Chapter 2
Quantification of Oil Spill Risk
D.S. Etkin1, D. French McCay2, M. Horn2, H. Landquist3, I.-M. Hassellöv3, and A.J. Wolford4 1Environmental Research Consulting, Cortlandt Manor, NY, United States 2RPS ASA (Applied Science Associates), South Kingstown, RI, United States 3Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden 4Risknology, Inc., TX, United States
Abstract
The identification and evaluation of oil spill risk is important for contingency planning, as well as for the decision-making processes inherent in spill risk management. It needs to encompass both the probability of oil spills occurring under a number of types of circumstances, along with the potential consequences or impacts of the oil spillage. The quantification ...
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