Susceptibility to oil spill spreading using case studies and simulated scenarios

Fossil fuels still prevail over other energy sources in the world’s consumption energy matrix. Thus, oil transportation and operations over maritime routes have been in high demand for a long time. Although oil spill accidents caused by these activities have reduced significantly over the last few d...

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Published in:Environmental pollution (1987) 2020-12, Vol.267, p.115451, Article 115451
Main Authors: Monteiro, Caroline Barbosa, Oleinik, Phelype Haron, Leal, Thalita Fagundes, Kirinus, Eduardo de Paula, Toldo Júnior, Elírio Ernestino, Marques, Wiliam Correa, Lopes, Bruna de Carvalho Faria Lima
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Language:English
Subjects:
Energy-Generating Resources
Environmentally sensitive areas
Fossil Fuels
Hydrodynamics
Oil spill modelling
Petroleum Pollution
Probability
Susceptibility
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Summary:Fossil fuels still prevail over other energy sources in the world’s consumption energy matrix. Thus, oil transportation and operations over maritime routes have been in high demand for a long time. Although oil spill accidents caused by these activities have reduced significantly over the last few decades, they still cause great concern. From this perspective, this paper presents simulation analyses of oil spill case studies using TELEMAC-3D hydrodynamic model coupled with an oil model. Hence a location susceptible to such accidents was selected and three real oil spills were simulated, for each of which there were official technical monitoring reports available. The obtained results contribute to the knowledge of oil pollution susceptibility in environmentally sensitive areas, as well as provide information concerning oil slick behaviour. Additionally, similarities between the modelled results and the technical reports were confirmed. These findings are useful for contingency planning and responding to these probable accidents. [Display omitted] •The modelling system’s ability to characterise the oil spill processes is attested.•The system’s capacity to estimate the oil pollution areas is also verified.•Susceptibility areas found to be dynamic variables driven by the geophysical fluids. Main finding: This study provided knowledge of oil spill spreading in environmentally sensitive areas.
ISSN:0269-7491
1873-6424
DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115451