A modeling approach toward oil spill management along the Eastern Mediterranean

El‐Fadel, Mutasem; Abdallah, Rawa; Rachid, G.

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.07.035

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“…Here the risk analysis involved two aspects: oil spill potential specificities and vulnerability of environmental resources. An attempt of modeling has been suggested to estimate the spill potential specificities (Vethamony et al, 2007;Lamine and Xiong, 2013;El-Fadel et al, 2012). Among them, an initial development for the oil spill risk analysis model was in 1975 by the DOI (the Department of the Interior) of the federal government of the United State of America (USA) to assess possible oil spill impact from offshore oil operations (Smith et al, 1982).…”

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Assessing oil spill risk in the Chinese Bohai Sea: A case study for both ship and platform related oil spills

Liu

Meng

Xing

et al. 2015

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Article history: Available online xxx a b s t r a c t Many oil spill accidents have occurred in the Chinese Bohai Sea recently because of extensive offshore oil exploitation and maritime transportation. In this study we made an attempt towards the development of a probabilistic model assessing the oil spill risks for the Bohai Sea. We utilized satellite images together with historic accident data from 1973 to 2002 and information from literature to establish probability of oil spills, which was then adjusted for the consequence of spill impacts. The assessment represented a distribution of oil spill risk in the study area. Totally, seven high risk zones have been identified, providing useful information on the optimal locations for oil spill recovery and cleanup equipment to improve spill-response readiness in the region. We anticipated that the results would contribute to the mitigation of the harmful effects of future oil spills in the Bohai Sea, if the presented model was used with care.

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Assessing oil spill risk in the Chinese Bohai Sea: A case study for both ship and platform related oil spills

Liu

Meng

Xing

et al. 2015

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Nowadays, the techniques used up for oil‐spill cleanup can be categorized as mechanical, chemical, or bioremediation methods . The mechanical method uses booms to reduce the spreading of the oil, while skimmers are used to recover the oil from the surface of the water . The use of chemical dispersants and surfactants are normal among the available chemical methods for oil‐spill cleanup.…”

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Oil‐spill cleanup: The influence of acetylated curaua fibers on the oil‐removal capability of magnetic composites

Elias

Costa

Marques

et al. 2014

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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A magnetic resin based on cardanol, furfural, and curaua fibers was prepared and characterized. The material could be used in oil‐spill cleanup processes, because of its aromatic/aliphatic balance. The resin was prepared through bulk polycondensation of cardanol and furfural in the presence of curaua fibers and maghemite nanoparticles. Hydrophobicity of the curaua fibers was improved by acetylation, increasing the oil‐absorbing capability of the composites. The obtained magnetic composites were studied by Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy, X‐ray diffraction, and thermogravimetric analysis. Degree of cure, magnetic force, and oil‐removal capability tests were also performed. The results show that the composites possess an elevated cure degree in addition to a considerable magnetic force. The materials exhibit a good oil removal capability in the presence of a magnetic field, which is improved by the use of acetylated curaua. In the best case, the composite filled with maghemite and curaua can remove 12 parts of oil from water. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015, 132, 41732.

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“…12 shows that the improved model version manages to capture entirely the extent of the oiled shoreline as drawn from the OSOCC (2006) Report. Results do not show the oil slick traveling past the Lebanese-Syrian border, as indicated by satellite images of the wider area in the period after the accident (Coppini et al, 2011;El-Fadel et al, 2012). The lack of detail on the nearshore wave climate (see discussion in the following) could be the explanation for this shortcoming, as -for example -longshore currents due to braking waves would significantly contribute to the slick transport.…”

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Towards improving the representation of beaching in oil spill models: A case study

Samaras

Dominicis

Archetti

et al. 2014

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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A modeling approach toward oil spill management along the Eastern Mediterranean

Cited by 28 publications

References 24 publications

Assessing oil spill risk in the Chinese Bohai Sea: A case study for both ship and platform related oil spills

Assessing oil spill risk in the Chinese Bohai Sea: A case study for both ship and platform related oil spills

Oil‐spill cleanup: The influence of acetylated curaua fibers on the oil‐removal capability of magnetic composites

Towards improving the representation of beaching in oil spill models: A case study

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