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Produced Water

Environmental Risks and Advances in Mitigation Technologies

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth Lee

    1. Centre for Offshore Oil &, Gas Environmental Research, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

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  2. Jerry Neff

    1. Neff and Associates, LLC, Duxbury, USA

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  • Overview of produced water fates and effects
  • Evaluates produced water from various offshore platforms
  • Looks at different methods of risk assessment and management
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Overview of Produced Water Fates and Effects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Produced Water: Overview of Composition, Fates, and Effects

      • Jerry Neff, Kenneth Lee, Elisabeth M. DeBlois
      Pages 3-54

  3. Composition/Characterization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Measurement of Oil in Produced Water

      • Ming Yang
      Pages 57-88

    3. Evaluation of Produced Water from Brazilian Offshore Platforms

      • Irene T. Gabardo, Eduardo B. Platte, Antônio S. Araujo, Fernando H. Pulgatti
      Pages 89-113

    4. Biodegradation of Crude Oil as Potential Source of Organic Acids in Produced Water

      • Bent Barman Skaare, Jan Kihle, Terje Torsvik
      Pages 115-126

    5. Chemical Forms and Reactions of Barium in Mixtures of Produced Water with Seawater

      • John H. Trefry, Robert P. Trocine
      Pages 127-145

    6. The Distribution of Dissolved and Particulate Metals and Nutrients in the Vicinity of the Hibernia Offshore Oil and Gas Platform

      • Philip A. Yeats, B.A. Law, T.G. Milligan
      Pages 147-161

    7. The Effect of Storage Conditions on Produced Water Chemistry and Toxicity

      • Monique T. Binet, Jennifer L. Stauber, Trevor Winton
      Pages 163-179

    8. Centrifugal Flotation Technology Evaluation for Dissolved Organics Removal from Produced Water

      • Marcel V. Melo, O.A. Pereira Jr, A. Jacinto Jr, L.A. dos Santos
      Pages 181-186

  4. Modelling, Fate and Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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  5. Modeling, Fate and Transport

    1. The DREAM Model and the Environmental Impact Factor: Decision Support for Environmental Risk Management

      • Mark Reed, Henrik Rye
      Pages 189-203

    2. Diffuser Hydraulics, Heat Loss, and Application to Vertical Spiral Diffuser

      • Maynard G. Brandsma, K. Lee
      Pages 205-221

    3. Experimental and Modelling Studies on the Mixing Behavior of Offshore Discharged Produced Water

      • Haibo Niu, Kenneth Lee, Tahir Husain, Brian Veitch, Neil Bose
      Pages 223-234

    4. A Coupled Model for Simulating the Dispersion of Produced Water in the Marine Environment

      • Haibo Niu, Kenneth Lee, Tahir Husain, Brian Veitch, Neil Bose
      Pages 235-247

    5. A New Approach to Tracing Particulates from Produced Water

      • Barry R. Ruddick, Christopher T. Taggart
      Pages 249-257
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A state-of-the-art review of scientific knowledge on the environmental risk of ocean discharge of produced water and advances in mitigation technologies.

In offshore oil and gas operations, produced water (the water produced with oil or gas from a well) accounts for the largest waste stream (in terms of volume discharged).  Its discharge is continuous during oil and gas production and typically increases in volume over the lifetime of an offshore production platform.

Produced water discharge as waste into the ocean has become an environmental concern because of its potential contaminant content. Environmental risk assessments of ocean discharge of produced water have yielded different results.  For example, several laboratory and field studies have shown that significant acute toxic effects cannot be detected beyond the "point of discharge" due to rapid dilution in the receiving waters.  However, there is some preliminary evidence of chronic sub-lethal impacts in biota associated with the discharge of produced water from oil and gas fields within the North Sea. 

As the composition and concentration of potential produced water contaminants may vary from one geologic formation to another, this conference also highlights the results of recent studies in Atlantic Canada. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Offshore Oil &, Gas Environmental Research, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

    Kenneth Lee

  • Neff and Associates, LLC, Duxbury, USA

    Jerry Neff

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