Process Chemicals in the Oil and Gas Industry: Potential Occupational Hazards
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Toxicology and Industrial Health
- Vol. 6 (1), 41-56
- https://doi.org/10.1177/074823379000600104
Abstract
Numerous chemicals are used in various processes of the oil and gas industry: drilling, cementing, completion, stimulation, and production. The number and the complexity of composition of process chemicals has increased greatly over the last three decades. The occupational hazards of exposure to these agents has received little attention. We reviewed the various processes in the industry, the type of chemicals used in each process, and some of their characteristics. We placed emphasis on those for which significant toxicity has been established or is suspected, and those for which there is incomplete information on their chemistry and health hazards. This report is intended to form a basis for a more complete survey of the process chemicals, and to draw attention to the possibilities for toxic exposure resulting from use of these agents in the oil and gas industry. The ultimate objective is to promote the safe use of these agents in the industry.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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