Radionuclides, Metals, and Hydrocarbons in Oil and Gas Operational Discharges and Environmental Samples Associated with Offshore Production Facilities on the Texas/Louisiana Continental Shelf with an Environmental Assessment of Metals and Hydrocarbons

Technical Report · Mon Aug 16 00:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/9730· OSTI ID:9730

Continental Shelf Associates, Inc.

This report presents concentrations of radionuclides, metals, and hydrocarbons in samples of produced water and produced sand from oil and gas production platforms located offshore Texas and Louisiana. Concentrations in produced water discharge plume/receiving water, ambient seawater, sediment, interstitial water, and marine animal tissue samples collected in the vicinity of discharging platforms and reference sites distant from discharges are also reported and discussed. An environmental risk assessment is made on the basis of the concentrations of metals and hydrocarbons determined in the samples.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-92MT92001
• OSTI ID: 9730
• Report Number(s): DOE/MT/92001-23; TRN: AH200125%%152
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 16 Aug 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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58 GEOSCIENCES
ANIMAL TISSUES
CONTINENTAL SHELF
HYDROCARBONS
INTERSTITIAL WATER
LOUISIANA
PRODUCTION
RADIOISOTOPES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAND
SEAWATER
TEXAS
WATER
COASTAL WATERS