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Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Program Direction: Oil-Spill Research Efforts: Oil-Spill Risk Analysis

The Minerals Management Service produces oil-spill risk analyses (OSRA) for proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sales and developmental activities.

These analyses estimate the potential oil-spill risks that may be associated with offshore activities that occur once leases are awarded. It is important to remember that these are projections based on probability only. There is no way of knowing in advance, which tracts will be leased, which leases will see activity, what types of hydrocarbons may be recovered if any, the size of an actual spill, or even the prevailing weather conditions, should an accident occur.

Our most recent OSRA reports are available below in Adobe pdf format.

Oil-Spill Risk Analysis:

bullet Beaufort Sea Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 170,  Revised MMS 97-0039 (NTIS PB98-116635), Authors: C.M. Anderson, W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, E.M. Lear, ed., U.S. DOI. PDF File (78 pages)
 
bulletBeaufort Sea Planning Area, Sales 186, 195, And 202, MMS 2002-058, W.R. Johnson, C.M. Anderson, C.F. Marshall, and E.M. Lear (ed.). 2002. U.S. DOI. 140 p. Available from HDQRS  while supply lasts, from NTIS PB 2002-109190, or on the web. PDF File (140 pages)
 
bullet New Image. Contingency Planning Statistics for Gulf of Mexico OCS Activities in the Walker Ridge Planning Area,
MMS 2007-029, April 2007, Authors: Walter R. Johnson, Zhen-Gang Ji, Charles F. Marshall, and Eileen M. Lear (Editor) US DOI. 2007PDF File (952 KB; 25 pages)
 
bulletCook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 149, Authors: W.R. Johnson, Charles Marshall, C.M. Anderson, and E.M. Lear, ed. 1994, U.S. DOI:
 
 •  Vol. 1, The Analysis, MMS 94-0042 (NTIS PB95-137592)
 (119 pages)
 •  Vol. 2, Conditional Risk Contour Maps of Seasonal
 Conditional Probabilities, MMS 94-0043
 (NTIS PB95-137600) (345 pages)
 
bulletCook Inlet Planning Area, OCS Lease Sales 191 And 199, MMS 2002-074, W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, C.F. and E.M. Lear (ed.). 2002. U.S. DOI. 76 p. Available from HDQRS or on the web. PDF File (76 pages)
 
bulletDestin Dome Development and Production Plan, MMS 98-0037 (NTIS PB98-159700), Authors: J.M. Price, C.F. Marshall, and E.M. Lear, ed. 1998. U.S. DOI. PDF File (302 pages)
 
bulletGulf of Alaska/Yakutat Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 158, MMS 95-0006 (NTIS PB95-193256), Authors: C.M. Anderson, W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, and E.M. Lear, ed. 1995. U.S. DOI. (56 pages)
 
bulletGulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Central and Western Lease Sales, 1998-2002, and Gulfwide OCS Program, 1998-2036, MMS 97-0040 (NTIS PB98-116643), Authors: J.M. Price, C.F. Marshall, and E.M. Lear, ed. 1997. U.S. DOI. PDF File (410 pages)
 
bulletGulf Of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Sales, Central Planning Area And Western Planning Area, 2003-2007, And Gulfwide OCS Program, 2003-2042, MMS 2002-032 and Update Notice (July 2003), Zhen-Gang Ji, W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, G.B. Rainey, and E.M. Lear, ed. 2002. U.S. DOI. 61 p. (HDQRS) Available on the web or from NTIS: PB2002-107675. PDF File (69 pages)
 
bullet New Image. Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Sales, Central Planning Area and Western Planning Area, 2007-2012, and Gulfwide OCS Program, 2007-2046, MMS 2007-040, June 2007, Zhen-Gang Ji, Walter R. Johnson, Charles F. Marshall, and Eileen M. Lear (ed.).  USDOI.  2007.  65 p.  Available from Headquarters or on the web. PDF File (3666 KB; 69 pages)
 
bulletGulf Of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Sales, Eastern Planning Area, 2003-2007, And Gulfwide OCS Program, 2003-2042, MMS 2002-069, Zhen-Gang Ji, W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, G.B. Rainey, and E.M. Lear, ed. 2002. U.S. DOI. 71 p. (HDQRS) Available on the web. PDF File (71 pages)
 
bullet Liberty Development and Production Plan, MMS 2000-082, Authors: W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, and E.M. Lear, ed. 2000. U.S. DOI. PDF File (57 pages)
 
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Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Program, MMS 2000-057, Authors: W.R. Johnson, C.F. Marshall, E.M. Lear, ed. 2000. U.S. DOI. PDF File (290 pages)
 

bullet New Image. Sivulliq Exploration Project.  Authors:  Walter R. Johnson, MMS 2007-039, June 2007, Charles F. Marshall, and Eileen M. Lear (ed.).  USDOI. 2007. 59 p. Available from Headquarters or on the web. PDF File (2000 KB; 63 pages)
 
bullet New Image. Supplement to Oil-Spill Risk Analysis: Beaufort Sea Planning Area, OCS Lease Sale 202, MMS 2007-041, July 2007, Authors: Walter R. Johnson, Charles F. Marshall, and Eileen M. Lear (ed.),  US DOI. 2007. PDF File (269 KB; 27 pages)
 PDF File (269 KB; 27 pages)
 
bullet Use of Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) Systems in the Gulf of Mexico, MMS 2000-059, Authors: J.M. Price, C.F. Marshall, E.M. Lear, ed. 2000. U.S. DOI. PDF File (283 pages)

For more information, contact Walter Johnson.
 

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