Rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas within the USA and the possibility of shale developments within Europe has created public concern about the risks of spills and leaks associated with the industry. Reports from the Texas Railroad Commission (1999 to 2015) and the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission (2009 to 2015) were used to examine spill rates from oil and gas well pads. Pollutio...

The release of oil into the oceans represents an environmental hazard to wildlife, namely fish, birds and marine mammals, and can adversely affect humans that depend on the sea. Therefore considerable resources have been spent in cleaning up spills due to accident or design. To reduce the environmental impact it is important that spills be detected early so that remediation can be started. In t...

Based on past spills, the conditions under which floating oil mixes with enough sand to form sunken mats (SOMs) are identified. SOMs mostly during spills of heavy crudes or fuel oils, but also highly weathered and viscous crude oils. They usually when both suspended in water column by breaking waves erosion heavily oiled from beach. The oil–sand mixture needs an area nearshore where it can accu...

Oil spill models are combined with bathymetric, meteorological, oceanographic, and geomorphological data to model a series of oil spill accidents in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. A total of 104 oil spill simulations, computed for 11 different locations in the Levantine Basin, show that oil slicks will reach the coast of Cyprus in four (4) to seven (7) days in summer conditions. Oil slick traje...

In this paper, infrared polarization detection information acquisition technology is proposed, and the characteristics of oil spills are modeled studied. A set long-wave equipment for designed built, modeling research on spill carried out to accurately detect identify types faster processing events. Oil accuracy increased by defining maintenance method optical system reducing measurement error ...