• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.121-124
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• 2008

Tarballs formed by HEBEI SPIRIT oil spill observed in the south-western sea of Korea from December 27 2007. The tarballs were removed by the response party, which Korea Coast Guard became a center of organization. The amounts of removing tarballs form the sea and the coast were 0.345 tons and 1,739 tons, respectively. The number of persons, in order to remove the tar balls from the south-western sea of Korea, counted about 97,000 persons, including 25,000 volunteers. In this paper, we introduced the response methods of tarballs entering into the south-western sea of Korea such as a landing net, meshes and so on.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.213-223
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• 2008

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.10-21
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• 2008

이번 유조선 Hebei Spirit호 오염사고의 발생단계에서 해상 및 해안방제활동이 진행되는 동안 여전히 현행 오염방제시스템과 방계능력에 여러 가지 허점과 결함이 있음이 드러났고, 또 선진국의 해양오염사고 사례 및 방계시스템과 비교해 보면 몇 가지 오염사고 방지, 대비 및 대응에 근원적인 문제점이 노출되었다. 이와 관련하여 본 연구에서는 Hebei Spirit호 오염사고를 중심으로 오염방제 전 과정에서 노출 또는 지적된 문제점(단, 본 연구에 피해배상관련 사망은 제외함)을 알아봄과 동시에, 그 문제점에 대한 타당성을 평가하고 그 원인을 분석하였다. 이에 추가하여 선진국과 우리나라의 해양오염방제시스템을 상호 비교하여 방제시스템의 선진화를 위한 개선방안을 마련함으로써, 추후 본 연구 결과가 국가해양오염방제시스템 정비 및 개선작업 시 참고자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.225-247
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• 2008

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.435-444
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• 2009

In the case of oil spill accident at sea, information concerning the movement of spilled oil is important in making response strategies. Aircrafts and the satellites have been utilized for monitoring of spilled oil. In these days, numerical models are using to predict the movement of the spilled oil. In the future a coupling method of modeling and remote sensing data should be needed to predict more correctly the spilled oil. The purpose of this paper is to present an application of satellite image data to an oil spill prediction model as an initial condition. Environmental Fluid Dynamics Computer Code (EFDC) was used to predict the movement of the oil spilled from Hebei Spirit incident occurred in Taean coastal area on December 7,2007. In order to make the model initial condition and to compare the model results, two satellite images, KOMPSAT-2 MSC and ENVISAT ASAR obtained on December 8 and 11, were used during the period of the oil spill incident. The model results showed an improvement for the prediction of the spilled oil by using the initial condition deduced from satellite image data than the initial condition specified at the oil spill incident site in the respects of the distributed spilled area.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.13-14
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• 2009

Needs of Large Oil Recovery Vessels will be checked by Hebei Spirit Oil Spill in Korea in 2007, Nakhodka Oil Spill in Japan in 1997, Prestige Oil Spill in Spain in 2002. and offer a efficient proposals for practical use besides Catastrophic Oil Spill Response.

• The Korean Journal of Malacology
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.213-220
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• 2015

