Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills Fighting the Next
It has often been said that generals prepare for the next war by re-fighting the last. The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was unlike any previous – an underwater well blowout 1,500 meters deep. Much has been learned in the wake of DWH and t
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ses to Future Deep Oil Spills Fighting the Next War
Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills
Steven A. Murawski • Cameron H. Ainsworth Sherryl Gilbert • David J. Hollander Claire B. Paris • Michael Schlüter Dana L. Wetzel Editors
Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills Fighting the Next War
Editors Steven A. Murawski College of Marine Science University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Cameron H. Ainsworth College of Marine Science University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Sherryl Gilbert College of Marine Science University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL, USA
David J. Hollander College of Marine Science University of South Florida St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Claire B. Paris Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science University of Miami Miami, FL, USA
Michael Schlüter Hamburg University of Technology Hamburg, Germany
Dana L. Wetzel Mote Marine Laboratory Sarasota, FL, USA
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Foreword and Dedication
Global production of liquid fossil hydrocarbons was 34 billion barrels in 2017,1 with production increasing an average 1.1% per year during the preceding decade (BP 2018). Maintaining and increasing production now involves expansion into “frontier” areas including nontraditional terrestrial and aquatic realms. Marine oil exploration and production has advanced steadily offshore since its inception in the Gulf of Mexico in the 1930s (Murawski et al. 2020). For the first time, in 2017, more crude oil was generated from ultra-deep (>1 mile deep) waters of the
