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Oil Spill Model

What would happen if there were an oil spill from a tanker or a drilling rig?

Click here to view the Oil Spill Model

Living Oceans commissioned the development of a computer generated model to examine the possible consequences of oil spills on the coast, based on sound ecological and oceanographic science and the best technical tools available.

In the animations the black area represents where the oil is predicted to spread and the gray areas represent where the oil could go allowing for slight variations in the winds, tides and currents.

Further information on the data and sources that informed the oil spill model.