RISK ASSESSMENT OF PIPELINE LEAK USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (CIS)

This paper is discussed about the utility of GIS technology to enhance the Oil Spill
Risk Management System (OSRMS). In this system, the oil spill information, access
and also the protection data is needed to be analyzed with the relational database.
This database will give the information about the rapid access, retrieval and query.
This GIS is providing Malaysia's coastal area information such as the location of oil
spills, pipeline location as well as quantity of oil spill area and distribution in area
affected; area with heaviest contamination, and also the length ofthe shoreline. An oil
slick movement model was incorporated into this system in order to predict the oil
slick movement direction and the duration to reach the shoreline. Wind and current
are the main parameter for this study. This GIS-based system can be used to replace
typical way in order to establish appropriate response and locate the intense area in
slick and local supervision, to allow clean up vessel to detect the specified location
and begin the cleaning operation immediately. This management system will offer a
better multiple resources planning with a new approach, improve decision making
process, and provide a baseline for future assessments.
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