Transport, fate and impacts of the deep plume of petroleum hydrocarbons formed during the Macondo blowout

A Bracco, CB Paris, AJ Esbaugh, K Frasier… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The 2010 Macondo oil well blowout consisted in a localized, intense infusion of petroleum
hydrocarbons to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A substantial amount of these …

Simulation and assessment of underwater gas release and dispersion from subsea gas pipelines leak

L Xinhong, C Guoming, Z Renren, Z Hongwei… - Process Safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Subsea gas release and dispersion can cause safety concerns such as fire, explosion or
stability loss of floating installations. This paper presents a Computational Fluid Dynamics …

Advanced computer vision-based subsea gas leaks monitoring: a comparison of two approaches

H Zhu, W Xie, J Li, J Shi, M Fu, X Qian, H Zhang… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent years have witnessed the increasing risk of subsea gas leaks with the development
of offshore gas exploration, which poses a potential threat to human life, corporate assets …

Investigation on underwater gas leakage and dispersion behaviors based on coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian CFD model

Y Sun, X Cao, F Liang, J Bian - Process safety and environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Energy waste, environmental pollution, loss of human life and property can be caused once
underwater gas leakage occurs. It is of great significance to establish an emergency …

[HTML][HTML] Consequences of subsea CO2 blowouts in shallow water

F Tamburini, S Bonvicini, V Cozzani - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Safety and risk assessment of the offshore geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in
the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) value chain needs the evaluation of …

Modelling of underwater bubble plumes and gas dissolution with an Eulerian-Lagrangian CFD model

JE Olsen, P Skjetne - Applied Ocean Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Underwater bubble plumes emerge from subsea releases of gas. They can be studied by
mathematical models. Here an Eulerian-Lagrangian CFD model is presented. It accounts for …

Risk assessment of offshore fire accidents caused by subsea gas release

X Li, F Khan, M Yang, C Chen, G Chen - Applied Ocean Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Subsea gas release is an industrial hazard that can impose fire hazards on offshore facilities
near the gas surfacing area. However, risk assessment of the fire caused by subsea gas …

Analysis of underwater gas release and dispersion behavior to assess subsea safety risk

X Li, G Chen, F Khan - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Underwater gas release and dispersion characteristics are important to assess and manage
potential risks. This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation of …

Modelling and assessment of accidental oil release from damaged subsea pipelines

X Li, G Chen, H Zhu - Marine pollution bulletin, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper develops a 3D, transient, mathematical model to estimate the oil release rate and
simulate the oil dispersion behavior. The Euler-Euler method is used to estimate the subsea …

Quantifying leakage and dispersion behaviors for sub-sea natural gas pipelines

C Liu, Y Liao, S Wang, Y Li - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Accidental leakages in underwater natural gas pipelines pose significant risks for the
environment. Therefore, it is essential to estimate the leakage rate and monitor the methane …