Assessment of anthropogenic activity impact on the oil-field exploitations near Moinesti City, Bacau County, Romania

Rusai, Laura

QR Code Link :
Type :	article
Subject :	Q Science (General)
Main Author :	Rusai, Laura
Additional Authors :	Lazar, Juliana Faciu, Maria-Ema Azlan Kamari
Title :	Assessment of anthropogenic activity impact on the oil-field exploitations near Moinesti City, Bacau County, Romania

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Sains dan Matematik
Year of Publication :	2020
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Oil-field exploitations that have been done in Moinesti city over the years since 1440 have resulted in soil degradation due to accidents and residual pollution. The location of extraction wells close to the grazing areas has frequently increased questions related to the quality of soil and vegetation for these areas. The aim of the study was to assess the degree of pollution considering total petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals in soil and spontaneous vegetation from one of the grazing areas located under the influence of oil pipe transport and oil wells. 35 locations were considered for soil and vegetation sampling and the measured data were mapped and analysed using spatial distribution correlations. The results indicated that, the heavy metal and TPH concentrations in the investigated soils exceeded the thresholds values. They also indicated the existence of residual pollution in the investigated soils. Often, Cd and Pb determined concentrations exceeded the normal values for the spontaneous flora, thus it can be concluded that a heavy metal contamination may be manifested at the plant level. The investigated area can be estimated as being a risk zone demanding involvement for depollution

References

1. D.A. MUSTAFA, H. JUAHIR, K. YUNUS, A.M. AMRAN, C. HASNAM, C. NORAINI, F. AZAMAN, Z.I. ABIDIN, H.S AZMEE, H.N. SULAIMAN. Oil spill related heavy metal: a review. MJAS, 19:6 (2015).

2. A.M. MICHAEL, T.P. OJHA, Principles of agricultural engineering. Eds., Jain Brothers, inc., New Delhi, 2006.

3. L. PÂRVAN, I. ANTON, C. SÎRBU, T. CIOROIANU, M. DUMITRU, M. MU?AT. The effect of Bioremediation Technologies on Mobile Potassium Content from Polluted Soil with Crude oil. Rom.Biotech. Lett, 21:4 (2016).

4. B.M. MCBRIDE. Environmental Chemistry of Soils. Eds., OUP., inc., New York, 1994.

5. I.O. ASIA, S. I. JEGEDE, D.A. JEGEDE, O.K. IZEIYAMU, E.B. AKPASUBI. The effects of petroleum exploration and production operations on the heavy metals contents of soil and groundwater in the Niger Delta. Int. J. Phys. Sci, 2:10 (2007).

6. J.G. LÜ, R.J. XU, Q.H. ZHANG, J.Y. LIU, C.Y. LIAO, F.S. WEI. Primary investigation of the pollution status of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and soil of Xuanwei and Fuyuan, Yunnan Province, China. Chinese Sci. Bull, 54:19 (2009).

7. S.J. ROBERTSON, W.B. MCGILL, H.B. MASSICOTTE, P.M RUTHERFORD. Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in boreal forest soils: A mycorrhizal ecosystems perspective. Biol. rev, 82:2 (2007).

8. A. SINGH, S. EAPEN, M.H. FULEKAR. Potential of Medicago sativa for uptake of cadmium from contaminated environment. Rom. Biotech. Lett, 14:1 (2009).

9. STANDARDS ASSOCIATION FROM ROMANIA, ASRO, STAS 7184/1-75 Soil sampling for soil and agrochemical soil studies, 2002 (in Romanian).

10. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION, ISO, ISO 11464/1994 Soil Quality – Pretreatment of samples for physicochemical analysis, Geneva, Switzerland, 1994.

11. STANDARDS ASSOCIATION FROM ROMANIA, ASRO, ISO 950/1999 Vegetable sampling, 1999 (in Romanian).

12. STANDARDS ASSOCIATION FROM ROMANIA, ASRO, ISO 1839/1980, updated in 2013 – Vegetable sampling, 2013 (in Romanian).

13. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION, ISO, ISO 10390/2005, Soil Quality – Determination of pH, Switzerland, Geneva, 2005.

14. WTW, WTW pHotoFlex/pHotoFlexTurb Photometry Analysis Manual, Weilheim, Germany: WTW GmbH, 2009.

15. UNIVERSIDA DE VIGO, Laboratorio Grupo de Bioprocesos, D.d.I.Q., Edificio Isaac Newton, Protocolos caracterizacion suelos, Vigo, Spania, 2012.

16. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION, ISO, ISO 11047 Soil Quality – Determination of cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese nickel and zinc. Flame and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric methods. Geneva, Switzerland, 1998.

17. VARIAN. Varian AA 240FS Analysis Manual, Published by Varian Inc., 2007.

18. ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT. Order no. 756/ 3.11.1997 to approve legislation on environmental pollution assessment, Official Gazette no. 303 bis / November 6th, Published by G. Document, 1997 (in Romanian).

19. ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT. Order no.640 of 19 September 2001 on the conditions of safety and quality for fresh vegetables and fruits intended for human consumption, published in the Official Gazette no. 173 of March 13, 2002. Published by Ministry of Agriculture, 2001 (in Romanian).

20. L. RUS?I, M.E. FACIU, G. GAMAN, I. ?TEFANESCU. Spatial variation of phisyco-chemical parameters of soils from a historic contaminated site with oil products. 11th International Conference on Environmental Legislation, Safety Engineering and Disaster Management ELSEDIMA, Building Disaster Resilience in a Changing World, Cluj, 2016, p. 168.

21. A. FIELD. Discovering statistics using SPSS, eds., SAGE Publications, 2006.

22. A.F. POTRA, V.MICLE, I.M SUR, C.S. B?BU?. Soil quality evaluation in Carbochim Cluj-Napoca area in order to remediate (in Romanian). Analele UCB, 3 (2011).

23. L. RUSAI (FEREN?), M.E. FACIU, G. GAMAN, I. STEF?NESCU, I.M. LAZ?R. Estimation of historic pollution sources from an oil extraction affected site. U.P.B. Sci. Bull., Series B, 81:2 (2019).

24. I.M. BERAR, V. MICLE, V. OROS, C.S. COCIORHAN, A.M. URS. Studies and research on soil quality assessment in S.C. Romplumb SA. Baia Mare in order to remedy the polluted lands. ProEnv, 3 (2010) (in Romanian).

25. C.S. B?BU?, V. MICLE, A.F. POTRA, A. COSTE. Analysis of heavy metals from a polluted site in order to rehabilitate it. A case study on the Zlatna area. ProEnv, 6 (2013).

26. G. SZAREK-LUKASZEWSKA, M. NIKLI?SKA. Concentration of alkaline and heavy metals in Biscutella laevigata L. and Plantago lanceolata L. growing on calamine spoils (S. Poland). Acta Biol Cracov Bot, 44 (2002)

27. I. DIMITROVA, L. YURUKOVA. Bioindication of anthropogenic pollution with Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae): metal accumulation, morphological and stomatal leaf characteristics. Phytol Balcan, 11 (2005).

This material may be protected under Copyright Act which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials.
You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research.

Back to previous page