Oil Spill Clean-Up: An Economic and Regulatory Model

摘要

The broadest objective of the report is to develop a model which will provide policy makers with a strategic tool to analyze options for response to accidental oil pollution under varying sets of assumptions. With it, it will be possible to calculate optimal configurations of cleanup resources in terms of locations, types and quantities of cleanup equipment that should be strategically stockpiled in response to estimates of long term needs. Well before actual need, companies operating in a region in which the model is being used will be able to gain a new, improved perspective on their role and responsibilities in the regional clean-up system.