METHOD TO ESTIMATE THE POLLUTION RISK AND COST OF OCS OIL TRANSPORTATION

Since the Arab oil embargo, considerable attention has been focused on the U. S.'s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sales. The Dept. of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the several affected states have spent a great deal of time and effort on assessing the environmental impact associated with developing the oil and gas lease areas. An area that has not been treated extensively in an analytical fashion is the transportation component of the over-all system. This paper presents the method used during a study of four hypothetical production sites in the Gulf of Alaska. In addition, the results of one site analysis are presented relatve to the environmental and economic trade-offs that must be considered by those involved with OCS planning and development.

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  Society of Petroleum Engineers

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• Authors:
  • DONOVAN, L J
  • Owen III, J J
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • Journal of Petroleum Technology
  • Volume: 29
  • Publisher: Society of Petroleum Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic analysis; Economics; Impacts; Oil spills; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; Petroleum pipelines; Tankers; Water pollution
• Uncontrolled Terms: Petroleum trade
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill impact
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165417
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM