EMDROPS: An Integrated Tool for Risk Analysis and Response Planning

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (1) ◽  
pp. 909-912
Author(s):  
Helge Mohn Skåtun ◽  
Jesse Uzzell ◽  
Gjermund Gravir
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Contingency Planning ◽  
Response Analysis ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Environmental Risk Analysis

ABSTRACT It has been pointed out that one of the pitfalls associated with using a combination of computerised oil spill planning tools is the general lack of integration between the different sub-tasks. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has been developing and using the EMDROPS tool for Environmental Risk Analysis, Response Analysis, and Contingency Planning. EMDROPS employs the MIRA method for Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA), adopted by OLF, the Norwegian Oil Industry Association, thus the results from the ERA can be put directly into the Response Analysis/Response Planning, using the same oil spill and environmental data as used for the ERA. EMDROPS is integrated into a standard GIS (ArcView) which allows the different modules (Oil Spill Modelling, Vulnerable Resources, Environmental Risk Assessment, and Response Planning) to be used in a seamless manner. Some of the data available to the user is the Norwegian Marine Resources Database (MRDB) and an oil spill equipment database which is used by the Environmental Risk Analysis and response effectiveness analysis.

Petroleum Industry Environmental Performance and Risk

2014 ◽  
pp. 358-387
Author(s):  
Lidia Hrncevic
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk Assessment ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Pollution Sources ◽  
Waste Generation

The petroleum industry holds long- and short-term environmental risks. Besides production fluids, all petroleum industry activities involve either use of fluids, which contain abundant substances, or waste generation, both associated with potential risk to the environment. The principal environmental risk associated with the petroleum industry is the risk of fluid spill/emission to the environment. Although in recent decades the risk analysis methodologies have matured, to date there is still no universally accepted methodology for environmental risk assessment in petroleum industry. In this chapter, the petroleum industry’s environmental incident history and statistics are presented. The environmental impact of the petroleum industry’s activities, its extent, and trends are analyzed. The overview of pollution sources with associated environmental risk is given along with the analysis of the causes and consequences of incidents in the petroleum industry.

Petroleum Industry Environmental Performance and Risk

2015 ◽  
pp. 32-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Hrncevic
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Potential Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk Assessment ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Pollution Sources ◽  
Waste Generation

The petroleum industry holds long- and short-term environmental risks. Besides production fluids, all petroleum industry activities involve either use of fluids, which contain abundant substances, or waste generation, both associated with potential risk to the environment. The principal environmental risk associated with the petroleum industry is the risk of fluid spill/emission to the environment. Although in recent decades the risk analysis methodologies have matured, to date there is still no universally accepted methodology for environmental risk assessment in petroleum industry. In this chapter, the petroleum industry's environmental incident history and statistics are presented. The environmental impact of the petroleum industry's activities, its extent, and trends are analyzed. The overview of pollution sources with associated environmental risk is given along with the analysis of the causes and consequences of incidents in the petroleum industry.

Environmental risk analysis of accident on main and technological oil pipelines

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
I. N. Kvasov ◽  
E. V. Shendaleva ◽  
O. V. Shtengauer ◽  
M. A. Aleksandrov
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Environmental Risk Analysis

Article is devoted to questions of environmental risk analysis of accident on main and technological oil pipelines. The relevance of a subject consists in standard introduction of requirements about risk assessment to many fields of activity, related to danger or result indeterminacy. Thus, risk assessment requirements are stated in all international standards on the management systems, starting with ISO 9001. The aim of the article is consideration of a contingency situation on the oil pipeline in respect of its long-term environmental impacts. A research problem is development of conceptual model of man-caused accident impact on the ecological environment. During the solution of an objective research techniques were chosen, and situational models of risk estimation are developed. Based on the predesigned results, it is possible to draw a conclusion on the high level of environmental risk which isn't considered in the ecological management systems of the oil companies.

Environmental Risk Assessment for Offshore E&P Activities in Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 599 ◽  
pp. 182-187
Author(s):  
Patricia Maggi ◽  
Claudia Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Environmental Risk Assessment ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Oil Companies ◽  
Environmental Resource

Brazil has performed an important role in the oil and gas industry mainly because the offshore E&P activities in Campos Basin, characterized by deep waters far away from the coast and its sensitive areas. However other basins have increased their importance in the E&P industry where some operations are located very close to the shore in shallow waters with a remarkable environmental sensitivity. Because of this, a new approach has been adopted by Brazilian Federal Environmental Agency (IBAMA) - firstly regarding oil spill preparedness and lately concerning environmental risk assessment. Risk analysis used to be developed as a preliminary hazard analysis (PHA) part of the environmental impact statement that operators (oil companies) have to perform in order to obtain a permit to operate. The main feature of this PHA was the qualitative and subjective risk assessment taking into account only the oil spill amount, in spite of the area sensitivity. Once the operations in those high sensitivity areas have potentially increased, IBAMA has developed a particular Term of Reference regarding the oil spill risk calculation for valued environmental resources such as marine mammals, sea turtles, fishes, etc as well as ecosystems (for example, coral reefs and mangroves). According to the new approach the environmental risk assessment regards to the recovery time of any valued environmental resource that could be affected by oil spill in comparison with the leakage occurrence time. The oil spill risk related to a valued environmental resource is calculated by the product of the release frequency and the environmental consequences based on exposure probability. This paper discusses this new approach adopted in Brazil, involving a quantitative method for the environmental risk assessment of Brazilian Offshore E&P.

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