A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO OIL SPILL STATISTICS

The purpose of the analysis described in this report is to utilize past spill experience to generate estimates of the likelihood of spillage by number and size of individual spill for a range of hypothetical offshore petroleum developments on the Atlantic and Gulf of Alaska continental shelf.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the New England Section Meeting of SNAME.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Devanney, J W
  • Stewart, R J
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 85 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore drilling platforms; Offshore oil industry; Oil spills; Statistics; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053904
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM