PERSISTENT HYDROCARBON CONTENT OF THE SEA ALONG CERTAIN TANKER ROUTES-A PRELIMARY REPORT

A preliminary report on the ocean sampling and analysis project which is designed to measure hydrocabons, predominately the heavier hydrocarbons found in what are called "persistent oils" now dissolved or dispersed in waters of the oceans. Samples are being taken from Exxon vessels to measure the hydrocarbons dispersed in about the top meter of the water column and at a depth of approximately 10 meters. In addition, the deep waters of the Atlantic are being sampled from oceanographic research vessels. The scope of this project does not include the sampling and analysis of tar balls, floating oil, or nonpersistent oils. The work is still in progress, but results are available from samples taken between Gulf of Mexico ports and New York, between Caribbean ports and New York, and between Brega and La Spezia in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 18th Annual Tanker Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, May 7-9, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Petroleum Institute

  1220 L Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005-4070
• Authors:
  • Monaghan, P H
  • Seelinger, J H
  • Brown, R A
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 18th Annual Tanker Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, May 7-9, 1973.
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 232-259

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Monitoring; Oil additives; Oil spill cleanup; Pollution; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil content profiles; Oil detection
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080016
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM