ORCID
- Vlasenko, Vasyl: 0000-0002-1889-5493
Abstract
© 2017 As oil reserves in established basins become depleted, exploration and production moves towards relatively unexploited areas, such as deep waters off the continental shelf. The Faroe-Shetland Channel (FSC, NE Atlantic) and adjacent areas have been subject to increased focus by the oil industry. In addition to extreme depths, metocean conditions in this region characterise an environment with high waves and strong winds, strong currents, complex circulation patterns, sharp density gradients, and large small- and mesoscale variability. These conditions pose operational challenges to oil spill response and question the suitability of current oil spill modelling frameworks (oil spill models and their forcing data) to adequately simulate the behaviour of a potential oil spill in the area. This article reviews the state of knowledge relevant to deepwater oil spill modelling for the FSC area and identifies knowledge gaps and research priorities. Our analysis should be relevant to other areas of complex oceanography.
DOI
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.002
Publication Date
2018-02-01
Publication Title
Marine Pollution Bulletin
Volume
127
ISSN
0025-326X
Embargo Period
2018-12-21
Organisational Unit
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
First Page
484
Last Page
504
Recommended Citation
Gallego, A., O'Hara, M., Berx, B., Turrell, W., Beegle-Krause, C., Inall, M., Sherwin, T., Siddorn, J., Wakelin, S., Vlasenko, V., Hole, L., Dagestad, K., Rees, J., Short, L., Rønningen, P., Main, C., Legrand, S., Gutierrez, T., Witte, U., & Mulanaphy, N. (2018) 'Current status of deepwater oil spill modelling in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, Northeast Atlantic, and future challenges', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 127, pp. 484-504. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.002