After oil outlow accident of Hebei spirit in December 7, 2007, the motality of manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum in the west coast of South Korea, was significantly increased from 9.2% in April, 2007 to 22.4% in April 2008. Although the mortality was about 10% in the tidal flat of Geunso Bay and Cheonsu Bay, Incheon and Gyeonggi-do, the values was significantly high about 30% in water coast of Taean, Boryeong and Seosan in where the spilled oil was getting into fishery zone. However, the mortality in water coast of Taean, Boryeong and Seosan was decreased from 22.4% in 2008 to 6.0% in 2009. Also, we found that the mortality in contaminated and non-contaminated water zones was both slightly increased from 6.0 in 2009 to 8.6% in 2010, Therefore, these results are indicating that the significant high mortality observed in water coast of Taean, Boryeong and Seosan at April, 2008 was due to the crude oil accident outflow from tanks of Hebei spirit. Although the mortality of manila clam was significantly decreased in middle west coast of South Korea after the accident of Hebei spirit in December, 2007, the annual production of manila clam in South Korea was sustainedly from 27,459 ton in 2007, 36,302 ton in 2008, 40,392 ton in 2009, to 36,248 ton in 2010. In the production of manila clam by regional groups, the amount in sea coast of Chungnam, where was damaged by crude oil, was significantly decreased from 10,598 ton in 2007 to 5,048 ton in 2008, but then was significantly increased to 7,065 ton in 2009, and to 12,921 ton in 2010. However, in sea coast of Jeonnam that was not damaged by crude oil, the amount was significantly increased from 1,252 ton in 2007 to 12,248 ton in 2008, but then was significantly decreased to 9,566 ton in 2009, and to 2,770 ton in 2010. Therefore the results are suggesting that a increasing of the total annual production of manila clam in South Korea in 2008 when was 1 year after the oil accident of Hebei spirit was due to increasing of clam production in a coast of Jeonnam in where was not damaged by crude oil.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.705-714
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• 2010

The residual oil concentrations in seawater and sediments were investigated along the Taean coast of Korea, following the Hebei Spirit oil spill, which occurred on 7 December 2007. The oil concentration in seawater ranged from 0.059 to $0.866\;{\mu}g/L$ for the tidal flat culture grounds and from 0.016 to $0.943\;{\mu}g/L$ in the fish cage areas in 2008. These were dominated by the seawater temperature relationship. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediments were also analyzed and the concentrations ranged from 3.4 to 509.7 ng/g dry weight. The average PAH level was higher in seawater from the Sinduri area than the Padori area, while the average PAH level in sediments was higher in Padori. The diagnostic ratio of PAHs was investigated to determine the origins of the PAHs. The PAHs in the Seongam area, which was not affected by the oil spill, are of pyrolytic origin, while the PAHs in Padori and Sinduri were of petrogenic origin. The residual oils in the areas affected by the oil spill tended to decrease over time, except in summer. The oils in pore water remained 6- to 16-fold higher, as compared to the seawater overlying the tidal flat, implying that residual oils will continue to influence the affected region for the foreseeable future.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.127-128
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• 2009

대형 유조선에서 기인된 1995년 Sea Prince호 및 2007년 Hebei Spirit호 사고 등 대다수의 재난적 유류유출사고는 많은 변수 중 "악천후"라는 기상적 어려움으로 초동방제활동 및 피해규모의 축소가 어려운 실정이다. 하지만, 정작 사고선박에서는 방제활동 주도기관의 개업이 있기 전까지 적극적인 방제활동이 이뤄지지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 사고선박에서 유출되는 유류의 확산범위 및 이동방향에 대한 정보는 추후에 예정된 방제활동에 있어서 가장 중요한 요소 중 하나이다. 이 중요한 정보의 획득을 위해 사고선박에서 설치가 가능하며, 이후 방제활동에 중요한 유출유의 확산 정보를 제공할 수 있는 유류확산 추적부이 (NOST-Buoy)의 개발연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.177-181
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• 2008

In this study, the authors analyzed the limit of IOPC Fund system, such as limit of compensation, amount of FC, long period of assessment by IOPC Fund, issue of non verification by poor claimant or small business, issue of poor claimant subsistence in early stage of accidents, and comparatively analyzed how the three countries resolved these limits by enacting special laws and government policy. Until recently most governments have carried out prevention policy for maritime safety, oil spill response, investigation of maritime accidents, and restoration of marine environment when oil spill accidents happened. However, governments have not actively participated in the oil spill compensation process because it is a matter of private sectors between the polluter and claimant. The governments have only limited their role in ratifying Civil Liability Convention and Fund Convention and enacted relevant domestic laws. However, the governments of France, Spain, and Korea have actively participated in the compensation process of oil pollution incidents of M/T Erika, M/T Prestige, and M/T Hebei Spirit. This is because they had experiences of unsuccessful compensation in M/T Amoco Cadiz, M/T Agean Sea, and M/T Sea Prince.