Download or read book Development of Oil Spill Contingency Management System for the Straits of Malacca written by Y. T. Phua and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Requirements of an Integrated Oil Spill Contingency Management System written by Kum Sang Low and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper surveys the potential threat of a major oil spill in the East Asian waters and in particular the Malacca Straits. The existing oil spill contingency plan as adopted in Malaysia in briefly reviewed. The necessity to expand the capability of the integrated oil spill contingency management system is formulated. The functions of the three core modules for the prediction of oil spill trajectory, assessment of socioeconomic impacts and the planner for oil combating operation are discussed. The various requirements in the implementation od such an oil spill contingency management system are outlined. The availability of such an oil spill contingency management system can significantly mitigate the potential adverse impacts in the likely event of a major oil spill in the East Asian waters. [Authors' abstract].
Download or read book Prospect of the Use of Oil Spill Modelling in Geographic Information Systems in the Malacca Straits written by Muslim Muin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes the prospect of the use of the oil spill modelling in geographic information systems (GIS) in the Malacca Straits. The ability of the oil spill model to do real-time simulation in Malacca Straits is presentated. The oil spill model included advection, spreading, evaporation, emulsification, entrainment, oil-shoreline interaction, and subsurface transport. The paper also describes the successful application of the nonorthogonal boundary-fiffted hydrodynamics model in Indonesia. The model has proved to be an excellent tool to predict water currents in the vicinity of the complex islands in Riau Straits. Both models have an embedded GIS for environmental data management and serve as useful tools for decision support system (DSS) in oil spill contingency planning. [Authors' abstract].
Download or read book Environment and Development in the Straits of Malacca written by Goh Kim Chuan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique study is the first in depth examination of the environment and development of the Straits. Taking an integrative approach, the book argues that the region has an underlying unity which political divisions (between Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore) disguise. Its emphasis is on three major elements: first, a study of the historical geography of the region illustrates its role as a sea-corridor which connected the markets of India and China. Secondly, that contemporary patterns of economic development and trade have continued to increase the strategic importance of the region. Finally, the text highlights the major environmental problems, such as pollution, traffic and tourism, that now threaten the sea and coastline.
Download or read book Manual on Oil Pollution written by International Maritime Organization and published by IMO Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of Section II provides guidance to governments, particularly those of developing countries, on ways and means of establishing a response organization and preparing contingency plans. It takes into account the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation (OPRC), 1990, and other new developments in oil pollution emergency preparedness and response.
Download or read book Implementing an Effective Response Management System written by Ann Hayward Rooney Walker and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The challenge for oil response professionals is to develop a process during pre-spill planning that enables a responder to incorporate the positive aspects of both closed and open management systems. By building a system that has the potential for operational efficiency offered by closed systems and the adaptability of open systems, the capability to successfully manage the full range oil spill response operations can be developed. Developing and implementing an effective Response Management System is difficult due to technological, political, economic and socio-cultural differences between organizational agreements among members of the response community on how organizations will respond together, and then reinforcing and/or modifying those agreements at the outset of a response. This paper is intended to stimulate thoughtful discussion within the spill response community on how to better address these problems associated with managing response operations"--Abstract.
Download or read book Information Engineering of Emergency Treatment for Marine Oil Spill Accidents written by Lin Mu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil spills are a serious marine disaster. Oil spill accidents usually occur in shipping, ports and offshore oil development. Although most are emergent events, once an oil spill occurs, it will cause great harm to the marine ecological environment, and bring direct harm to the economic development along the affected coast as well as to human health and public safety. Information Engineering of Emergency Treatment for Marine Oil Spill Accidents analyzes the causes of these accidents, introduces China's emergency response system, discusses technologies such as remote sensing and monitoring of oil spill on the sea surface and oil fingerprint identification, studies model prediction of marine oil spill behavior and fate and emergency treatment technologies for oil spills on the sea surface, and emphatically introduces the emergency prediction and warning system for oil spills in the Bohai Sea as well as oil spill-sensitive resources and emergency resource management systems. Features: The status quo and causes of marine oil spill pollution, as well as hazards of oil spill on the sea. The emergency response system for marine oil spills. Model-based prediction methods of marine oil spills. A series of used and developing emergency treatments of oil spill on the sea. This book serves as a reference for scientific investigators who want to understand the key technologies for emergency response to marine oil spill accidents, including the current level and future development trend of China in this field.
