Oil Spill Risks and the State of Preparedness in the Regional Seas

Moller, T. H.; Molloy, F.C.; Thomas, Heidi

doi:10.7901/2169-3358-2003-1-919

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“…Yudhbir and Iakovou (28) present the development of an oil spill risk assessment model. Moller et al (29) review the current status of the government-industry partnerships for dealing with oil spills as the result of maritime transportation. Talley (30) discusses issues surrounding maritime safety and security in ports and coastal waterways.…”

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Risk Analysis of the Vessel Traffic in the Strait of Istanbul

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The Strait of Istanbul, the narrow waterway separating Europe from Asia, holds a strategic importance in maritime transportation as it links the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. It is considered as one of the world's most congested and difficult-to-navigate waterways. Over 55,000 transit vessels pass through the Strait annually, roughly 20% of which carry dangerous cargo. In this study, we have analyzed safety risks pertaining to transit vessel maritime traffic in the Strait of Istanbul and proposed ways to mitigate them. Safety risk analysis was performed by incorporating a probabilistic accident risk model into the simulation model. A mathematical risk model was developed based on probabilistic arguments regarding instigators, situations, accidents, consequences, and historical data, as well as subject-matter expert opinions. Scenario analysis was carried out to study the behavior of the accident risks, with respect to changes in the surrounding geographical, meteorological, and traffic conditions. Our numerical investigations suggested some significant policy indications. Local traffic density and pilotage turned out to be two main factors affecting the risks at the Strait of Istanbul. Results further indicate that scheduling changes to allow more vessels into the Strait will increase risks to extreme levels. Conversely, scheduling policy changes that are opted to reduce risks may cause major increases in average vessel waiting times. This in turn signifies that the current operations at the Strait of Istanbul have reached a critical level beyond which both risks and vessel delays are unacceptable.

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“…Efforts have been put in place over the past 25 years to enable cross-boundary response. The International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (1990) defines avenues for collaboration between national authorities and the oil and shipping industries to unify response efforts (Moller et al 2003). The global initiative, launched in 1996, provides an oil spill preparedness and response program through which governments and industry cooperate.…”

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Emerging conservation challenges and prospects in an era of offshore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation

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Brokovich

Mazor

et al. 2015

Conservation Biology

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Globally, extensive marine areas important for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem functioning are undergoing exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas resources. Such operations are expanding to previously inaccessible deep waters and other frontier regions, while conservation-related legislation and planning is often lacking. Conservation challenges arising from offshore hydrocarbon development are wide-ranging. These challenges include threats to ecosystems and marine species from oil spills, negative impacts on native biodiversity from invasive species colonizing drilling infrastructure, and increased political conflicts that can delay conservation actions. With mounting offshore operations, conservationists need to urgently consider some possible opportunities that could be leveraged for conservation. Leveraging options, as part of multi-billion dollar marine hydrocarbon operations, include the use of facilities and costly equipment of the deep and ultra-deep hydrocarbon industry for deep-sea conservation research and monitoring and establishing new conservation research, practice, and monitoring funds and environmental offsetting schemes. The conservation community, including conservation scientists, should become more involved in the earliest planning and exploration phases and remain involved throughout the operations so as to influence decision making and promote continuous monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystems. A prompt response by conservation professionals to offshore oil and gas developments can mitigate impacts of future decisions and actions of the industry and governments. New environmental decision support tools can be used to explicitly incorporate the impacts of hydrocarbon operations on biodiversity into marine spatial and conservation plans and thus allow for optimum trade-offs among multiple objectives, costs, and risks.

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Oil Spill Risks and the State of Preparedness in the Regional Seas

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Risk Analysis of the Vessel Traffic in the Strait of Istanbul

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