TY - JOUR
T1 - NORM in soil and sludge samples in Dukhan oil Field, Qatar state
AU - Al-Kinani, A.T
AU - Hushari, M.
AU - Al-Sulaiti, Huda Abdulrahman H B
AU - Alsadig, I.A
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The main objective of this work is to measure the activity concentrations of Naturally Occurring radioactiveMaterials (NORM) produced as a buy products in oil production. The analyses of NORM give available information for guidelines concerning radiation protection. Recently NORM subjected to restricted regulation issued by high legal authority at Qatar state. Twenty five samples of soil from Dukhan onshore oil field and 10sludge samples collected from 2 offshore fields at Qatar state. High resolution low-level gamma-ray spectrometry used to measure gamma emitters of NORM. The activity concentrations of natural radionuclide in 22 samples from Dukhan oil field, were with average worldwide values . Only three soil samples have high activity concentration of Ra-226 which is more than 185 Bq/kg the exempted level for NORM in the Quatrain regulation. The natural radionuclide activity concentrations of 10 sludge samples from offshore oil fields was greater than 1100Bq/kg the exempted values of NORM set by Quatrain regulation so the sludge need special treatments. The average hazards indices (Hex , D , and Raeq), for the 22 samples were below the word permissible values .This means that the human exposure to such material not impose any radiation risk. The average hazards indices (Hex , D , and Raeq),for 3 soil samples and sludge samples are higer than the published maximal permissible. Thus human exposure to such material impose radiation risk
AB - The main objective of this work is to measure the activity concentrations of Naturally Occurring radioactiveMaterials (NORM) produced as a buy products in oil production. The analyses of NORM give available information for guidelines concerning radiation protection. Recently NORM subjected to restricted regulation issued by high legal authority at Qatar state. Twenty five samples of soil from Dukhan onshore oil field and 10sludge samples collected from 2 offshore fields at Qatar state. High resolution low-level gamma-ray spectrometry used to measure gamma emitters of NORM. The activity concentrations of natural radionuclide in 22 samples from Dukhan oil field, were with average worldwide values . Only three soil samples have high activity concentration of Ra-226 which is more than 185 Bq/kg the exempted level for NORM in the Quatrain regulation. The natural radionuclide activity concentrations of 10 sludge samples from offshore oil fields was greater than 1100Bq/kg the exempted values of NORM set by Quatrain regulation so the sludge need special treatments. The average hazards indices (Hex , D , and Raeq), for the 22 samples were below the word permissible values .This means that the human exposure to such material not impose any radiation risk. The average hazards indices (Hex , D , and Raeq),for 3 soil samples and sludge samples are higer than the published maximal permissible. Thus human exposure to such material impose radiation risk
M3 - Article
JO - Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
JF - Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
ER -