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Environment Risk Analysis - Indian Coast Guard

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• The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has<br />

conducted a formal oil-spill risk analysis (OSRA) to<br />

provide spill statistics that can be used in contingency<br />

planning for U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lands<br />

in the Gulf of Mexico<br />

• The study area is the Walker Ridge Planning Area that<br />

encompasses a portion of the offshore waters within the<br />

Gulf of Mexico and is approximately 140 to 160 nautical<br />

miles offshore.<br />

• The OSRA Model, simulates oil-spill transport using<br />

realistic data fields of winds and ocean currents in the<br />

GOM.<br />

10 th NOS-DCP Meeting<br />

26<br />

Prof. Manju Mohan<br />

CAS, IIT Delhi

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