scholarly journals Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Produced Water and Oil-Field Equipment--An Issue for the Energy Industry

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1999 ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (27) ◽  
pp. 164-173
Author(s):  
Zainab Mohammed Hassan

In this work, measurements of activity concentration of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) isotopes and their related hazard indices for several materials such as crude oil, sludge and water in Ahdeb oil fields in Waste governorate using high pure germanium coaxial detection technique. The average values for crude oil samples were174.72Bq/l, 43.46Bq/l, 355.07Bq/l, 264.21Bq/l, 122.52nGy/h, 0.7138, 1.1861, 0.601 mSv/y, 0.1503mSv/y and 1.8361 for Ra-226, Ac-228, K-40, Ra eq, D, H-external and H-internal respectively. According to the results; the ratio between 238U to 232Th was 4, which represents the natural ratio in the crust earth; therefore, one can be strongly suggested that the geo-stricture of the Ahdeb oil fields dose not contents any kind of rocks. Although the results indicate the rising in the activity concentration of NORM isotopes, the national and international comparisons proved that it is still in the world range limits.


Author(s):  
Molly McLaughlin ◽  
Bonnie McDevitt ◽  
Hannah Miller ◽  
Kaela Amundson ◽  
michael Wilkins ◽  
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Produced water (PW) is the largest waste stream associated with oil and gas (O&G) operations and contains petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals, salts, naturally occurring radioactive materials and any remaining chemical...


2013 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Alonso-Hernandez ◽  
J. Bernal-Castillo ◽  
Y. Morera-Gomez ◽  
A. Guillen-Arruebarrena ◽  
H. A. Cartas-Aguila ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 2824-2839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Goronovski ◽  
P. James Joyce ◽  
Anna Björklund ◽  
Göran Finnveden ◽  
Alan H. Tkaczyk

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