Guidance
Oil spill modelling at a glance - August 2018
Oil spill modelling at a glance - August 2018
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- A626200
- Emergency ResponseEnvironmentHydrocarbon Release
- Environmental protectionHydrocarbon releaseRisk management
- Emergency responseRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This factsheet contrasts stochastic modelling, which combines hypothetical spills to indicate potentially affected areas, with deterministic modelling of individual spill scenarios. It explains their complementary roles in offshore petroleum spill risk assessment, preparedness and response planning, and cautions against treating stochastic maps as representations of a single spill.
Classifications: Environmental protection; environmental safety; pollution prevention.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The factsheet compares stochastic and deterministic oil-spill modelling for environmental risk assessment and response planning.
A626200. Themes: emergency response, environment, hydrocarbon release.