2019 - Short Course on Computer Assisted Oil Spill Environmental Assessments in Land and Water

Day 1
Introduction, review training objectives, and course agenda.
Type of hydrocarbons and their characteristics.
Crude oil properties databases.
Behaviour of hydrocarbons in the environment.
Concepts and theories of the process of oil spreading on the surface of the water and land.
Influence of the wind, currents and waves in the spreading processes.
Formulation to calculate Evaporation, infiltration, emulsification, dissolution, interaction with shore, etc.
Effect of oil fate processes on oil viscosity and density.
Day 2
Overview of basics of - dimensional flooding: hydraulics, equations, boundary conditions and numerical methods. Assumptions and limitations.
Introduction to QGIS Geographic Information System
Introduction to the OilFlow2D QGIS plugin
Setting up an OilFlow2D project application. Importing terrain elevations and bathymetries, defining the model boundary, entering boundary conditions, refining the mesh, running the model.
Data review and preparation of a selected Project. Data file format requirements. Guidelines for reviewing data and modelling results.
Hands on session: Creating and running an overland oil spill using real-world data.
Hands on session: Creating maps and animations
Hands on session: Develop a simple project – start to finish.
Day 3
Hands on session: Creating and running an oil spill in a river using real-world data.
Hands on session: Creating and running an oil spill in coastal are using real-world data.
How to apply oil spill models for planning and decision-making.
How to setup spill scenarios to assess spill response.
How use OilFlow2D and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to assess overland spills using for Contingency Plans, and Environmental Risk Assessments.