Produced Water

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Management Concerns

   1. A Survey of Produced Water Studies

      • M. T. Stephenson

      Pages 1-11

   2. The Composition of Produced Water from Shell Operated Oil and Gas Production in the North Sea

      • R. P. W. M. Jacobs, R. O. H. Grant, J. Kwant, J. M. Marquenie, E. Mentzer

      Pages 13-21

   3. Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of EPA’s Offshore Oil and Gas Effluent Guidelines

      • J. A. Veil

      Pages 23-33

   4. Procedure for Development of Contingency Plans to Mitigate Produced Water Releases on BLM Lands

      • J. L. Rogers, R. T. Hicks, B. Shaw, J. Jensen

      Pages 35-44

   5. Development of a Product Screening Protocol for Evaluating Environmental Effects of Oilfield Chemicals

      • J. D. Berg, S. Bakke, E. A. Vik, B. S. Nesgård

      Pages 45-57

3. Modeling Approaches

   1. Modeling Offshore Discharges of Produced Water

      • M. G. Brandsma, J. P. Smith, J. E. O’Reilly, R. C. Ayers Jr., A. L. Holmquist

      Pages 59-71

   2. An Analysis of Management Strategies for Produced Waters from Natural Gas Production

      • D. V. Nakles, I. Ortiz, J. R. Frank

      Pages 73-87

   3. A Statistical Model to Predict Toxicity of Saline Produced Waters to Freshwater Organisms

      • D. D. Gulley, D. R. Mount, J. R. Hockett, H. L. Bergman

      Pages 89-96

4. Chemical Characterization

   1. A Comprehensive Determination of Produced Water Composition

      • P. J. C. Tibbetts, I. T. Buchanan, L. J. Gawel, R. Large

      Pages 97-112

   2. Chemical and Toxicological Characterization of Produced Water Freon Extracts

      • J. S. Brown, T. C. Sauer Jr., M. J. Wade, J. M. Neff

      Pages 113-131

   3. Specific Toxic Organics in Produced Waters from In-Situ Heavy Oil Recovery Operations in Western Canada

      • J. Carey, A. Zaidi, J. Ribo

      Pages 133-150

   4. Sources, Characteristics, and Management of Produced Waters from Natural Gas Production and Storage Operations

      • J. P. Fillo, S. M. Koraido, J. M. Evans

      Pages 151-161

   5. Characterization of Produced Waters from Natural Gas Production and Storage Operations: Regulatory Analysis of a Complex Matrix

      • M. C. Shepherd, F. L. Shore, S. K. Mertens, J. S. Gibson

      Pages 163-173

5. Toxicity

   1. Use of Laboratory Toxicity Data for Evaluating the Environmental Acceptability of Produced Water Discharge to Surface Waters

      • D. R. Mount, K. R. Drottar, D. D. Gulley, J. P. Fillo, P. E. O’Neil

      Pages 175-185

   2. Toxicity Identification and Characteristics of Produced Water Discharges from Colorado and Wyoming

      • K. W. Fucik

      Pages 187-198

   3. A Comparative Evaluation of Produced Water Toxicity

      • K. C. Schiff, D. J. Reish, J. W. Anderson, S. M. Bay

      Pages 199-207

   4. Identification of Toxicity in Low-TDS Produced Waters

      • T. C. Sauer Jr., T. J. Ward, J. S. Brown, S. O’Neil, M. J. Wade

      Pages 209-222

   5. An Approach to Toxicant Isolation from a Produced Water Source in the Santa Barbara Channel

      • R. M. Higashi, G. N. Cherr, C. A. Bergens, T. W.-M. Fan

      Pages 223-233

   6. Short-Term Chronic Toxicity of Produced Water and its Variability as a Function of Sample Time and Discharge Rate

      • C. M. Moffitt, M. R. Rhea, P. B. Dorn, J. F. Hall, J. M. Bruney, S. H. Evans

      Pages 235-244

This book represents the proceedings of the first major international meeting dedi­ cated to discuss environmental aspects of produced water. The 1992 International Pro­ duced Water Symposium was held at the Catamaran Hotel, San Diego, California, USA, on February 4-7, 1992. The objectives of the conference were to provide a forum where scientists, regulators, industry, academia, and the enviromental community could gather to hear and discuss the latest information related to the environmental considerations of produced water discharges. It was also an objective to provide a forum for the peer review and international publication of the symposium papers so that they would have wide availability to all parties interested in produced water environmental issues. Produced water is the largest volume waste stream from oil and gas production activities. Onshore, well over 90% is reinjected to subsurface formations. Offshore, and in the coastal zone, most produced water is discharged to the ocean. Over the past several years there has been increasing concern from regulators and the environmental commu­ nity. There has been a quest for more information on the composition, treatment systems and chemicals, discharge characteristics, disposal options, and fate and effects of the produced water. As so often happens, much of this information exists in the forms of reports and internal research papers. This symposium and publication was intended to make this information available, both for open discussion at the conference, and for peer review before publication.

• development
• environment
• ocean
• production
• toxicity
• ecotoxicology

• Shell Oil Company, Houston, USA

  James P. Ray

• Marine Spill Response Corporation, USA

  F. Rainer Engelhardt

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