@InProceedings{TessaroloInnoGonç:2018:SiHyBl,
               author = "Tessarolo, Luciana de Freitas and Innocentini, Valdir and 
                         Gon{\c{c}}alves, I. A.",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal 
                         do Esp{\'{\i}}rito Santo (UFES)}",
                title = "Simulations of hypothetical blowouts of oil and gas in Lula oil 
                         field (Brazil)",
                 year = "2018",
         organization = "AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and 
                         Response, 41.",
             abstract = "The growth of world production of oil and gas increases the risk 
                         of accidents resulting in harmful consequences for the population, 
                         economy, and environment. The numerical modeling is an important 
                         tool used to understand the behavior of the oil and gas plume from 
                         releases into the ocean, providing agility in the decision making 
                         in real accidents. Simulations of hypothetical blowouts of oil and 
                         gas from an oil well in Lula Oil Field, an important Brazilian's 
                         oil-producing region, are performed using a Lagrangian numerical 
                         model in order to determine the oil and gas trajectory along the 
                         water column in two different seasons of the year. In this model, 
                         the plume transport is initially determined by the initial 
                         dynamics of the mixture of its components. In a second moment, 
                         advection and diffusion processes govern the particles transport 
                         until their final fate. The evaluation of its performance in 
                         reproducing field experiments available is satisfactory, which 
                         supports the credibility in adopting it in realistic cases. The 
                         results of the simulations in Lula Oil Field show the oil and gas 
                         plume remaining near the discharge point along the water column as 
                         a consequence of weak ocean currents in this region. The oil 
                         droplets reach the surface and the hydrate shells are formed 
                         quickly around the gas bubbles, which do not emerge because the 
                         gas is fully dissolved into the environment.",
  conference-location = "Victoria, Canada",
      conference-year = "02-04 Oct.",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "09 maio 2024"
}