Impact of wildfires on Canada's oil sands facilities

Khakzad, Nima

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3153-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3153-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3153-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

Research article

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23 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 23 Nov 2018

Impact of wildfires on Canada's oil sands facilities

Nima Khakzad

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Final revised paper (published on 23 Nov 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 06 Jul 2018)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Evaluation nhess-2018-149', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Response to the comments', Nima Khakzad, 25 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Significant and interesting study', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to the comments', Nima Khakzad, 25 Oct 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (10 Nov 2018) by Rosa Lasaponara

Short summary

The growing oil sands operations in Canada's wildlands on the one hand and an anticipated increase in the frequency of wildfires, due to global warming, on the other hand can jeopardize the safety and integrity of oil sands facilities. The present study aims to develop a methodology, based on the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System and quantitative risk assessment techniques, for assessing the impact of wildfires on wildland–industrial interfaces with an emphasis on oil sands facilities.