Environmental monitoring of three exploratory oil and gas wells drilled near the East Flower Garden Bank in the Gulf of Mexico
The results of two marine environmental monitoring programs associated with the drilling of three exploratory wells near the East Flower Garden Bank on the outer continental shelf of the northwest Gulf of Mexico are described. The purpose of the monitoring programs was to define the spatial distribution of the discharged drilling fluids relative to the Bank and assess the apparent health of the predominant reef-building corals of the East Flower Garden Bank before, during, and after the drilling operations. The monitoring programs demonstrated that detectable quantities of the drilling fluids in the surficial sediments were distributed to a distance exceeding 1000 meters from the near-surface discharged well.
- Research Organization:
- Cont Shelf Assoc Inc, Trondheim, Norw
- OSTI ID:
- 5624525
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-8105157-
- Journal Information:
- Offshore Technol. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 2; Conference: 13. annual offshore technology conference, Houston, TX, USA, 4 May 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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03 NATURAL GAS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DRILLING FLUIDS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
EXPLORATORY WELLS
GULF OF MEXICO
NATURAL GAS WELLS
OIL WELLS
CORALS
MONITORING
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARIBBEAN SEA
CNIDARIA
FLUIDS
MANAGEMENT
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WELLS
020900* - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects
030800 - Natural Gas- Environmental Aspects
520200 - Environment
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