Risk assessment maps of oil spill for major desalination plants in the United Arab Emirates

Elshorbagy, Walid; Elhakeem, A. A.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2007.10.009

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“…3 for summer simulation conditions. The modelpredicted average surface flow pattern agrees well with the known general flow pattern features of the Arabian Gulf reported in previous studies (Reynolds 1993;Elshorbagy et al 2006;). In the southern part, the counter clockwise gyre up to Qatar peninsula is noticed.…”

Section: Hydrodynamic Results and Tuningsupporting

confidence: 88%

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Oil Spill Simulation and Validation in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf with Special Reference to the UAE Coast

Elhakeem

Elshorbagy

Chebbi

2007

Water Air Soil Pollut

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The use of numerical modeling in oil spill incidents is a well established technique that has proven to provide cost-effective and reasonable estimates of oil surface drift. Good predictability of such models depends highly on the quality of the input data of the incident and on the model calibration effort. This paper presents the results of simulating oil spillage trajectory in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf. The study employed a 3-D rectilinear hydrodynamic model combined with oil spill model. Typical representative environmental conditions of the Arabian Gulf were first setup into a hydrodynamic circulation model using data from various sources. The performance of the hydrodynamic model was then tested against measurements of tidal fluctuation and sea currents at selected locations. The spill analysis model was setup using the flow field produced from the hydrodynamic simulation and its performance was further validated against documented events of Al-Ahmadi historical oil spill crisis in the Gulf. The comparison of the actual and simulated oil spill drift was found reasonably acceptable allowing for further application in risk assessment studies in UAE Coastal water and in the entire Arabian Gulf as well.

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Section: Hydrodynamic Results and Tuningsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…It has been successfully used in developing risk assessment maps for oil spill incidents targeting major desalination plants located along the coastline of United Arab Emirates (Elshorbagy and Elhakeem 2007).…”

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Oil Spill Simulation and Validation in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf with Special Reference to the UAE Coast

Elhakeem

Elshorbagy

Chebbi

2007

Water Air Soil Pollut

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“…Other type of environmental study was also performed to evaluate and mitigate the potential damage of an eventual oil spill accidents. Elshorbagy and Elhakeem (2007) have produced a set of 10 hazard contour maps for the prediction of oil spill travel time and critical wind direction in association with five selected mega-desalination plants along the UAE coast: AlShuwayhat, Al-Marfa, Umm AlNar, Taweelah, Jebel Ali and Al-Layah. The author produced hazard maps using a threedimensional coupled set-up of a hydrodynamic model (Mike3-HD) and oil spill model (Mike3-SA) [4].…”

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Using medium and high resolution satellite images in monitoring water quality surrounding the discharges of desalination plants in the UAE

Muhairi

Ghedira²,

Al-Ahmad

et al. 2010

2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium

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Today, various processes of seawater desalination are used to satisfy the increasing demand of fresh water. Desalination plants treat the seawater pumped from their intakes and discharge the generated waste back to the sea through their outfalls. The discharged waste, also called brine, has a high salinity level, high temperature and high concentration of other suspended matters which may cause negative environmental effects on the water quality surrounding the discharge point. In this paper, medium and high resolution satellite data collected by MODIS and DubaiSat-1 (DS-1), respectively, were used to derive average digital value and its spatial variability surrounding Jebel Ali plant. Satellitederived sea surface temperature (SST) was derived and compared to field measured temperature collected between January and December 2008. In order to have a better understanding of the spectral and spatial characteristics of satellite data, the mean squared error (MSE) and peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) were also calculated for different locations in the study area with determined window's size. Structural Similarity (SSIM) factor was used to compare two locations, one with pollution and the other without pollution.Index Terms-environmental impact, remote sensing, desalination plants, MODIS, water quality.

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“…Therefore, risk assessment can be considered as one of the most critical protection tools used in oil and gas construction. In oil and gas construction projects, any failure in the risk assessment could lead to major catastrophes [15,16,17]. All these potential disasters have huge negative impacts at different level.…”

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Evaluation of Safety Engineering System in Oil and Gas Construction Projects in Uae

Kashwani¹

2017

geomate

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:Risk assessment is one of the most critical tools used in the safety engineering system in oil and gas construction projects due to it providing the required protection for the construction activities such as pilling, materials fabrication, and structure installation. The main purpose of risk assessment tool is to provide full protection to the four main elements that are crucial to the oil industry: People, Environment, Assets and Reputation (PEAR). The failure or defect in the risk assessment implementation in the construction stage can potentially lead to catastrophes in the advanced stages such as operation and productions. In oil and gas construction projects many historical oil spill and blow outs occurred due to a lack of efficient risk assessment in the construction phase, resulting in financial and human life losses. There are various factors that contribute to the implementation problem in the construction phase, thus, different aspects should be analyzed in the risk assessment structures to determine how the system is very closely linked. Through data analysis, it is evident that the weakness in the implementation can be related to inadequate policy and framework of the risk assessment. Organizational culture affecting employee safety behavior is another contributing reason for faulty implementation. Many scholars try to analyze the implementation problem in the oil and gas sector, along with other heavy industries, through risk regulations, risk planning and human error. This research exposes the defects and challenges in the risk assessment tool in oil and gas construction projects in UAE through a questionnaire survey. The research shows a gap in the understanding and practice of the risk assessment tool between management and operation, especially in the behavioral effects.

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Risk assessment maps of oil spill for major desalination plants in the United Arab Emirates

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Oil Spill Simulation and Validation in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf with Special Reference to the UAE Coast

Oil Spill Simulation and Validation in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf with Special Reference to the UAE Coast

Using medium and high resolution satellite images in monitoring water quality surrounding the discharges of desalination plants in the UAE

Evaluation of Safety Engineering System in Oil and Gas Construction Projects in Uae

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