API PUBL 4546-1992

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Ecological Effects of Produced Water Discharges from Offshore Oil and Gas Production Platforms

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
API	1992	334

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Oil production in coastal waters dates from the 1890’s, when wells were drilled from wharves extending into the Santa Barbara Channel. By the 1920’s, floating platforms were being used in the marshlands, bayous, and lakes bordering the Gulf of Mexico, and in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. The first successful offshore well, twelve miles off the Louisiana coast, was drilled during 1947 (MANNERS, 1982).

Offshore oil now accounts for more than 24% of the world’s total production. Saudi Arabia is, by far, the leading producer of offshore oil, accounting for 22.0% of the total offshore oil in 1981. Other major producers of offshore oil include the United Kingdom (13.2%), Mexico (8.1%), and – in fourth place -the United States (7.8%). Another 32 countries account for the remaining 48.9% of offshore production (ANONYMOUS, 1982a).

The distribution of research effort directed toward discovering and mitigating the ecological effects of offshore activities is significantly different. Almost all of the research in this field has been conducted in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas.

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