Petroleum\'s Influence on the Aquatic Environment

Abstract
Aquifer, rivers, or lakes are frequently employed as the local sources of water that the petroleum industry uses to drill and hydraulically fracture wells, refine and process petroleum, and create electricity in certain natural gas-based power plants. Oil residues, chemicals from hydraulic fracturing and drilling fluids, and naturally occurring pollutants from the rocks themselves may all be present in the water that is generated along with petroleum. It is also frequently naturally salty. The environmental effects of petroleum activities may change a range of ecological characteristics, such as biodiversity, biomass, and productivity, which may then affect specific species, populations, assemblages, or ecosystems. There are two basic types of long-term and short-term impacts of petroleum contamination in water. The difficulties produced by point pollution in aquatic ecosystems have come to light due to the impact of petroleum compounds on living organisms in aquatic environments.

Author
Hawzhen Fateh M. Ameen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1262/2/022025

Publisher
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

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