Toxicity of drilling fluids in aquatic organisms: a review

Autores/as

  • Jan Fernandes Aslan PETROBRAS /Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense
  • Laura Isabel Weber Instituto da Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Macaé
  • Jose Iannacone Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal - Universidad Ricardo Palma
  • Jader Lugon Junior Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense
  • Victor Barbosa Saraiva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense
  • Manildo Marcião Oliveira Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2019.01.04

Resumen

Offshore oil-well drilling has been a subject of great interest to environmental regulatory agencies worldwide. The drilling fluids used in this process involve a complex mixture of chemicals and are largely discharged into the ocean. Acute and chronic toxicity tests have been done to better understand the effects of different types of drilling fluids on aquatic organisms. The aim of this article was to analyze all the studies related to the toxicity of drilling fluids published during the period of 2000 to 2017 by conducting a thorough review through the Scopus and Science Direct databases. Out of 154 articles, only 25 showed relevant information about the toxicity of drilling fluids. Acute toxicity tests were the predominant tests employed, appearing in 56% of the articles. Invertebrates were the most evaluated taxa, used in 64% of cases and represented mainly by Crustacea (32%), Mollusca (16%), and other invertebrates. Vertebrates were represented only by fish, constituting 32% of the cases. Water-based drilling fluids (WBFs) (32%) were the most frequently tested, followed by synthetic-based fluids or muds (SBFs) (24%) and oil-based fluids (OBFs) (16%). Individual components were tested in 12% of the cases, while 16% of studies included more than one type of drilling fluid. After analyzing the toxicity of drilling fluids and the sensitivity of aquatic organisms presented in 25 articles published in scientific journals, we concluded that WBFs—showing, in general, lower values of median lethal concentrations than do natural oil- and SBFs—are the most toxic drilling fluids to invertebrates in the short term. The gaps of information found in this review indicate that future studies need to address the acute and chronic effects of WBFs in both juvenile and adult fish and in other vertebrates; they also need to address the chronic effects of non-aqueous-based fluids on adult invertebrates. As crustaceans are more sensitive to drilling fluids than are mollusks, it is also recommended that they be used in future studies.

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Biografía del autor/a

Jan Fernandes Aslan, PETROBRAS /Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental – IFFluminense –  Campus Macaé

Jader Lugon Junior, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental – IFFluminense Campus Macaé

Victor Barbosa Saraiva, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia e Microbiologia Ambiental - LEMAM - IFFluminense - Campus Cabo Frio

Manildo Marcião Oliveira, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense

Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia e Microbiologia Ambiental - LEMAM - IFFluminense - Campus Cabo Frio

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Publicado

2019-08-16

Cómo citar

Aslan, J. F., Weber, L. I., Iannacone, J., Lugon Junior, J., Saraiva, V. B., & Oliveira, M. M. (2019). Toxicity of drilling fluids in aquatic organisms: a review. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 14(1), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2019.01.04

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