Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil Production

Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil Production Description

Prologue.- Major Spills.- Other Sources of Oil.- Previous Studies in the Gulf of Mexico.- The Buccaneer Gas and Oil Field Study.- References.- Hydrocarbons and Sulfur.- Experimental Procedures.- Results.- Discussion.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Biocides.- Biocides Employed.- Assays of Biocides.- Conclusions.- References.- Sedimentology And Geochemistry Of Recent Sediments.- Methods.- Results.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Surficial Sediments And Suspended Particulate Matter.- Methods.- Results and Discussion.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Total Organic Carbon and Carbon Isotopes of Sediments.- Materials and Methods.- Preliminary Results and Predictive Model.- Results.- Discussion.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Distribution and Abundance of Macrobenthic and Meiobenthic Organisms.- Study Area.- Field Methods.- Laboratory Methods.- Data Analysis.- Results.- Discussion.- Summary.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Appendices.- Observations on the Effects of Oil Field Structures on Their Biotic Environment: Platform Fouling Community.- Materials and Methods.- Results and Interpretation.- Acknowledgements.- References.- The Effect of Structures on Migratory and Local Marine Birds.- Materials and Methods.- Results.- Interpretation.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Bacterial Community Composition and Activity.- Materials and Methods.- Results and Discussion.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Effects on Artificial Reef and Demersal Fish and Macrocrustacean Communities.- Investigative Program.- Environmental Setting and Alterations.- Major Ecosystem Components and Effects.- Conclusions and Recommendations.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Acute Toxicity and Aquatic Hazard Associated with Discharged Formation Water.- Methods and Materials.- Results.- Discussion.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Environmental Synthesis Using an Ecosystems Model.- Construction of the Buccaneer Field Model.- Results.- Discussion.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Currents and Hydrography of the Buccaneer Field and Adjacent Waters.- Methods and Materials.- Results and Discussion.- Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Hydrodynamic Modeling of Discharges.- Methods.- Results and Discussion.- Summary.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Transport and Dispersion of Potential Contaminants.- Methods and Results.- Summary.- Acknowledgements.- References.- Epilogue.- Houston Area Oxidants Study.