The toxicity of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW): a critical review

C Li, L Fu, J Stafford, M Belosevic, MG El-Din - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Large volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are produced by the surface-
mining oil sands industry in Alberta. Both laboratory and field studies have demonstrated …

Chemical and toxicological characterizations of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water

Y He, SL Flynn, EJ Folkerts, Y Zhang, D Ruan… - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing (HF) has emerged as a major method of unconventional oil and gas
recovery. The toxicity of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water (HF-FPW) has not …

Self-assembled and cross-linked animal and plant-based polysaccharides: chitosan–cellulose composites and their anion uptake properties

IA Udoetok, LD Wilson, JV Headley - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled and cross-linked chitosan/cellulose glutaraldehyde composite materials
(CGC) were prepared with enhanced surface area and variable morphology. FTIR, CHN …

Water quality monitoring with in vitro bioassays to compare untreated oil sands process-affected water with unimpacted rivers

K Barrow, BI Escher, KA Hicks, M König… - … : Water Research & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The Alberta oil sands are among the largest oil reserves in the world and generate acutely
toxic oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) that is currently stored in tailings ponds. One …

Adsorptive features of cyclohexane carboxylic naphthenic acid on a novel cross-linked polymer developed from spent coffee grounds

Y Vieira, ACFP Fuhr, SF Lütke, GL Dotto… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Naphthenic acids (NA) are organic compounds commonly found in crude oil and produced
water, known for their recalcitrance and toxicity. This study introduces a new adsorbent, a …

Solar photocatalytic treatment of model and real oil sands process water naphthenic acids by bismuth tungstate: effect of catalyst morphology and cations on the …

L Meng, ZT How, SO Ganiyu, MG El-Din - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Bitumen extraction from oil sands produces large quantities of oil sands process water
(OSPW), which contains recalcitrant naphthenic acids (NAs). In this study, three different …

Cyclohexanoic acid breakdown by two-step persulfate and heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation

X Xu, G Pliego, AL Garcia-Costa, JA Zazo, S Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work reports on the application of a two-step treatment consisting of persulfate (PS) and
heterogeneous Fenton-like oxidation for the breakdown of cyclohexanoic acid (CHA, 50 mg …

Naphthenic acid fraction compounds reduce the reproductive success of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) by affecting offspring viability

CE Robinson, CK Elvidge, RA Frank, JV Headley… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the toxicity of organic compounds in oil sands process-affected water
(OSPW) is necessary to inform the development of environmental guidelines related to …

Site-specific spatiotemporal occurrence and molecular congener distributions of naphthenic acids in Athabasca oil sands wetlands of Alberta, Canada

IJ Vander Meulen, DM Schock, F Akhter, LJ Mundy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR) of Alberta, Canada is notable for its considerable
unconventional petroleum extraction projects, where bitumen is extracted from naturally …

Toxicity of organic compounds from unresolved complex mixtures (UCMs) to primary fish hepatocytes

K Petersen, MT Hultman, SJ Rowland, KE Tollefsen - Aquatic Toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Many environmental matrices contaminated with organic pollutants derived from crude oil or
degraded petroleum contain mixtures so complex that they are typically unresolved by …