Download or read book Asian Yearbook of International Law Volume 3 1993 written by Sik Ko Swan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Yearbook of International Law is the first publication dedicated primarily to international law as seen from an Asian perspective. It provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law written by experts from the region, and also other articles relating to Asian topics. Its aim is twofold: to promote the dissemination of knowledge of international law in Asia and to provide an insight into Asian views and practices, which will be especially useful to a non-Asian readership. As a rule, each volume of the Asian Yearbook contains Articles, Notes, State Practice, a Chronicle of Events and Incidents, United Nations Activities with Special Relevance to Asia, a Survey of Activities of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, a Bibliography and a Documents section.
Download or read book Oil Pollution from Tankers in the Straits of Malacca written by Daniel P. Finn and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asian Yearbook of International Law 1993 written by Ko Swan Sik and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1994-12-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Asian Yearbook of International Law" is the first publication dedicated primarily to international law as seen from an Asian perspective. It provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law written by experts from the region, and also other articles relating to Asian topics. Its aim is twofold: to promote the dissemination of knowledge of international law in Asia and to provide an insight into Asian views and practices, which will be especially useful to a non-Asian readership. As a rule, each volume of the "Asian Yearbook" contains Articles, Notes, State Practice, a Chronicle of Events and Incidents, United Nations Activities with Special Relevance to Asia, a Survey of Activities of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, a Bibliography and a Documents section.
Download or read book Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marine Pollution Contingency Planning written by Anastasia Telesetsky and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an ever-present threat of catastrophic marine pollution incidents, as illustrated by recent disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Even small-scale accidental pollution discharges can have long-term consequences for marine and coastal resources. The UN Convention on the Law of Sea obliges all States to cooperate to prevent accidents and to minimize environmental damage during emergencies by jointly developing and implementing marine pollution contingency plans. The Asia-Pacific is one of the world’s busiest shipping regions, some of its mega-ports experience high rates of vessel congestion, and there are increasing numbers of offshore installations. Marine pollution prevention planning is thus vital for the region. Marine Pollution Contingency Planning: State Practice in Asia-Pacific States outlines and examines marine pollution contingency planning in Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, and the United States.
Download or read book An Operational Oil Spill Trajectory Model OILSPILL for the Malacca Straits written by K. S. Low and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A computer model 'OILSPILl' has been developed to compute oil spill trajectory for the protection of the vast coastal resources of the Malacca Straits against oil spill pollution. The oil spill model has taken into consideration vaious crucial components that determine the trajectory, dissipation and dispersion of the oil spilled in the Straits. Well-established empirical relations regarding such oil fate and dispersion are used. The model also uses results of a 2d tidal model, as well as documented sea surface currents observed in the Straits. Wind induced drifts are either computed from observed wind speed or retrieved from stored synoptic wind data and superimposed with computed localized land or sea breeze from a 1D land-sea breeze model. The expected time, location and the quantity of oil slick to be landed, if any, are also computed. [Authors' abstract].
