Desenvolvimento de um procedimento para rastreamento de fontes petrolíferas de contaminação marinha

Abstract

This study aims to use the fingerprinting method, which was accomplished to characterize crude oil by the method of infrared spectroscopy and chemometric statistical technique ANOVA (Analysis of Variance). Given the lack of studies on the subject study, this research aimed to develop a procedure for tracking the sources of contamination of sea water by oil spill by FTIR technique. As the problems related to accidents involving oil and environmental security are some of the major challenges of the oil industry, even with various ways how to prevent them, there is great concern in the event of an accident. The results obtained by the proposed procedure may be created in the future with a larger amount of samples, a database in the event of an accident involving some kind of oil. Through a small sample collected at the site of the spill, the data will be compared with existing data which may be identified sources that caused the accident. The methodology were used samples from 10 oil platforms of the Campos Basin, Rio de Janeiro, and equipment used in the laboratory is located UNINOVE.As a result , the graphics concluded satisfactorily and using the wavelength of each sample obtained may be compared with the wavelength of spilled sample and thus may be identified if the sample comes from the same well and the platform are taken to appropriate action , thus minimizing environmental impact.