EVALUATION OF PRODUCED WATER IN THE EL FEEL OIL FIELD, MURZUQ BASIN, SW LIBYA
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المياه المنتجة, الهيدروكربونات العطرية متعددة الحلقات, حقل الفيل النفطي, حوض مرزق، ليبيا.Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in produced water in well F1-NC174 in the El Feel oil field, Murzuq Basin, SW Libya. The results showed that the produced water contains high contents of TDS, Na and Cl (hypersaline water, NaCl type). Most values of individual PAHs in the produced water are higher than that of the Annual Average Environmental Quality Standards (AA-EQS) of European Water Framework Directive (WFD) for individual PAHs. The carcinogenic PAHs (benzo [a] anthracene, chrysene, benzo [b] fluoranthene, benzo [k] fluoranthene, benzo [a] pyrene, Dibenzo [a,h] anthracene and indeno [1,2,3-cd] perlyene) are observed in all samples.
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