Download or read book Coastal Zone Management in the Strait of Malacca written by Peter R. Burbridge and published by Halifax, N.S. : School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University,$c1987.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Spill Detection and Contigency Planning Using Radar Imagery and Gis written by Hamid Assilzadeh and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipping casualties often resulted in serious accidental spills as experienced in the Straits of Malacca in the past decade. Operational remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) are important tools for oil spill research and development activities. The use of remote sensing and GIS has been making important contributions to enviromental monitoring, modeling and management. The combines use of remotely sensed images and GIS data has received considerable interest in recent years to protect human life, and reduce the enviromental consequences of both spills and cleanuo efforts. It is necessary to identify vulnerable coastal locations before a spill happens, and promptly perform removal actions when an oil spill occurs, so that the protection priorities can be established and clean-up strategies recognized. In this project an oil spill contigency plan has been created for the Straits of Malacca in three steps as follow: (a) SAR data such as RADARSAT has been used to detect and map oil spills pattern on the Malaysian coastal waters. Information on detection, exact position and size of the oil spill can be identified by remote sensing in SAR images and then plotted on maps in GIS and a priority of the combat efforts and means according to the identified coastal sensitive areas can be carried out; (b) enviromental sensitivity index (ESI) map; suggested to provide spill response teams with information about shoreline sensitivity and ranking based on vulnerability of the spill area. This map can show resources at risk in the event of an oil or hazardous spill; (c) Prediction of oil spill trajectory, using main seasonal surface currents and surface drift produced by the wind. Hypothetical spill trajectories have been simulated for each of the potential launch areas across the entrance of the Straits of Malacca. These simulations assumed more than hundred spills occuring in each seasons of the year from each launched area. A successful combating operation to a marine oil spill is dependent on a rapid response from the time oil spill is reported until it has been fully combated. In order to optimize the decision support capability of the survellance system for oil spill contigency planning, GIS database have been investigated with the detection tool. An automatic oil spill detection tool was established and information on the exact position and size of the oil spill is then visualized in GIS enviroment. The system offer opportunities for intergration of oil drift forecast models by prediction of wind and current influence on the oil spill for risk assessment using EASI program in PCI program.
Download or read book Emergency Response Management of Offshore Oil Spills written by Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGEMENT OF OFFSHORE Examines the Deepwater Horizon disaster and offers processes for safety and environmental protection Though renewable energy is a growing piece of the energy “pie,” fossil fuels still dominate our energy supplies and will continue to do so for decades. This makes offshore drilling, especially in places like the Gulf of Mexico and North Sea, extremely important for the future of the world’s energy supply. Unfortunately, the world has been witnessing, over and over again, accidents, deadly explosions, spills, and environmental disasters that could have been avoided with proper safety and environmental processes put in place. The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe is the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history and an ecological nightmare of epic proportions. Emergency Response Management of Offshore Oil Spills aids in the response of this and future disasters by providing this handy reference volume for engineers, managers, and other emergency responders. This timely publication outlines the toxic nature of crude oil, covering properties of crude oil, chemical composition, toxicity to humans and marine life, and investigates the impact of oil spills from historical case studies. The current arsenals available to address oil spills, such as dispersants, absorbing booms, skimming, and other methods, are also discussed. Technologies that are rapidly being developed to address the Gulf Oil Spill are considered, along with extensive information on chemical protective clothing, air monitoring, respiratory protection, management of waste, and much more. The book concludes with a chapter discussing responsible care and takes a critical look at the reasons why the Deepwater Horizon rig catastrophe happened and examines the follow-up that ensued after the incident. Emergency Response Management of Offshore Oil Spills provides: Examples of 26 major oil spills ranked from largest to smallest, describing each incident and the amount of oil spilled Recommendations and guidance on proper air monitoring methods Suggestions related to protective garments such as respirators Comparative product information on chemical dispersants, shoreline bleaching and cleaning chemicals Detailed toxicity data for humans and marine life Discussions in the areas of deficiencies in responding to spills and why the oil industry needs to be more responsive to developing technologies Hazardous materials protocols, including OSHA- and EPA- recommended safe work practices for dealing with hazardous materials
Download or read book Geographic Information Systems in Oceanography and Fisheries written by Vasilis D. Valavanis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-05-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last two decades there has been increasing recognition that problems in oceanography and fisheries sciences and related marine areas are nearly all manifest in the spatio-temporal domain. Geographical Information Systems (GIS), the natural framework for spatial data handling, are being recognized as powerful tools with useful applications
