An Operational Marine Oil Spill Forecasting Tool for the Management of Emergencies in the Italian Seas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Oil Fields in the Italian Seas
3. The Numerical System
3.1. The Oil Slick Model
3.2. The Hydrodynamic Models
3.2.1. The Sicily Channel
3.2.2. The Adriatic Sea
4. Results
4.1. Numerical System Validation
4.2. The Products
4.2.1. The Daily Bulletin
4.2.2. Hazard Assessment
5. Summary and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Area | Oil Field | Platforms | Storing Facility | Wells | Distance from Land (Km) | Depth (m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sicily Channel | Prezioso | 1 | Pipeline | 9 | 12 | 45 |
Perla | 1 | Pipeline | 4 | 13 | 70 | |
Gela 1 | 1 | Pipeline | 11 | 2 | 10 | |
Vega A | 1 | FSO | 20 | 20 | 124 | |
Central Adriatic | Sarago | 2 | Pipeline | 1 + 5 | 3–4 | 12 |
Rospo | 3 | FSO | 9 + 10 + 12 | 19–21 | 80 | |
Southern Adriatic | Aquila | 2 | FPSO | 1 + 1 | 40–45 | 820 |
TEST 1 | ||||
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1 h | 6 h | 12 h | AV3 | |
LCA00128 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
LCA00112 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
TEST 2 | ||||
LCA00128 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
LCA00112 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
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Ribotti, A.; Antognarelli, F.; Cucco, A.; Falcieri, M.F.; Fazioli, L.; Ferrarin, C.; Olita, A.; Oliva, G.; Pes, A.; Quattrocchi, G.; et al. An Operational Marine Oil Spill Forecasting Tool for the Management of Emergencies in the Italian Seas. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse7010001
Ribotti A, Antognarelli F, Cucco A, Falcieri MF, Fazioli L, Ferrarin C, Olita A, Oliva G, Pes A, Quattrocchi G, et al. An Operational Marine Oil Spill Forecasting Tool for the Management of Emergencies in the Italian Seas. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2019; 7(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse7010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleRibotti, Alberto, Fabio Antognarelli, Andrea Cucco, Marcello Francesco Falcieri, Leopoldo Fazioli, Christian Ferrarin, Antonio Olita, Gennaro Oliva, Andrea Pes, Giovanni Quattrocchi, and et al. 2019. "An Operational Marine Oil Spill Forecasting Tool for the Management of Emergencies in the Italian Seas" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 7, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse7010001