From the Conclusions: “Alkane profiles of 48 benthic organisms from the Buccaneer oil field are reported. Coral samples contained biogenic alkanes in the C22 to C32 region….
Rabalais, N. N., L. E. Smith, E. B. Overton, and A. L. Zoeller
From the Abstract: “Two production platforms and one non-production platform were studied to determine if the effects of offshore petroleum development in the form of a produced water discharge could be identified on the Louisiana continental shelf and
Peralba, M. do C., D. Pozebon, J. H. Z. dos Santos, S. M. Maia, T. M. Pizzolato, G. Cioccari, and S. Barrionuevo
From the Abstract: “The impact of drilling oil activities in the Brazilian Bonito Field/Campos Basin (Rio de Janeiro) shell drilling (300 m) using nonaqueous fluids (NAFs) was investigated with respect to Al, Fe, Mn, Ba, Co, Pb, Cu, As, Hg, Cr, Ni, Zn,
From the Abstract: “Nine-year (1986–1995) records of barium (Ba) concentrations in surficial, subsurface, and suspended sediments near offshore oil and gas platforms in the Santa Maria Basin, California, USA, were analyzed to evaluate temporal trends r
From the Abstract: “Three offshore oil production platforms discharged over 40000 m3 of drilling fluid during a period of biological and chemical sampling which was conducted on the continental shelf adjacent to Point Conception during 1987 and 1988.
From the Abstract: “Offshore platforms are a source of chronic pollution from production water, but in recent years there has been a marked increase in the use of oil-based drilling muds and it is estimated that 20 Mt per year of petroleum hydrocarbons
Chapman, P. M., E. A. Power, R. N. Dexter, and H. B. Andersen
From the Abstract: “The Sediment Quality Triad concept, which incorporates components of sediment chemistry, toxicity (= bioassay tests) and benthic community structure, was applied to the area immediately surrounding a commercial oil and gas productio
From the Abstract: “This paper describes the pollution status of North Sea sediments, and is based on results of sediment testing conducted during the Bremerhaven Workshop designed to test various methods (chemical and biological) for assessing the sta
