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2008
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Oil transport from the Russian Arctic. Is the Barents Sea environment at risk? The volumes of oil being transported by sea from the Russian Arctic along the coast of Northern Norway were insignificant before 2002. In 2006, however, a total of 10 million tons of Russian export oil and oil products were shipped from Russia, on ships that sailed along the coast of Norway. The annual oil exports from the Russian Arctic regions via this Northern route may reach a total of about 50-80 million tons in the next decade. About 50 million tons of crude oil and oil products are estimated to be delivered by railway to the Murmansk ports in the Barents Sea, and to Kandalaksha and Arkhangelsk in the White Sea. Furthermore, up to 20 million tons of oil will be produced in the northern oil fields in the Nenets Autonomous Region and in the Pechora Sea. The terminals in the Kara Sea, can load 2-3 million tons of crude a year. The Barents Sea is one of the most productive oceans worldwide. Few other places on our planet give home to the same amount of breeding seabirds. Here, more than 20 million seabirds from 40 species breed in 1.600 colonies every year. Many of the seabird populations are of mixed Russian-Norwegian origin. In case of an oil spill, the actual amount of oil spilled is not necessarily decisive for the effects on sea bird colonies. The Stylis had a relatively small spill " but 45.000 seabirds were killed. The estimated mortality of the accident was, however, 200.000-300.000 birds. The Amoco Cadiz spilled 223.000 tons of crude oil, but killed 5.000 seabirds. Methods for evaluation of effects on and treatment of birds that have been involved in an oil spill do exist. After the Prestige accident outside Spain, 23.428 seabirds were collected. 5.776 survived. About 1.000 seabirds were released back to nature at a cost of approximately NOK 23.000 (USD 4.100 or EUR 3.000) per bird. The increased development of offshore petroleum fields and increasing sea transport of hydrocarbon products are bound to have a negative effect on the environment. Oil and gas industry developments in the Barents Sea, fisheries, pollution and climate change are the most important treats to the environment in our time. When carrying out impact assessments of activities connected to petroleum activities in this area, one of these factors cannot be evaluated separately, without taking all the other risks into account.
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Marit Almvik Gunnhild Riise Randi Bolli Agnethe Christiansen Sven Roar Odenmarck Trond Børresen Cathrine Waage TveitSammendrag
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Marit Almvik Gunnhild Riise Randi Bolli Agnethe Christiansen Sven R. Odenmarck Trond Børresen Cathrine Waage TveitSammendrag
Although the sulfonylurea herbicides have been used for many years worldwide, few field studies have been performed and little is known about the occurrence, fate and transport of sulfonylureas in the field. This report presents results from the first controlled field and laboratory-studies on the fate of sulfonylurea herbicides in Norway and a method for sample preparation and LC-MS/MS analysis of sulfonylurea herbicides in water samples is also presented.
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Tunnel wash waters characterize all waters that run of after washing procedures of tunnels are performed. These waters represent a wide spectrum of organic and inorganic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and toxic metals. Removal of such contaminants from water runoff was investigated using laboratory tests after washing procedure was performed on two road tunnels in eastern Norway (Hanekleiv and Bragernes). Due to diverse character of both, treatment media and treated wash waters, the whole investigation was divided into two separate laboratory experiments. The treatment efficiencies were established based on the levels of concentrations and reductions of the measured contaminants in the effluents released from the tested media. In the first part of the article, the contents of nonpolar oil (NPO), 16 individual PAHs, and total PAHs are described. This part revealed that the combination of two organic sorbent materials provided the highest treatment efficiency for wash waters released from the road tunnel and from electrostatic filters. The greatest reduction levels reached 97.6% for NPO, 97.2% for benzo[a]pyrene, and 96.5% for the total PAHs. In the second part of the article, the concentrations and the removal rates of toxic metals are reported.
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Lars Tørres HavstadSammendrag
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Bruken av bioenergi kommer til å øke betraktelig i årene som kommer. Politisk ligger det målsettinger om en dobling av bruken i løpet av 12 år, og utbyggingstakten i fjernvarmesektoren er nær femdoblet siste fem år. Mange aktører står derfor på første trinn i læringskurven og skal vurdere ulike typer brensel, samt utforme en effektiv forsyningskjede for dette brenselet. Å ha en viss kontroll med kvalitet og kvantitet på brenselet er en forutsetning for å klare dette. En kubikk flis kan være så mangt. Grove målemetoder kan gi svært grove estimat på energimengden man har for hånden. Ulike definisjoner på brennverdi er av og til opphav til forvirring om energimengden i brenselet og virkningsgraden i ulike forbrenningsanlegg.....
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Agnar KvalbeinSammendrag
En rask befaring og samtaler med oppdragsgiver dannet grunnlaget foren anbefalt stragegi for hvordan banen kunne komme raskere i spill om våren. tiltakene gikk ut på å forsøke å reetablere engrapp som dominerende gressart. Rapporten går inn på vanningsstrategi og skisserer en skjøtselspaln for de nærmeste årene.