Valuing Oil Spill Prevention: A Case Study of California's Central Coast

by Robert C. Mitchell, Michael B. Conaway, Jon A. Krosnick, et al.

Book Overview

On April 22-23, 1988, approximately 432,000 gallons of San Joaquin Valley crude oil spilled from an aboveground storage tank at a Shell Oil Company refinery into the surrounding environment, including the northern reaches of San Francisco Bay (the Martinez spill). Pursuant to the settlement of the resulting litigation (United States/California v. Shell Oil Co., No. C89-4220, (N.D. Cal1990)), Shell Oil Company provided funding for, among other things,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401736367
• ISBN13: 9789401736367
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 257 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"