High molecular weight hydrocarbons including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in natural gas from consumer distribution pipelines and in pipeline residue

Samples of groundwater and soil were collected from test pits placed 25 m intervals on five axes extending from an earthen waste disposal pit for produced water near the San Juan River of northwest New Mexico. Samples were obtained at depths of 1.2 to 1.5 m and were analyzed using GC and GC/MS techniques for purgable hydrocarbons, including benzenes, and for solvent extractable organic compounds. Water samples from test pits down-gradient from the disposal pit contained purgable and extractable hydrocarbons that were similar to contents of the waste disposal pit. In contrast, water samples obtained from test pits up-gradient from the waste pit were free of detectable organic components. Major purgable components in the waste pit and in surrounding groundwater included saturated/unsaturated hydrocarbons and aromatic/alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons. Samples collected 25 m from the waste pit contained concentrations of all compounds greater than in samples taken at 50 m in distance on the same exis. Total concentration of purgable aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater from test plots ranged from a high of 200 ppb at 25 m, to a low of 12 ppb at 50 m on an axis through the plume center.

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Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Drilling Muds and Reserve Pits by Isotope Dilution GC/MS with Selected Ion Monitoring

Eiceman

Lindley

1988

International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

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High molecular weight hydrocarbons including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in natural gas from consumer distribution pipelines and in pipeline residue

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Organic compounds in soils and sediments from unlined waste disposal pits for natural gas production and processing

Organic compounds in soils and sediments from unlined waste disposal pits for natural gas production and processing

Hydrocarbons and Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Surrounding an Earthen Waste Disposal Pit for Produced Water in the Duncan Oil Field of New Mexico

Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Drilling Muds and Reserve Pits by Isotope Dilution GC/MS with Selected Ion Monitoring

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