Produced Water: Technological/Environmental Issues and Solutions

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
A Survey of Produced Water Studies....Pages 1-11
The Composition of Produced Water from Shell Operated Oil and Gas Production in the North Sea....Pages 13-21
Review of the Cost-Effectiveness of EPA’s Offshore Oil and Gas Effluent Guidelines....Pages 23-33
Procedure for Development of Contingency Plans to Mitigate Produced Water Releases on BLM Lands....Pages 35-44
Development of a Product Screening Protocol for Evaluating Environmental Effects of Oilfield Chemicals....Pages 45-57
Modeling Offshore Discharges of Produced Water....Pages 59-71
An Analysis of Management Strategies for Produced Waters from Natural Gas Production....Pages 73-87
A Statistical Model to Predict Toxicity of Saline Produced Waters to Freshwater Organisms....Pages 89-96
A Comprehensive Determination of Produced Water Composition....Pages 97-112
Chemical and Toxicological Characterization of Produced Water Freon Extracts....Pages 113-131
Specific Toxic Organics in Produced Waters from In-Situ Heavy Oil Recovery Operations in Western Canada....Pages 133-150
Sources, Characteristics, and Management of Produced Waters from Natural Gas Production and Storage Operations....Pages 151-161
Characterization of Produced Waters from Natural Gas Production and Storage Operations: Regulatory Analysis of a Complex Matrix....Pages 163-173
Use of Laboratory Toxicity Data for Evaluating the Environmental Acceptability of Produced Water Discharge to Surface Waters....Pages 175-185
Toxicity Identification and Characteristics of Produced Water Discharges from Colorado and Wyoming....Pages 187-198
A Comparative Evaluation of Produced Water Toxicity....Pages 199-207
Identification of Toxicity in Low-TDS Produced Waters....Pages 209-222
An Approach to Toxicant Isolation from a Produced Water Source in the Santa Barbara Channel....Pages 223-233
Short-Term Chronic Toxicity of Produced Water and its Variability as a Function of Sample Time and Discharge Rate....Pages 235-244
Toxicity Testing and Chemical Characterization of Produced Water — A Preliminary Study....Pages 245-256
Radiochemical Determination of Norm in Produced Water Utilizing Wet Chemistry Separation Followed by Radiochemical Analysis....Pages 257-266
Radium Fate and Oil Removal for Discharged Produced Sand....Pages 267-279
Produced Water Radionuclides Fate and Effects....Pages 281-292
Radium Concentration Factors and Their Use in Health and Environmental Risk Assessment....Pages 293-302
Health Risk Assessment for Radium Discharged in Produced Waters....Pages 303-314
Biological Fate and Effect of Coalbed Methane Produced Waters Discharged into Streams of the Warrior Basin, Alabama....Pages 315-327
Surface Discharge of Coalbed Methane Produced Waters in the Warrior Basin of Alabama, the Cedar Cove Model....Pages 329-341
Produced Water Impacts in Louisiana Coastal Waters....Pages 343-354
Fate and Effects of Produced Water Discharges in Coastal Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, USA....Pages 355-369
Composition, Fate and Effects of Produced Water Discharges to Nearshore Marine Waters....Pages 371-385
Spatial Scale of Ecological Effects Associated with an Open Coast Discharge of Produced Water....Pages 387-402
Use of Noninvasive NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging for Assessing Produced Water Effects on Mussel Reproduction....Pages 403-414
Effects of Produced Water on Settlement of Larvae: Field Tests using Red Abalone....Pages 415-430
Effects of Produced Water on Early Life Stages of a Sea Urchin: Stage-Specific Responses and Delayed Expression....Pages 431-444
Sublethal Effects of Produced Water from Crude Oil Terminals on the Clam Donax faba ....Pages 445-454
A Protocol for Determining Oil and Grease in Produced Waters....Pages 455-471
Investigations into the Use of Modified Zeolites for Removing Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene from Saline Produced Water....Pages 473-487
Recent Advances in the Application of Membrane Technology for the Removal of Oil and Suspended Solids from Produced Waters....Pages 489-501
Sulphate Separation from Seawater by Nanofiltration....Pages 503-509
Initial Design Considerations for a Cost Effective Treatment of Stripper Oil Well Produced Water....Pages 511-522
Bioreclamation of Oilfield Produced Wastewaters: Characterization and Feasibility Study....Pages 523-533
Use of Solar Ponds to Reclaim Salt Products from Brine Waters from Oil and Gas Well Operations in New York....Pages 535-547
Subsurface Disposal of Produced Waters: An Alberta Perspective....Pages 549-560
Water Reuse Testing at Shell’s Peace River Complex....Pages 561-568
Overview of the Produced Water System at the Prudhoe Bay Unit — Alaska, North Slope....Pages 569-578
Production Water/Waste Treatment and Site Remediation Technology Database for the Natural Gas Industry....Pages 579-591
Treatment and Disposal of Wastewaters Produced with Coalbed Methane by Reverse Osmosis....Pages 593-604
Back Matter....Pages 605-616