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Summary of Progress on Major Research Issues: Deep-Sea Oil Spills

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How much has research on ultra-deep-sea (>1500 m) oil and gas blowout behavior progressed since the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) accident, and what additional key questions remain to be resolved? In this chapter, we summarize at a high level: (1) the state of knowledge of deep blowout behavior and mitigation prior to DWH, (2) essential information that has come to light in the 9+ years since DWH, and (3) important unresolved questions and additional key research bearing on the prevention of similar marine disasters, mitigation of their effects, and understanding their impacts.

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  1. University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, USA

    Steven A. Murawski, Cameron H. Ainsworth, Sherryl Gilbert & David J. Hollander

  2. Department of Ocean Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Claire B. Paris

  3. Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg, Germany

    Michael Schlüter

  4. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, USA

    Dana L. Wetzel

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Murawski, S.A. et al. (2020). Summary of Progress on Major Research Issues: Deep-Sea Oil Spills. In: Murawski, S., et al. Deep Oil Spills. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_34

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