Study on environmental function assessment and zoning scheme in China

Offshore Oil Pollution and Prevention Measures

“…The degree of oil seepage is related to the intensity and frequency of crustal tectonic activities. According to statistics, the annual oil seepage into the ocean is estimated to be (0.025~2.5)×10 6 t.…”

“…However, while the ocean provides us with a large amount of resources, it is also facing more and more severe pollution. The rational use and protection of marine resources is an urgent issue facing mankind [4][5][6][7]. Since the rapid economic take-off of China in the 1980s, environmental protection work, especially marine environmental protection and the harmless disposal of waste, have not been synchronized with economic development, so that the environmental quality of a considerable area of Chinese coastal waters has deteriorated, which has seriously hindered the coastal sustainable development of regional industrial and agricultural production and marine industry.…”