The discovery and development of oil resources in the Northern Florida Gulf Outer Continental Shelf will ultimately cause oil spills in this area. This study estimates the percentage of the spills that will reach the Florida coast. A computer simulation model incorporating data for seasonal winds, weathering of oil on the sea, and develop ment and transportation of crude oil is presented. Investigations show the effects of both the original location of the spill and the seasonal winds on the frequency with which oil spills reach the coast.
Council on Environmental QualityOCS Oil and Gas - an Environmental AssessmentU.S. Government Printing OfficeWashington, D.C.1974 p. 120
2.
Ibid. p. 168
3.
Florida Coastal Policy Study: Impact of Offshore Oil Development Report prepared by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, the Florida State University, and the Department of Geography, University of South Florida, for the Florida Energy Office and the State University System of Florida December 1975 (Multilith) pp. 5-28
4.
National Petroleum Council Environmental Conservation June 1971 vol. 1 p. 34
5.
National Petroleum Council Environmental Conservation June 1971 vol. 2 p. 51
6.
Ibid. p. 244
7.
Ibid. p. 251
8.
Offshore Oil Task GroupThe Georges Bank Petroleum StudyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge1973 vol. 2 p. 42
9.
Ibid. pp. 158-159
10.
Ibid. pp. 193-202
11.
Shannon, R.E.Systems Simulation the Art and SciencePrentice-HallEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey1975 pp. 78-79
12.
Ibid. p. 187
13.
Ibid. pp. 220-221
14.
Technology Assessment Group and Public Policy Program North Sea Oil and Gas University of Oklahoma Norman 1973 p. 87
15.
U.S. Department of Interior Draft Environmental Statement: Proposed 1973 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale: Offshore Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida OCS Sale No. 32 Mimeographed U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 1973
