From the Abstract: “Presumptive marine Vibrio spp. were collected from an operational oil field and control site located in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
From Project Overview: “The first concern of this study, therefore, was, to identify the organisms that make up the biofouling or epifaunal communities on platforms.
From the Abstract: “A three year study of the bacteriology of a 20 year old active gas and oil field in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed. The bacterial community of the production platform area was in general identical to the control site.
Produced water is the largest volume of waste produced during the recovery of oil from offshore oil and gas production platforms, and is discharged directly into the surrounding marine environment.
