MEASUREMENT OF NAPHTHENIC ACIDS IN THE RECEIVING WATERS AROUND AN OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORM BY PASSIVE SAMPLING

Polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS) were deployed in the vicinity of an offshore oil installation and analyzed for naphthenic acids (NAs). The POCIS accumulated a range of mono-to tetracyclic NAs, with different degrees of alkylation, with monocyclic acids being the most abundant. Currently, POCIS or similar polar samplers may be the only way to measure exposure to NAs from offshore discharges in situ. In addition, they may be a valuable tool for monitoring similar organic acids in general. (c) 2014 SETAC