VULH: Herramienta para Realizar Análisis de Vulnerabilidad Preliminares en Emergencias Producidas por Derrames de Hidrocarburos

Abstract

The transport of hydrocarbons througt pipelines betwenn differents processing, storage or pumping facilities, It is a popular practice used in oil extraction countries such as Colombia. On the pipelines used for this activity exists risks and threats that can cause oil spills, which they would generate enviromental emergencies mainly related to fire explosión and massive fire expansión. Knowing the scope of these emergencies is vital for a correct disaster managment operation. This document shows the conceptual and practical development of the VULH tool, IT was developed as a QGIS plugin. This tool allows to the users simulate the vulnerability in the area affected by oil spills, determinate the vulnerable elements belonged to the socioeconomic environment that would be affected depending on the rupture location kepping in mind its location in relation with the pipeline.