Offshore Oil And Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring

Author : Shelley L. Armsworthy,Peter J. Cranford,Kenneth Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015059570781

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Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring by Shelley L. Armsworthy,Peter J. Cranford,Kenneth Lee Pdf

Offshore oil and gas drilling operations take place in some of the world's most biologically productive oceanic waters. An ongoing concern related to the development of this industry is that exposure to contaminants from waste discharges may cause ill effects on organisms and their habitat. Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) programs are undertaken to verify environmental impact assessment predictions, to detect any unforeseen effects, and to help identify cause-effect relationships. EEM has been carried out worldwide for many offshore developments, and much has been learned about the fate of drilling and production contaminants and their biological effects. EEM programs have rapidly evolved in response to new knowledge on the transport, fate, and effects of potential contaminants; changes in regulatory requirements; and improved impact assessment technologies and statistical approaches for data interpretation. In May 2003, an international group of scientists, environmental managers, and industry representatives shared their expertise and new knowledge at the Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring Workshop. The participants reviewed the status of current offshore oil and gas EEM programs and identified future research needs to advance our understanding of the impacts of the offshore oil and gas industry. This book represents a selected number of peer-reviewed papers from workshop participants, covering a range of topics including regional experience from past and ongoing EEM programs; environmental management issues such as risk assessment and decision-making processes; the development of predictive risk assessment models; and new approaches and technologies formonitoring potential alterations in benthic, pelagic, and tropospheric ecosystem components. This book will be of use to scientists, environmental managers, regulators, and industry representatives, as well as members of the general public wishing to improve their understanding on the application of offshore oil and gas EEM programs for the protection of our ocean environment and its resources.

Author : Robert A. Buchanan,Joanne A. Cook,L.G.L. Limited, Environmental Research Associates,Anne Mathieu,Environmental Studies Research Funds (Canada)
Publisher : [Calgary] : Environmental Studies Research Funds
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : UCSD:31822033842600

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Environmental Effects Monitoring for Exploration Drilling by Robert A. Buchanan,Joanne A. Cook,L.G.L. Limited, Environmental Research Associates,Anne Mathieu,Environmental Studies Research Funds (Canada) Pdf

The main goal of this study was to develop a strategy for monitoring environmental effects at a single exploratory offshore well on the east coast. Work carried out in the study consisted of consultations with scientists, regulators, & stakeholders; reviews of regulatory regimes; toxicity results relevant to exploratory activities; and development of a decision tree for determining when & how to conduct environmental effects monitoring (EEM). The study report first presents background on potential issues related to the environmental impacts of exploratory drilling, the characteristics of typical exploratory drill rigs & drilling muds, the regulatory regime in Canada & elsewhere, and the biological & other effects of drilling. It then summarizes EEM programs & their results for exploratory wells on the Scotian Shelf & Grand Banks; outlines EEM issues of concern for the Newfoundland & Nova Scotia offshore, and discusses issue similarities & differences between the two areas; and draws brief conclusions on the application of production EEM experience to exploratory drilling EEM. Finally, an EEM decision process based on three scenarios appropriate to the east coast is presented, along with recommended study designs to address the scenarios.

Author : Robert A. Buchanan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:993493442

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Environmental Effects Monitoring for Exploration Drilling by Robert A. Buchanan Pdf

Author : Environmental Studies Research Funds (Canada),Griffiths-Muecke Associates
Publisher : [Calgary] : Environmental Studies Research Funds
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Environmental monitoring
ISBN : UCSD:31822033842527

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Workshop on Cumulative Environmental Effects Assessment and Monitoring on the Grand Banks and Scotian Shelf by Environmental Studies Research Funds (Canada),Griffiths-Muecke Associates Pdf

This publication summarizes proceedings of a workshop initiated in response to recommendations from the 1997 Terra Nova Environmental Assessment Panel on the need to address cumulative effects of offshore oil & gas development. Topics of presentations include the east coast offshore context of hydrocarbon development, prediction & verification of offshore oil & gas effects, cumulative effects assessment & monitoring approaches, lessons from cumulative effects assessment & monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico and North Sea, designing cumulative effects monitoring programs, the potential for cumulative effects off the east coast, contributors to offshore cumulative effects, how cumulative effects should be monitored, and who should do the assessment & monitoring. The appendix includes an excerpt from the Terra Nova Panel report.

