Enhancing Environmental Sensitivity and Vulnerability Assessments for Oil Spill Responses in the Caspian Sea

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(21), P. 9566 - 9566

Published: Nov. 2, 2024

Oil spills pose significant threats to marine and coastal ecosystems, necessitating advanced methodologies for environmental sensitivity vulnerability assessments. This study enhances existing frameworks better manage oil spill risks in the Caspian Sea, a region characterized by its ecological economic dependence on extraction. Utilizing Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI), we adapted global standards unique conditions of Sea built map coastline, which later became one components integral entire includes several biotic abiotic components. We also developed comprehensive geodatabase incorporating topographic, infrastructural, hydrodynamic data. Through sophisticated modeling scenarios using Spill model MIKE 21 software (Release 2016) suite, simulated varying magnitudes analyze their potential impacts environment. The results enabled creation maps, pinpointing areas at highest risk facilitating strategic response planning. Our demonstrates critical importance integrating geospatial analyses dynamic techniques improve preparedness strategies. findings this suggest that enhanced monitoring adaptive management strategies are essential protecting from posed industry.

Language: Английский

Severity Risk Analysis Matrix Ranking (SRAMR) for Oil-Spill Contingency Planning: Asemoku-Agip Pipeline in Perspective

Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(06), P. 190 - 206

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

One of the down sides crude oil exploration and exploitation in developing nations is its impacts on environment. A major manifestation poor management oil-spillages. Mitigation strategies have been too expensive, but a cheaper recent way managing crude-spills by severity risk analysis matrix ranking (SRAMR). The spatial data-sets deployed this study were acquired from USGS, Google Earth Pro, NOSDRA. buffer zone 100 - 400 meters was created to characterize LULC characteristics area. Also, help develop sensitivity characteristic. found that vegetal cover environmental resource at high area, while other land-uses low crude-spill. It hoped finding informs policy development planning for spill incidents.

Language: Английский