PROCESS TO IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY OIL SEEP AREAS AT THE SEABED THROUGH INVERSE MODELING

摘要

The present invention discloses a process that describes an inverse modeling that makes a time and space regression to estimate the trajectory of an oil seep slick between the sea surface, wherein it has been detected by satellite, and the place where the escape has happened at the seabed. Therefore, the final information is the oil seep area at the seabed. After their identification, these areas are classified according to levels of reliability, from lower to higher degree of exploratory risk. This degree of reliability is measured according to strict temporal, hydrodynamic, geographic and geological criteria.

主权项

1. Process to identify and classify oil seep areas at the seabed through inverse modeling, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
(a) Perform a long term hydrodynamic modeling; (b) Obtain coefficients and correlation factors; (c) Obtain the surface field of current for an seep date; (d) Obtain the three-dimensional field of current for an seep date; (e) Perform the modeling of oil reverse trajectory; (f) Define the seep area; (g) Classify the seep area.