Table 1. Oil spill fates model input data, 



Spill Location: 



Thermocline depth: 

 Wind: 



Temperature 



Currents: 



Oil: 



Density 



Interfacial tension 

 Kinematic Viscosity 



(1) North site 



68° 12 min W longitude 

 40° 37 min N longitude 



10 meters 



Each month (Nantucket Weather 



Station) 



1972-73, 3 hour intervals 



(Spills commence on the first 



day of each month) 



Winter - 7.5° C 

 Spring - 5° C 

 Summer - 14° C 

 Fall - 10° C 



Derived from Bumpus et al. 



(1965) 



Seasonal drifter data plus 



wind driven slab flow 



0.8338 GM/CM**3 

 30.0 Dynes /CM** 2 

 7.95 Centistoke 



Oil fraction (Statfjord Norway crude) % by weight 



Paraffin C6 - C12 

 Paraffin C13 - C22 

 Cycloparaffin C6 - C12 

 Cycloparaffin C13 - C22 

 Aromatic C6 - Cll 

 Aromatic C12 - C18 

 Naptheno-Aromatic C9 - C25 

 Res idual 



15 



13 



14 



12 

 7 



3.5 

 3.5 



32 



Spill size and release rate: 



Total spill simulation time: 



Time step (Oil spill model): 

 Horizontal dispersion rate: 



Well blowout 



68,000,000 gallon release 

 Over 30 days 



90 days or until oil 

 leaves study area 



3 hours 



10 M**2/Sec 



108 



