China’s Marine Environmental Management Mechanism – Based on Case of Bohai Oil Spill

The special policy study (SPS) team has, based on shared and available information, assessed the impacts on the ocean environment from marine economic development in the Bohai Sea. Through case studies of the oil spill accident on the Penglai 19-3 oil field in the Bohai Sea of China in 2011, the oil spill accident of US “Deepwater Horizon” drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and the oil spill accident on the Norwegian “Statfjord” field in the North Sea in 2007, together with analysis of the main problems with China’s marine environmental management, the SPS team have formulated seven policy recommendations to improve China’s marine environmental management mechanism.

Task Force: Innovation in Global Environmental Governance Topic: Water and Oceans Year: 2012 Phase: Phase V (2012-2017) Concluded