Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident of a massive blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico,
scientists from government, industry, and academia collaborated to advance oil spill …

Whether the result of an oil well blowout, vessel collision or grounding, leaking pipeline, or
other incident at sea, each marine oil spill will present unique circumstances and …

An oil platform in the Mississippi Canyon 20 (MC-20) site was damaged by Hurricane Ivan in
September 2004. In this study, we use medium-to high-resolution (10–30 m) optical remote …

New quantitative and semiautomated methods for analyzing oil slick evolution using a time
series of L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images with short repeat time are developed …

Abstract The Taylor Energy Site is located in the vicinity of the Mississippi Delta region over
the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGoM). Surface oil patches have been persistently observed …

Studies of oil slicks in the ocean environment with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) have
found that one of the most complex challenges to oil spill detection is the separation of …

The DeepWater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 2010 raised the public
awareness on potential spills from offshore exploration activities. It became apparent that …

Extraction of petroleum oil resources may result in oil spills in the aquatic environment.
Active and passive satellites are generally limited in either spatial coverage, temporal revisit …

As oil production worldwide continues to increase, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico, marine
oil spill preparedness relies on deeper understanding of surface oil spill transport science …

In 2004 a debris flow generated by Hurricane Ivan toppled an oil production platform in
Mississippi Canyon lease block 20 (MC20). Between 2004 and the installation of a …