Abstract
Although the 1995 International Seminar on Produced Water was primarily a scientific conference to present and discuss the latest advances in our knowledge of the treatment, discharge, and environmental fate and effects of produced water, the lead-off session still reflected the basis for most of the discussion: Legislative and Management Issues. This topic is the driving impetus (and funding) for most of the scientific findings presented over the several day conference. As noted in a wide range of papers presented in this proceedings volume, produced water is a generally high volume waste water stream which is separated from oil and gas that is produced from subsurface formations. It is separated from the oil and gas, and in most cases, discharged to the environment. Because of its long contact with the subsurface oil and gas, as well as the geological formations, produced water contains a variety of organics, inorganics. Some of these compounds and elements are of environmental concern.
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Ray, J.P. (1996). Session Summary. In: Reed, M., Johnsen, S. (eds) Produced Water 2. Environmental Science Research, vol 52. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0379-4_1
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