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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Numerical-ecotoxicological approach to assess potential risk associated with oilfield production chemicals discharged into the sea.

Loredana Manfra, Daniela Cianelli, Rossella Di Mento, Enrico Zambianchi

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Loredana ManfraISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 60, 00144, Rome, Italy. loredana.manfra@isprambiente.it.
Daniela CianelliISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 60, 00144, Rome, Italy.
Rossella Di MentoISPRA - Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Via Vitaliano Brancati 60, 00144, Rome, Italy.
Enrico ZambianchiDepartment of Science and Technology, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" and CoNISMa, Centro Direzionale di Napoli - Isola C4, 80143, Naples, Italy.

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Abstract

Several different chemical products are used on oil platforms to aid oil-water separation during the production process. These chemicals may enter into the sea by means of production water (PW), the main discharge derived from oil and gas offshore platforms. Consequently, toxic effects may occur in the marine environment, causing reductions in wildlife numbers, degrading ecosystem functions and threatening human health. For most of these chemicals, environmental toxicity and safety thresholds in marine ecosystems have not been fully investigated as yet. In this work, a numerical-ecotoxicological approach is proposed to assess the potential environmental risk associated with the discharge of five oilfield production chemicals (deoiler, scale inhibitor, corrosion inhibitor, catalyst, dehydrating agent) from a platform in the southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). Their concentrations in the seawater are numerically predicted, under different seasonal conditions, starting from the real concentrations used during the production process. The predicted concentrations are then evaluated in terms of possible toxic effects in order to assess the potential risk of oilfield production chemicals discharged into the sea.

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Oil and Gas FieldsAnimalsAquatic OrganismsEcosystemEcotoxicologyEnvironmental MonitoringHumansItalyMediterranean SeaModels, TheoreticalRisk AssessmentSeawaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollutants, ChemicalBioassaysNumerical modelsOilfield production chemicalsProduction waterSeawater predicted concentrationsToxic effect concentrations

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