COSTS ANALYSIS OF SPILLING A CRUDE OIL BARREL IN OFFSHORE AREA USING EPA BOSCEM METHODS

The current global approach to the environmental damages is such that repairs need exorbitant costs and they take lots of time. Furthermore some of thedistructions never get restored. To avoid this process, industries in the first step must conduct environmental assessments and scientific methods which evaluate theenvironmental impacts and afterward participate in payment when environment get contaminate. One of the requirements of this subject is the estimation ofenvironmental damage which there is no guideline as a standard and comprehensive instruction in this context in our country. In this paper counter measure costs of oilspilling is estimated based on EPA BOSCEM method for a crude oil barrel spills. Eventually to compare dimensions of oil spill damage in offshore environment,also the mentioned scenario for oil spills in the oil facilities of operational area (land area) in the same condition is calculated and it is provided. According toresults total costs and the damage caused spilling a barrel of oil in offshores and land areas are 13734 and 6085 dollars respectively. In table 1 result shows TheRial equivalent total costs are 550 million and 240 million Rials respectively which are remarkable. Figure1 shows the amount oil spills around the world. Figure 2shows views of oil spilling in land and sea area.