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growing modeling sophistication upon which to build. The problem, however, lies in
the fact that the marine oil and gas industries continue to press their frontiers both in
terms of extreme depths and isolated locations of the world where oil and gas extraction has not heretofore occurred and where the baseline and capacity for relevant
science may not exist. Predicting blowout behaviors in these situations requires us to
understand better the fundamental physical, chemical, geological, and ecological processes at play and how they would impact decision-making. Volume two of this series
(Murawski et al. 2020b) explores a variety of scenarios at frontier locations in the
GoM and elsewhere (the Arctic, west Africa) and how decision- making might be different depending on the circumstances. We have learned a considerable amount in the
intervening 9+ years since DWH, but clearly it is an evolving and unrelenting process
to keep pace with an industry exploring at the margins of human knowledge.
References
Berenshtein I, Perlin N, Ainsworth C, Ortega-Ortiz J, Vaz AC, Paris CB (2020) Comparison of
the spatial extent, impacts to shorelines and ecosystem, and 4-dimensional characteristics of
simulated oil spills. In: Murawski SA, Ainsworth C, Gilbert S, Hollander D, Paris CB, Schlüter
M, Wetzel D (eds) Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills – fighting the next war.
Springer, Cham
Boesch DF, Rabalais NN (1989) Produced waters in sensitive coastal habitats: an analysis of
impacts, Central Coastal Gulf of Mexico. OCS Report/MMS 89-0031, U.S. Dept. of the
Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 157 pp
Boesch DF, Bulter JN, Cacchione DA, Geraci JR, Neff JM, Ray JP, Teal JM (1987) An assessment
of the long-term effects of U.S. offshore oil and gas development activities: future research
needs. In: Boesch DF, Rabalais NN (eds) Long-term environmental effects of offshore oil and
gas development. Elsevier Applied Science, New York, pp 1–53
Brooks G, Larson RA, Schwing PT, Diercks AR, Armenteros-Almanza M, Diaz-Asencio M,
Martinez-Suarez A, Sánchez-Cabeza JA, Ruiz-Fernandez AC, Herguera-García JC, PerezBernal LH, Hollander DJ (2020) Gulf of Mexico (GoM) bottom sediments and depositional
processes: a baseline for future oil spills. In: Murawski SA, Ainsworth C, Gilbert S, Hollander
D, Paris CB, Schlüter M, Wetzel D (eds) Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills –
fighting the next war. Springer, Cham
Chanton JP, Jaggi A, Radović J, Rosenheim BE, Walker BD, Larter SR, Rogers K, Bosman S,
Oldenburg TBP (2020) Mapping isotopic and dissolved organic matter baselines in waters and
sediments of Gulf of Mexico. In: Murawski SA, Ainsworth C, Gilbert S, Hollander D, Paris
CB, Schlüter M, Wetzel D (eds) Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills – fighting the
next war. Springer, Cham
Chen F, Yapa PD (2001) Modeling gas separation from a bent deepwater oil and gas jet/plume. In:
Proceedings of the 5th international marine environmental modeling seminar October 9–2001.
New Orleans, LA
Cordes EE, McGinley MP, Podowski EL, Becker EL, Lessard-Pilon S, Viada ST, Fisher CR
(2008) Coral communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Res I 55:777–787. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.03.005
Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (2016) Deepwater Horizon
oil spill: final programmatic damage assessment and restoration plan and final programmatic
34 Summary of Progress on Major Research Issues: Deep-Sea Oil Spills
growing modeling sophistication upon which to build. The problem, however, lies in
the fact that the marine oil and gas industries continue to press their frontiers both in
terms of extreme depths and isolated locations of the world where oil and gas extraction has not heretofore occurred and where the baseline and capacity for relevant
science may not exist. Predicting blowout behaviors in these situations requires us to
understand better the fundamental physical, chemical, geological, and ecological processes at play and how they would impact decision-making. Volume two of this series
(Murawski et al. 2020b) explores a variety of scenarios at frontier locations in the
GoM and elsewhere (the Arctic, west Africa) and how decision- making might be different depending on the circumstances. We have learned a considerable amount in the
intervening 9+ years since DWH, but clearly it is an evolving and unrelenting process
to keep pace with an industry exploring at the margins of human knowledge.
References
Berenshtein I, Perlin N, Ainsworth C, Ortega-Ortiz J, Vaz AC, Paris CB (2020) Comparison of
the spatial extent, impacts to shorelines and ecosystem, and 4-dimensional characteristics of
simulated oil spills. In: Murawski SA, Ainsworth C, Gilbert S, Hollander D, Paris CB, Schlüter
M, Wetzel D (eds) Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills – fighting the next war.
Springer, Cham
Boesch DF, Rabalais NN (1989) Produced waters in sensitive coastal habitats: an analysis of
impacts, Central Coastal Gulf of Mexico. OCS Report/MMS 89-0031, U.S. Dept. of the
Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 157 pp
Boesch DF, Bulter JN, Cacchione DA, Geraci JR, Neff JM, Ray JP, Teal JM (1987) An assessment
of the long-term effects of U.S. offshore oil and gas development activities: future research
needs. In: Boesch DF, Rabalais NN (eds) Long-term environmental effects of offshore oil and
gas development. Elsevier Applied Science, New York, pp 1–53
Brooks G, Larson RA, Schwing PT, Diercks AR, Armenteros-Almanza M, Diaz-Asencio M,
Martinez-Suarez A, Sánchez-Cabeza JA, Ruiz-Fernandez AC, Herguera-García JC, PerezBernal LH, Hollander DJ (2020) Gulf of Mexico (GoM) bottom sediments and depositional
processes: a baseline for future oil spills. In: Murawski SA, Ainsworth C, Gilbert S, Hollander
D, Paris CB, Schlüter M, Wetzel D (eds) Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills –
fighting the next war. Springer, Cham
Chanton JP, Jaggi A, Radović J, Rosenheim BE, Walker BD, Larter SR, Rogers K, Bosman S,
Oldenburg TBP (2020) Mapping isotopic and dissolved organic matter baselines in waters and
sediments of Gulf of Mexico. In: Murawski SA, Ainsworth C, Gilbert S, Hollander D, Paris
CB, Schlüter M, Wetzel D (eds) Scenarios and responses to future deep oil spills – fighting the
next war. Springer, Cham
Chen F, Yapa PD (2001) Modeling gas separation from a bent deepwater oil and gas jet/plume. In:
Proceedings of the 5th international marine environmental modeling seminar October 9–2001.
New Orleans, LA
Cordes EE, McGinley MP, Podowski EL, Becker EL, Lessard-Pilon S, Viada ST, Fisher CR
(2008) Coral communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Res I 55:777–787. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.03.005
Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (2016) Deepwater Horizon
oil spill: final programmatic damage assessment and restoration plan and final programmatic
34 Summary of Progress on Major Research Issues: Deep-Sea Oil Spills