Effects of non-aqueous fluids cuttings discharge from exploratory drilling activities on the deep-sea macrobenthic communities

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 32-40

  Santos, M F L ^a   Lana, P C ^b   Silva, J ^a   Fachel, J G ^c   Pulgati, F H ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthos; Brazil; Campos Basin; Drilling fluids; Environmental monitoring; Oil and gas exploration

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL DRILLING EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEAWATER;

BENTHOS; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION;

DRILLING FLUIDS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEEP SEA; DISCHARGE; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLORATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION;

ATLANTIC COAST [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63149129160     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Addy J.M., Hartley J.P., and Tibbetts P.J.C. Ecological effects of low toxicity oil-based mud drilling in the Beatrice oilfield. Marine Pollution Bulletin 15 (1984) 429-436
2. Candler, J.E., Hoskin, S., Churan, M., Cui Wei Lai, Freeman, M., 1995. Seafloor monitoring for synthetic based mud discharged in the Western Gulf of Mexico. SPE Paper 29694.
3. Cantelmo F.R., Tagatz M.E., and Ranga Rao K. Effect of barite on meiofauna in a flow-through experimental system. Marine Environmental Research 28 (1979) 301-309
4. Corrêa, I.C.S., Toldo Jr., E.E., Toledo, F.A., 2008. Seafloor geological impacts associated with a short-scale drilling disturbance. Deep-Sea Research II, this issue [doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.014].
5. Daan R., and Mulder M. On the short-term and long-term impact of drilling activities in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. ICES Journal Marine Science 53 (1996) 1036-1044
6. Darley H.C.H., and Gray G.G. Composition and Properties of Drilling and Completion Fluids. fifth ed (1988), Gulf Publishing Co., Houston 643pp
7. Davies J.M., Addy J.M., Blackman R.A., Blanchard J.R., Ferbranche J.E., Moore D.C., Somerville H.J., Whitehead A., and Wilkinson T. Environmental effects of the use of oil-based drilling muds in the North Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 15 (1984) 363-370
8. Dicks B. Offshore biological monitoring. In: Baker J.M. (Ed). Marine Ecology and Oil Pollution (1976), Applied Science Publishers, Barking 325-440
9. George, R.Y., 1975. Potential effects of oil drilling and dumping activities on marine biota. In: Environmental Aspects of Chemical Use in Well-drilling Operations. Conference Proceedings, Report no. EPA-560/1-17-004, US Environmental Protection Agency, Houston, TX, pp. 333-355.
10. Hartley J.P. The benthic ecology of the forties oilfield (North Sea). Journal Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 80 (1984) 161-195
11. Hérnandez Arana H.A., Warwick R.M., Attrill M.J., Rowden A.A., and Gold-Bouchot G. Assessing the impact of oil-related activities on benthic macroinfauna assemblages of the Campeche shelf, southern Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series 289 (2005) 89-107
12. Kingston P.F. Impact of offshore oil production installations on the benthos of the North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 49 (1992) 45-53
13. Kroncke I. Macrofauna standing stock of the Dogger Bank, a comparison: II, 1951-1952 versus 1985-1987 are changes in the community of the northeastern part of the Dogger Bank due to environmental changes. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 25 1/2 (1990) 189-198
14. Mairs, H., Smith, J., Melton, R., Pasmore, J., Maruca, S., 2000. Efeitos Ambientais dos Cascalhos Associados a Fluidos Não-aquosos: Fundamentos Técnicos-Minuta. Instituto Brasileiro de Petróleo-IBP, unpublised, 116pp.
15. Maurer D., Gerlinger T., and Nguyen H. The response of two spionid polychaetes to natural processes and anthropogenic activities on the San Pedro Shelf, Califórnia. Ophelia 48 3 (1998) 185-206
16. Middleditch B.S. Environmental Effects of Offshore oil Production. The Buccaneer Gas and Oil Filed Study (1981), Plenum Press, New York 446pp
17. Montagna P.A., and Harper Jr. D.E. Benthic infauna long-term response to offshore production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53 (1996) 2567-2588
18. Neff J.M., Mckelvie S., and Ayers R.C. Environmental Impact of Synthetic Based Drilling Fluids (2000), US Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service, New Orleans p. 118
19. Oliver G.A., and Fisher S.J. The persistence and effects of non-water based drlling fluids on Australia's northwest shelf: progress findings from three seabed surveys. APPEA Journal (1999) 647-662
20. Oslgard F., and Gray J.S. A comprehensive analysis of the effects of offshore oil and gas exploration and production on the benthic communities of the Norwegian continental shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 122 (1995) 277-306
21. Pearson T.H., and Rosenberg R. Macrobenthic succession in relation to organic enrichment and pollution of the marine environment. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 16 (1978) 229-311
22. Petrobrás, 2001. Monitoramento Ambiental da Atividade de Produção de Petróleo na Bacia de Campos. Etapa de Pré-monitoramento. Final Report, unpublished, 222pp.
23. Petrobrás, 2003. Monitoramento Ambiental da Atividade de Perfuração de Poços de Óleo e Gás da Bacia de Campos. Caracterização e Monitoramento Pós-atividade. Final Report, unpublished, 189pp.
24. Pozebon, D., Lima, E.C., Santos, J.H.Z., Peralba, M.C.R., Maia, S.M., Pizzolato, T.M., 2008. Metals, arsenic and hydrocarbons monitoring in marine sediment during drilling activities using NAFs. Deep-Sea Research II, this issue, [doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.016].
25. Probert P.K. Disturbance, sediment stability and trophic structure of soft-bottom communities. Journal Marine Research 42 (1984) 893-921
26. Pulgati, F.H., Fachel, J.M.G., Ayup-Zouian, R.N., 2008. Bayesian spatial prediction of the area affected by drilling discharges from an exploratory well using water-based and nonaqueous-based fluids in campus basin, Brazil. Deep-Sea Research II, this issue [doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.08.019].
27. Rabalais N.N., McKee B.A., Reed D.J., and Means J.C. Fate and effects of produced water discharges in Coastal Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, USA. In: Ray J.P., and Engelhart F.R. (Eds). Produced Water (1992), Plenum Press, New York 355-369
28. Rhoads D.C., and Boyer L.F. The effects of marine benthos on physical properties of sediments: a successional perspective. In: McCall P.L., and Tevesz J.S. (Eds). Animal-Sediment Relations: The Biogenic Alteration of Sediments (1982), Plenum Press, New York, NY 337
29. Smith, J., May, S.J., 1991. Ula wellsite 7/12 environmental survey 199. Report FSC/RC/13/91, Field Studies Council Research Center, UK.
30. Tararam, A.S., 1993. Programa Ambiental da Bacia de Campos. Technical Report, Fundespa, Geomap, Rio de Janeiro, unpublished, 44pp.
31. Terrens, G.W., Gwyther, D., Keough, M.J., Tait, R.D., 1998. Environmental of synthetic based drilling mud discharges to the Bass Strait Australia. In: Proceedings of SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, Caracas Venezuela, 7-10 June, 1998.
32. Tommasi, L.R., 1994a. Programa de Monitoramento Ambiental Oceânico da Bacia de Campos, RJ. Fundespa, Geomap, Cenpes-Petrobrás. Final Report, São Paulo, unpublised, 169pp.
33. Tommasi, L.R., 1994b. Diagnóstico Ambiental Oceânico e Costeiro das Regiões Sul e Sudeste do Brasil. Petrobrás, XI. Final Report, unpublised, 162pp.