"Economic Development and the Environment"
on the Sakhalin Offshore Oil and Gas Fields II

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Oil and Gas Development on the Sakhalin Island Shelf: An Assessment of Changes in the Okhotsk Sea Ecosystem

Alexander Leonov

The Environmental Effects of Marine Shelf Oil and Gas Extraction

Composition of Oil in a Marine Environment and Sediment

The Toxic Influence of Oil and Its Products on Marine Flora and Fauna

The Composition of Oil Components in a Marine Environment

Oil Transformation in a Marine Environment

Transport
Evaporation
Solubility
Emulsification and dispersion
Aggregation
Chemical oxidation and destruction
Microbiological decomposition
Sedimentation
Oil spill behavior in marine ice conditions

Ecological Requirements and Standards for Waste Disposal

Methodologies for Controlling the Consequences of Oil and Gas Extraction from a Marine Shelf

Probability methods for quantitative assessments of ecological risk
Experimental studies on the influence of oil pollution on biota
Numerical modeling and forecasting

Conclusion

References


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