Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/74244 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 32.2006
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Recent major spills on European coasts have highlighted the primary policy relevance for the EU of oil spills. This paper assesses the risks related to carrying oil to the EU along the route from the Russian Black Sea coast to Sicily, Italy (one of the most congested and strategically relevant European import routes). We develop a methodology based on Fault Tree Analysis, and we apply it to the most likely causes of an oil spill. We couple the resulting probabilities with data on expected spill size, types of oil carried and cleanup costs, to estimate expected costs for cleanup and loss of cargo. The route analysed appears to be a risky one; there is a “high” to “very high” risk of a spill along this route. The Turkish Straits turn out to be the major danger point; however, there is no obvious hierarchy amongst the other sites along the route.
Subjects: 
Oil spills
Cleanup costs
Risk analysis
JEL: 
Q32
Q51
Q52
Q53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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