The composition of produced water from shell operated oil and gas production in the North Sea

Abstract

From the Abstract: “Shell U.K. Exploration and Production (Shell Expro) and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B. V. (NAM) are both companies active in the exploration and production of oil and gas in the North Sea….As part of programs to implement a policy of progressive reduction in emissions, effluents, and discharges of waste, known to have a negative impact on the environment, both Companies have made a start in 1989 by determining the quantities and qualities of effluents from a total of 15 gas and 12 oil platforms. An overview of the results of this ‘1989 sampling and analysis programme’ of produced water discharged into the North Sea is presented in this paper. The data include both organic and inorganic compounds, as well as some ecotoxicologial characterics of the effluents.”