Environmental Issues
There are a number of environmental issues regarding the petroleum industry:
1.Air Pollution: The release of carbon dioxide (CO2), Waste materials and Hydroflouride (HF) contaminate the environment.
2. Water Contamination: Oil spills in the ocean during transportation create a layer of oil that shows on beaches and damages marine life. The potential impacts and major environmental concerns related with subsea operations are similar to those used with existing technologies. These include the release of drilling fluids and untreated drill cutings during exploration and production, devastating release of large volumes of hydrocarbons or utility fluids as a result of failures in piping, seals and connections, and the release of untreated produced water and sands. The difference between existing and subsea technologies is the restriced ability to detect and respond to these releases in the deepwater environment.
3. Detrimental impacts to soils, surface and ground waters: Caused by exploration and production of petroleum. These impacts arose from the inappropriate disposal of large volumes of sailine water, with toxic organic and inorganic components, produced with oil and gas; from accidental hydrocarbon and produced water releases. The impacts also arose from the large number of petroleum wells, some of which were 'orphaned' or not correctly plugged. Impacts to ground-surface can arise from correlated activities, such as site clearance, constuction of roads, tank batteries, brine pits and pipelines, and other necessary land modifications.
1.Air Pollution: The release of carbon dioxide (CO2), Waste materials and Hydroflouride (HF) contaminate the environment.
2. Water Contamination: Oil spills in the ocean during transportation create a layer of oil that shows on beaches and damages marine life. The potential impacts and major environmental concerns related with subsea operations are similar to those used with existing technologies. These include the release of drilling fluids and untreated drill cutings during exploration and production, devastating release of large volumes of hydrocarbons or utility fluids as a result of failures in piping, seals and connections, and the release of untreated produced water and sands. The difference between existing and subsea technologies is the restriced ability to detect and respond to these releases in the deepwater environment.
3. Detrimental impacts to soils, surface and ground waters: Caused by exploration and production of petroleum. These impacts arose from the inappropriate disposal of large volumes of sailine water, with toxic organic and inorganic components, produced with oil and gas; from accidental hydrocarbon and produced water releases. The impacts also arose from the large number of petroleum wells, some of which were 'orphaned' or not correctly plugged. Impacts to ground-surface can arise from correlated activities, such as site clearance, constuction of roads, tank batteries, brine pits and pipelines, and other necessary land modifications.