Bioaccumulation Study of Produced Water Discharges from Southeastern Brazilian Offshore Petroleum Industry Using Feral Fishes

Bioaccumulation Study of Produced Water Discharges from Southeastern Brazilian Offshore Petroleum Industry Using Feral Fishes

The main effluent of oil and gas production is the discharge of produced water (PW). Despite the potential environmental impact, the structure of oil and gas platforms can act as artificial reefs. Two species of fish, Caranx crysos and Tylosurus acus , were captured under two discharging platforms a...

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Published in:Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 461 - 470
Main Authors: Lourenço, Rafael André, Francioni, Eleine, da Silva, Antonio Henrique M. F. T., Magalhães, Caio Augusto, Gallotta, Fabiana Dias Costa, de Oliveira, Fabio Francisco, de Souza, João Maximino, de Araújo, Leandro Franco Macena, de Araújo, Liliane Pequeno, de Araújo Júnior, Marcus Antonio G., de Fátima Guadalupe Meniconi, Maria, de Souza Bindes Gomes Lopes, Monica Aparecida Ferreira
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01-04-2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Artificial reefs
Background levels
Bioaccumulation
Caranx crysos
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental impact
Fish
Gas production
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Muscles
Natural gas
Offshore drilling rigs
Offshore structures
Oil and gas production
Petroleum industry
Platforms
Pollution
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Soil Science & Conservation
Trace elements
Tylosurus acus
Water discharge
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Summary:The main effluent of oil and gas production is the discharge of produced water (PW). Despite the potential environmental impact, the structure of oil and gas platforms can act as artificial reefs. Two species of fish, Caranx crysos and Tylosurus acus , were captured under two discharging platforms at Campos Basin, P19 and P40. A nondischarging platform, P25, was taken as reference. The highest median concentration of PAH in muscle tissue was observed for C. Crysos at P40 (219.38 ng g −1 ) followed by P19 (68.26 ng g −1 ). For T. acus , the highest median concentrations were 40.07 and 42.21 ng g −1 from P19 and P40 respectively. P25 presented the smallest recorded concentrations. The results of PAH in the muscle tissue of C. crysos enabled to distinguish the platforms with PW discharge from the platform without discharge. Trace elements concentrations reflected the background levels and were not influenced by the PW release.
ISSN:0090-4341
1432-0703
DOI:10.1007/s00244-018-0510-5