of a thesis at the University of Miami. Thesis supervised by Professor Claire B. Paris. No. of pa... more of a thesis at the University of Miami. Thesis supervised by Professor Claire B. Paris. No. of pages in text. (48) During the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010, oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and approximately 770,000 gallons of chemical dispersants were injected directly at the Macondo wellhead attempting to keep the oil submerged. Despite conducting thorough research in the past seven years, a detailed empirical analysis as the oil was spewing from the wellhead and after the well capping, has not yet been completely undertaken. Recently, BP made available a unique dataset (“Gulf Science Data”) of oil samples collected from May 2010 to July 2012. In this research, we examine this comprehensive dataset to determine the spatial-temporal distribution of the chemical signature of Macondo oil up to December 2010. Oil samples are classified monthly in two hydrocarbon categories (i.e., C5-C12 and C13+) and the distance from the wellhead is also computed for these classifications in ...
of a thesis at the University of Miami. Thesis supervised by Professor Claire B. Paris. No. of pa... more of a thesis at the University of Miami. Thesis supervised by Professor Claire B. Paris. No. of pages in text. (48) During the Deepwater Horizon accident in 2010, oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and approximately 770,000 gallons of chemical dispersants were injected directly at the Macondo wellhead attempting to keep the oil submerged. Despite conducting thorough research in the past seven years, a detailed empirical analysis as the oil was spewing from the wellhead and after the well capping, has not yet been completely undertaken. Recently, BP made available a unique dataset (“Gulf Science Data”) of oil samples collected from May 2010 to July 2012. In this research, we examine this comprehensive dataset to determine the spatial-temporal distribution of the chemical signature of Macondo oil up to December 2010. Oil samples are classified monthly in two hydrocarbon categories (i.e., C5-C12 and C13+) and the distance from the wellhead is also computed for these classifications in ...
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