Fate and effects of nearshore discharges of OCS produced waters. Volume 2. Technical report (Final). [Outer Continental Shelf]
While the number of facilities that discharge OCS produced waters into coastal environments of Louisiana are few in number, they account for large volumes, individually and collectively. Of the 15 facilities which discharge OCS-generated produced water into coastal environments of Louisiana (as of February 1990), 10 discharges in seven areas were studied. The discharge volumes of the study areas range from 3,000 to 106,000/bbl.d. The receiving environments for these effluents are varied, but include the shallow, nearshore continental shelf; high energy, freshwater distributaries of the Mississippi River delta; and brackish and saline coastal environments with moderately to poorly flushed waters. All study areas are within the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. The study expanded on the initial assessment of Boesch and Rabalais (1989a) with increased temporal and spatial studies of three areas, additional study sites including an abandoned discharge, and additional analytical and field observations.
- Research Organization:
- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 5192353
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-229765/XAB
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also Volume 1, PB91-229757 and Volume 3, PB91-229773. Prepared in cooperation with Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge. Sponsored by Minerals Management Service, New Orleans, LA. Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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