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
