Management of oil spills in Malaysia marine environment through a decision support system

Providing a decision supporting system was the main objective of an academic project for oil spill management, which has been commenced by 2002. Malaysia faces the oil pollution because of its oil transportation routes while it includes more than 4670 km marine borders with valuable and vulnerable coastal areas. Experts in different domains, including marine and coastal environment, marine pollution as well as emergency and contingency responders were interviewed, both in governmental and private sectors, to provide all required knowledge for preparing this DSSystem. All this was done to assist choosing the most appropriate method for oil spills prevention and clean up in the least time, considering the important factors for recognizing the sensitivities and protection priorities in marine and coastal areas of the Straits of Malacca, Malaysia.