill Response Atlas (OSRA) based upon an ArcView® geographic information system (GIS). The main aims of the OSRA project were to:Develop a mutually agreed national GIS specification for the development of the digital atlas to assure consistency and compatibility Australia wide;Fast track the collation, capture and conversion of all relevant geographical and textual data into a standard digital GIS format for the majority of Australia's marine and coastal environments (particularly for highly sensitive environments such as, world heritage areas, and marine parks and reserves); andCreate a user-friendly series of GIS system tools specially designed for the particular needs of spill response managers, operational staff and environmental agencies. This paper highlights some of the advantages of GIS based systems for spill response management, the OSRA system development and features, as well as the GIS automation tools that assist spill response managers and operational personnel.

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