McGill, A. S., P. R. Mackie, P. Howgate, and J. G. McHenery
Dabs (Limanda limanda) caught in close proximity to the Beatrice Oil Platform have been assessed for the presence of an oil taint and chemically analysed for n-alkane and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Massie, L. C., A. P. Ward, J. S. Bell, H. A. Saltzmann, and P. R. Mackie
In the light of increasing oil exploration and production in the northern North Sea, the Brent, Beryl and Forties oil fields, representing three different types of operation, and a number of stations between the Forties field and the Firth of Forth, we
Manoukian, S., A. Spagnolo, G. Scarcella, E. Punzo, R. Angelini, and G. Fabi
The macrozoobenthos living around two offshore gas platforms, Barbara NW (pB) and Calipso (pC) located in the northwestern Adriatic Sea were investigated for three years after their construction to detect eventual effects due to the platforms.
The effects of discharged drilling cuttings contaminated with oil-based drilling fluids on the macrobenthos surrounding several North Sea oil-production platforms have been well documented.
Input of contaminants into the sea associated with offshore oil drilling and production include accidental spillage, discharge of cuttings and discharge of production water.
Hernandez Arana, H. A., R. M. Warwick, M. J. Attrill, A. A. Rowden, and G. Gold-Bouchot
Considering the long history of oil extraction and the numerous platforms that exist in the southern Gulf of Mexico, a regional approach has been used to investigate the impact of oil-related activities on the macrobenthic community.
A comprehensive study of the drill cuttings pile at N W Hutton was undertaken in August, 1992. Fifty one welIs have been drilled in the field, mainly using mineral oil based drill fluids, with the cuttings discharged to sea.
Discharges of contaminated drill cuttings have caused appreciable ecological change of the benthos adjacent to many oil and gas platforms in the North Sea.
Gomiero, A., A. M. De Blasi, L. Da Ros, C. Nasci, A. Spagnolo, G. Scarcella, and G. Fabi
Detecting the anthropogenic impacts of offshore gas platforms requires reliable tools, because the traditional evaluation based only on chemical analyses is neither appropriate nor sufficiently sensitive.
