Determining the sources and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil of different oil fields at Basrah governorate, Iraq
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https://doi.org/10.15587/2706-5448.2023.293837Keywords:
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, soil pollution, oil fields, Basrah governorateAbstract
The object of the research is polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). For the purpose of determining the source and distribution of PAHs, soil samples from the 11 oil fields in the Basrah governorate (Seba, Safwan, Majnoon, Ratawi, Bergezia, Qurna1, Qurna2, Shuaaba, South and North Rumaila, and al Zubair) were taken at a depth of 0 to 20 cm. According to their molecular weight, they were separated into two main groupings. The first group of compounds consisted of six compounds: naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and anthracene. These light (low molecular weight) compounds have two to three fused aromatic rings. The first group includes nine chemicals: floranthene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(b), benzo(k), benzo(a), benzo(a), indeno(1,2,3,c,d), and benzo(g,h,i)perylene. These heavy (high molecular weight) compounds included four or more fused aromatic rings. The PAHs compounds ranged in value from the lowest (0.16 ng/g dry weight of benzo(a)anthracene at station West Quarna1) to the highest (680 ng/g dry weight of benzo(g,h,i)perylene that emerged at station North Rumail). The total concentration of PAHs ranged from 77.67 ng/g in South Rumaila Field while highest concentration is 2284.27 ng/g in North Rumail. The PAHs compound has low and high molecular weight, their ratio of LMW/HMW (low molecular weight/high molecular weight) and phenanthrene/anthracene, fluoranthene/pyrene indicated that the source of PAHs was pyrogenic only. The PAH diagnostic ratios and principal component analysis (PCA) indicated that PAHs in soils essentially originated from emissions and combustion. This study gave a baseline on the source and distribution of these compounds in oil fields at Basrah governorate and can be used as a baseline for coming study in the future.
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