EMDROPS: AN INTEGRATED TOOL FOR RISK ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE PLANNING

摘要

It has been pointed out that one of the pitfalls associated with using a combination of computerised oil spill planning tools is the general lack of integration between the different sub-tasks. Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has been developing and using the emdrops tool for Environmental Risk Analysis, Response Analysis, and Contingency Planning. EMDROPS employs the MIRA method for Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA), adopted by OLF, the Norwegian Oil Industry Association. Thus the results from the ERA can be put directly into the Response Analysis /Response Planning , using the same oil spill and environmental data as used for the ERA. EMDROPS is integrated into a standard GIS (ArcView) which allows the different modules (Oil Spill Modelling, Vulnerable Resources, Environmental Risk Assessment, and Response Planning) to be used in a seamless manner. Some of the data available to the user is the Norwegian Marine Resources Database (MRDB) and an oil spill equipment database which is used by the Environmental Risk Analysis and response effectiveness analysis.