Impacts of Oil and Gas Production on Contaminant Levels in Sediments

• Published in: Current pollution reports Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 43 - 53
• Main Authors: D. Atoufi, Hossein, Lampert, David J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Africa; Aquatic Pollution; Aromatic hydrocarbons; Asia; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Benzene; Bioremediation; BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene); Carbon; Case studies; Chemical oxygen demand; Chemical spills; Contaminants; Contamination; Creeks & streams; Deep well injection (wastes); Earth and Environmental Science; Energy resources; Energy sources; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Environmental risk; Ethyl benzene; Ethylbenzene; Gas production; Gases; Grease; Heavy metals; Hydraulic fracturing; Hydrocarbons; Industrial Pollution Prevention; Injection; Middle East; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Oil and gas operations; Oil and gas production; Oil pollution; Oil shale; oils; Organic chemicals; petroleum; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Phytoremediation; Pollutants; Pollution; Pollution load; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Radioactive materials; risk; salts; Section Editor; sediment contamination; Sediment load; Sediment pollution; Sediment Pollution (D Lampert; Sediments; Seismicity; shale; Shale gas; Shale oil; Shales; South America; Surface water; Toluene; Topical Collection on Sediment Pollution; toxic substances; Toxicity; United States; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Waste disposal; Waste Water Technology; Water injection; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Water resources; Xylene; United States > US; Middle East; South America; Asia; United States; Africa; Sediment contamination; PAHs; Oil and gas; Produced water; Contaminants; Heavy metals

Purpose of Review Recent technological progresses have unlocked tremendous shale energy resources, leading to increased production of oil and gas and a variety of new environmental pollution issues in the United States. One such example is management of produced waters, which are often disposed of v...