From the Abstract: “To investigate the effects of drilling discharges on the seabed fauna, surveys were carried out in the Beatrice oilfield after drilling 13 wells with water-based muds, and then after one and five further wells had been drilled using
From Conclusions: “The following is not a list of the final observations made by individual PI's but is rather a personal discussion of the most important information gained in this study with regard to needs in management of the OCS.
Neff, J. M., M. H. Bothner, N. J. Maciolek, and J. F. Grassle
A 3-year monitoring program was performed to assess the impacts of exploratory drilling for oil and gas on the benthic environment of GeorgesBank, an important commercial fishery region in the North Atlantic east of Massachusetts, USA.
Kennicutt, M. C. II, P. N. Boothe, T. L. Wade, S. T. Sweet, R. Rezak, F. J. Kelly, J. M. Brooks, B. J. Presley, and D. A. Wiesenburg
Patterns of the geochemical characteristics of sediments adjacent to three production platforms (22–150 m water
depths) in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico were determined by the presence of the structure, the amount and type of materials
