Oil Spill Occurrence, Simulation, and Behavior

Bringing together a wide range of topics, this work offers practical insight into oil spill occurence, behavior, and simluation for professionals and academics in environmental organizations and government, shipping and marine industry, and offshore production.

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Characteristics and Properties of Crude Oil and Its Products. 3. Sources and Causes of Oil Spills. 4. Major Oil Spills: Occurrence and Their Impacts. 5. Environmental, Economic and Political Impacts: Case of BP Oil Spill. 6. Oil Spill Response and Cleanup Methods - Case of BP Oil Spill. 7. A Simple Model to Predict Rate of Oil Spill Disappearance. 8. Advanced Modeling and Simulation Techniques. 9. Economic and Financial Impacts of Oil Spills.