Oil-Spill Risk Analysis: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Sales, Central Planning Area and Western Planning Area, 2003-2007, and Gulfwide OCS Program, 2003-2042.

摘要

The Federal Government plans to offer U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lands in the Central and Western Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) for oil and gas leasing. Because oil spills may occur from activities associated with offshore oil exploration, production, and transportation resulting from these lease sales, the Minerals Management Service (MMS) conducts a formal oil-spill risk analysis (OSRA) to support the environmental impact statement (EIS) completed prior to conducting the proposed leasing of these areas. This report summarizes results of that analysis, the objective of which was to estimate the risk of oil-spill contact to sensitive offshore and onshore environmental resources and socioeconomic features from oil spills accidentally occurring from the OCS activities.