From the Abstract: “Exploratory drilling at a well site in the shelf break region off Atlantic City, New Jersey, appears to have had several different effects on benthic invertebrates and demersal fish.
This book contains a series of research papers that summarize research conducted on the effects of oil and gas production in the Buccaneer Field, located in the Gulf of Mexico, off Texas.
From the Conclusions: “Only thirteen of the forty shrimp collected from the region of the Buccaneer oil field contained petroleum alkanes, and the majority of these were obtained from trawls immediately adjacent to the production platforms.
From the Conclusions: “Concentrations of alkanes in 76 water samples collected within 30 km of the Buccaneer oilfield between June, 1976, and March, 1977, were found to be as high as 43 ppb.
From Conclusions: “We have characterized the alkane content of the discharged brine from both production platforms in the Buccaneer oilfield over a period of eleven months, from April, 1976 to March, 1977.
From the Summary: “The concentration of elemental sulfur in the produced water effluent from production platforms in the Buccaneer oil field was determined.
