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Oil Platform Risk Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico

Oil Platform Risk Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico. UNC-Chapel Hill GEOG 491 November 29, 2010. Overview. Objective: Perform a risk assessment analysis for active oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that incorporates environmental, economic, and human factors.

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Oil Platform Risk Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico

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  1. Oil Platform Risk Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico UNC-Chapel Hill GEOG 491 November 29, 2010

  2. Overview • Objective: Perform a risk assessment analysis for active oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico that incorporates environmental, economic, and human factors. • Environmental factors: Hurricanes, Sea Floor Sediment Type, Species • Economic factors: State Oil Dependency, Industry Impact, Platform Value • Human factors: Safety, Maintenance, Technology

  3. Analysis Schematic Diagram Environmental Risk Environmental Impact Oil Platform Disaster Economic Risks Economic Impact Human Impact Human Risk http://www.prisonplanet.com/images/june2010/090610top.jpg

  4. Case Study: Deepwater Horizon (BP) • Maps of Oil Spill • Environmental/Economic Data • Major causes (human error, env., etc.) • Major impacts (economic, environmental, etc) • Motivation for our study (assessing potential for similar disasters on active platforms)

  5. Environmental Risk Factors Sediment Type Hurricanes Dolphins Pink Shrimp Red Drum Stone Crab

  6. Hurricanes *Select by Attributes

  7. *Line Density

  8. S P E C I E S

  9. Sediment Type *Reclassify *Features to Raster

  10. *Raster Calculator

  11. *Composite = 0.5*[hurricane_risk] + 0.4*[sediment_risk] + 0.1*[species_risk]

  12. Economic Risk Factors

  13. Who are the big players?

  14. Other Possible Studies

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