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 wa
Produced water is mainly salty water trapped in the reservoir rock and brought up along with oil or gas during production. Almost all offshore oilfields produce large quantities of contaminated water
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
"In some coalbeds, naturally occurring water pressure holds methane--the main component of natural gas--fixed to coal surfaces and within the coal. In a coalbed methane (CBM) well, pumping water from
Oil and gas exploration and production activities in the marine environment produce and release large quantities of organic, hydrophobic compounds and heavy metals. Unfortunately, the effects of these
