Modelling of the Oil Spill in M/V LADY TUNA Accident and the Evaluation of the Response Operation in Simulated Condition with PISCES II.

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 213 - 224, 08.08.2019

Deniz Aydın , Murat Selçuk Solmaz

https://doi.org/10.30897/ijegeo.579066

Cited By: 4

Abstract

Oil
pollution from ships is an important source of marine pollution and becomes an
important problem all over the world. For this reason, every effort should be
made to prevent oil spills and to remove them effectively as soon as pollution
has emerged. In this respect, various computer simulations are used to get well
informed about the fate of spilled oil on the seawater. In this study, the
grounding accident of ship M/V Lady Tuna causing 75 tons of fuel spills into
the sea on December 18, 2016, close to the coast of Çesme in Turkey, was
investigated.  The aim of the study is to
investigate the oil spill accident and evaluate the response operation of M/V
Lady Tuna. To achieve this aim, firstly the reports related to the accident were
examined and the response operation was evaluated by modelling of the M/V Lady
Tuna accident with PISCES II (Potential Incident Simulation, Control and
Evaluation System) simulator. Within this scope, two scenarios were prepared by
using PISCES II. The first scenario was
created without any response resources to observe the movement direction of the
oil slick after the accident. The second scenario was reconstructed with the
possible response resources after the oil spill. Through simulation, it was
possible to obtain the oil spill/pollution statistics; such as the recovered
oil rate, the amount of stranded oil to the coast, the amount of floating oil
rate, and other oil spill parameters. As a
result, it was evaluated that the oil pollution in the M/V Lady Tuna accident
could be responded more effectively and the pollution could be much less. It is
assessed that the study will contribute to organizations involved in oil spill
response operations.

Keywords

Oil Spill, Oil Spill Response Operation, M/V Lady Tuna, PISCES II

Supporting Institution

Piri Reis University, İstanbul, TR.

Thanks

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the Prof. Dr. Oral Erdoğan, Rector of Piri Reis University for their support by allowing me to use PISCES II simulator unlimited.

M/V LADY TUNA KAZASINDAKİ PETROL SIZINTISININ MODELLENMESİ VE MÜDAHALE OPERASYONUN PISCES II İLE SİMULE EDİLMİŞ DURUMDA DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ.

Abstract

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