Quantifying exposure levels of coastal facilities to oil spills in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

Marzooq, Hassan; Naser, Humood A.; Elkanzi, E.M.

doi:10.1007/s10661-019-7287-5

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“…27 The emissions of oil refineries, power plants, fuel-based vehicles, open space burning, and marine environmental damage are the major contributors to pollution in the kingdom. 4,28,29 Meanwhile, no study has analyzed the relationship between the environment and LE in Bahrain. A systematic review reported that no study has been conducted to explore the impacts of socio-cultural aspects on LE in Bahrain.…”

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Factors Impacting Life Expectancy in Bahrain: Evidence from 1971 to 2020 Data

Wirayuda

Al-Mahrezi

Chan

2022

International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Heal

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The factors impacting life expectancy (LE) are important to a country as LE reflects the essential quality of its population. Previous studies showed that other than economic factors, health status and resources (HSR) and sociodemographic (SD) also affect LE. This area has not been previously studied in Bahrain, especially in the past five decades. Hence, this study aims to develop an explanatory model for HSR, macroeconomic (ME), and SD factors on LE in Bahrain. The research was a retrospective, time-series design that collected the annual published data on SD, ME, HSR, and LE in Bahrain's population from 1971 to 2020. The data were analyzed using the partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method. The result shows that ME (0.463, P < .001) and HSR (0.595, P < .001) have significant direct effects on LE. ME has an indirect effect (0.488, P < .001) on LE via SD and HSR, and SD has an indirect effect (0.496, P < .001) on LE through HSR. During the socioeconomic downturn, the health resources provision should not be reduced as it directly affects LE. An integrated policy addressing socioeconomic and health-related factors could protect the future of Bahrain's population health outcomes.

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Factors Impacting Life Expectancy in Bahrain: Evidence from 1971 to 2020 Data

Wirayuda

Al-Mahrezi

Chan

2022

International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Heal

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“…Different organic sources will have different impacts on the biogeochemistry and biodiversity of the aquatic environment depending on the chemical components and levels of inputs. Most of the previous research on organic matter (OM) in the Gulf have focused mainly on oil pollution (Sadiq and McCain, 1993;Zhao et al, 2015;Al-Saad et al, 2017;Marzooq et al, 2019). However, we still do not know the different fractions of natural and anthropogenic OM sources and their contributions to this coastal zone environment.…”

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Natural and anthropogenic sources of extractable organic matter in sediments from the coastal zone of the Arabian Gulf in Saudi Arabia

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Surface sediment samples from the Arabian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia were collected by Van Veen grab sampler to identify the characteristics, distribution, levels, and to discriminate between natural and anthropogenic sources of the total extractable organic matter (TEOM). The dried and sieved sediments were extracted with a dichloromethane/methanol mixture for analysis by gas chromatographymass spectrometry. The TEOM included n-alkanes (353.9±283.8 ng.g −1 ), n-alkanols (283.2±296.1 ng.g −1 ), fatty acid methyl esters (245.2±353.7 ng.g −1 ), hopanes (100.7±158.2 ng.g −1 ), steranes (58.5±96.3 ng.g −1 ), triterpenoids (18.9±21.1 ng.g −1 ), steroids (15.3±17.0 ng.g −1 ), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (0.48±1.19 ng.g −1 ), as well as an unresolved complex mixture (UCM =1633±3151 ng.g −1 ) and petrochemicals (343.1±424.2 ng.g −1 ). The major sources of these TEOM compound groups were anthropogenic (petroleum and petrochemical) and natural (lipids from higher plants, marine material, and microbiota) inputs. Anthropogenic contaminants from petroleum products ranged from 46.6-85.6% of the TEOM, whereas petrochemicals varied from 10.7-40.6%. Biogenic in ux from terrestrial vegetation ranged from 5.7-19.3%, and marine biotic sources varied from 11.1-37.5%. The continuous accumulation of anthropogenic contaminants will ultimately affect the critical habitats of this marine coastal region. This provides a basis for further studies to understand human and developmental activities on delivery, deposition processes, distribution, and biogeochemical alteration of organic matter in the coastal zones of the Arabian Gulf. Such studies are important for sustainable development and protection of these key regional habitats.

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“…The dominant current pattern that leads to the west brings the oil spill to the west coast of Karawang Regency. Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) as the company in charge of the well operations has conducted a number of prevention activities since the oil spill incident through the following steps (Stevens and Auraed, 2008;Xu et al, 2013;Singkran, 2014;Marzooq et al, 2019;Karbela et al, 2020;Haule and Freda 2021):…”

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Rapid Water Quality Assessment as a Quick Response of Oil Spill Incident in Coastal Area of Karawang, Indonesia

Effendi

Mursalin

Hariyadi

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of oil spills on seawater quality along the coastal waters of Karawang Regency. Several laboratories were involved in measuring water quality to get representativeness of the location of the exposed waters both spatially and temporally. The measurement of seawater quality was carried out in situ and in the laboratory. Seawater quality data were compared with quality standards and discussed descriptively. All key water quality parameters (total petroleum hydrocarbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, phenol, MBAS, and oil and grease) were below the detection limit of equipment, and a number of metals generally met quality standards. Only shortly after the oil spill in the vicinity of the spill source, the Ni metal exceeded the quality standard. However, after some time, spatially and temporally Ni has met the quality standard. Parameters not related to oil spills such as total phosphate generally did not meet quality standards. This might be related to the high activity on land, such as waste from domestic, industry, and agricultural activities entering coastal waters. Based on intertemporal data, the effect of an oil spill on water quality was temporary. This shows that the handling of the impact of the oil spill has shown good results and the quality of seawater remained quite good. Oil spills that float on the ocean surface were picked up, and those that washed ashore were cleaned up and collected.

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Quantifying exposure levels of coastal facilities to oil spills in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

Cited by 21 publications

References 29 publications

Factors Impacting Life Expectancy in Bahrain: Evidence from 1971 to 2020 Data

Factors Impacting Life Expectancy in Bahrain: Evidence from 1971 to 2020 Data

Natural and anthropogenic sources of extractable organic matter in sediments from the coastal zone of the Arabian Gulf in Saudi Arabia

Rapid Water Quality Assessment as a Quick Response of Oil Spill Incident in Coastal Area of Karawang, Indonesia

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