Author : D.F. Boesch,N.N. Rabalais
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1987-03-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780203497777

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Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development by D.F. Boesch,N.N. Rabalais Pdf

Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development contains 14 chapters by different authors which focus on the US.

Author : Stanislav Aleksandrovich Patin
Publisher : Ecomonitor Pub.
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822033438789

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Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry by Stanislav Aleksandrovich Patin Pdf

This book provides more comprehensive materials and discussion on environmental impact of the offshore oil and gas industry than any other single source currently available. Specifically, multi-disciplinary perspectives are given, addressing worldwide advances in studies, control, and prevention of the industry's impact on the marine environment and its living resources. Unique to this text are the data on environmental aspects of Russian offshore oil and gas developments presented by the leading expert on the problem. The author considers the main impact factors of the offshore activity and outlines conditions providing the balance of interests for the oil industry and fisheries. Special attention is given to the ecotoxicological and biogeochemical characteristics of oil and gas hydrocarbons in the marine environment. Based on all presently available information, specific environmental requirements for discharges and seawater quality are substantiated. Final chap! ters summarize strategic principles of environmental protection and ecological monitoring in relation to the offshore oil and gas activity. Appendix includes Russian standards of Maximum Permissible Concentrations (MPC) and Approximate Safe Impact Limits (ASIL) for about 200 chemicals used in oil and gas production.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Oil pollution of the sea
ISBN : IND:30000054719335

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Marine Oil Pollution by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donald C. Gordon,Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Publisher : [Dartmouth, N.S.] : Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Aquatic organisms
ISBN : UVA:35007005108935

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Understanding the Environmental Effects of Offshore Hydrocarbon Development by Donald C. Gordon,Bedford Institute of Oceanography Pdf

Contains presentations, abstracts of posters, and transcripts of panel discussions at a conference on the environmental effects of offshore hydrocarbon development. Topics covered include environmental transport & dispersion on offshore banks, the fate of drilling wastes, continental shelf ecosystems, impacts of oil development on the Grand Banks, biological effects of drilling wastes, impacts of produced water, and environmental effects monitoring. Includes subject index.

Author : Terra Nova Development Project Environmental Assessment Panel (Canada),Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board,Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Publisher : [Hull, Quebec] : Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UVA:35007002584161

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Terra Nova Development by Terra Nova Development Project Environmental Assessment Panel (Canada),Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board,Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Pdf

The Terra Nova development is a proposal to develop the petroleum resources of the Terra Nova oil field located on the north-east Grand Banks. Development will take place using a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel; semi-submersible drilling rigs; and shuttle tankers to carry the produced oil to on-shore facilities. This report describes the Terra Nova proposal, the process for a joint federal-provincial environmental assessment of the project, and the fundamental findings and recommendations arising from the assessment. These findings and recommendations cover the following: the socio-economic impacts of the project, including employment opportunities, worker safety, and benefits to the economy; the impact of the environment (such as wind, weather, waves, and ice) on the project; environmental effects of the project, including those from offshore discharges, drilling waste, produced water, and oil spills; and monitoring of the effects of the project. Includes glossary.

Author : Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental management
ISBN : 9789280716399

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Environmental Management in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production by Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum Pdf

Author : Brian S. Middleditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 146841111X

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Environmental Effects of offshore oil production by Brian S. Middleditch Pdf

Author : Gordon Leitch,Environmental Studies Revolving Funds (Canada),IDP Consultants Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Natural gas
ISBN : UCSD:31822016459588

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Public Information on Oil and Gas Activities by Gordon Leitch,Environmental Studies Revolving Funds (Canada),IDP Consultants Limited Pdf

This study is a response to the need for a re-examination of information strategies and the public's need for information on developments in the east coast offshore oil and gas industry. The objectives of the study were to assess the information needs of the general public, to evaluate existing information materials, to identify deficiencies in the current information system, to identify strategies for better meeting the information needs of the general public, and to prepare sample information modules

Author : W.J. Cairns,P.M. Rogers
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780203210178

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Onshore Impacts of Offshore Oil by W.J. Cairns,P.M. Rogers Pdf

This collection of chapters by different authors focuses on the North Sea coastal lands. It looks at environmental factors, strategy and development, planning and community issues, and hazards and control. It ends by summarising UK and Norwegian viewpoints.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : 9781428950412

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Arctic offshore oil & gas guidelines by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kenneth Lee,Jerry Neff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461400462

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Produced Water by Kenneth Lee,Jerry Neff Pdf

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.