Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 110, Issue 1, Pages 6-27Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.020
Keywords
Cold and harsh environments; Contingency planning; Offshore oil spills; Oil spill response and cleanup; Modeling and decision making
Funding
- Harris Centre [20120509]
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [2014-05345]
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) [14072]
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [CPR/07/210]
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Offshore oil spills are of tremendous concern due to their potential impact on economic and ecological systems. A number of major oil spills triggered worldwide consciousness of oil spill preparedness and response. Challenges remain in diverse aspects such as oil spill monitoring, analysis, assessment, contingency planning, response, cleanup, and decision support. This article provides a comprehensive review of the current situations and impacts of offshore oil spills, as well as the policies and technologies in offshore oil spill response and countermeasures. Correspondingly, new strategies and a decision support framework are recommended for improving the capacities and effectiveness of oil spill response and countermeasures. In addition, the emerging challenges in cold and harsh environments are reviewed with recommendations due to increasing risk of oil spills in the northern regions from the expansion of the Arctic Passage. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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