Assessment of Some Heavy Metal Concentrations in Drilling Mud samples in Az Zubair Oil Field, Basra, Iraq

Authors

• Sahar Amin, Environmental Research Center, University of Technology, Baghdad, IraqFollow
• Abdul Hamid Al- Obiady, Environmental Research Center University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
• Rana Alani, Environmental Research Center University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
• Athmar Al-Mashhady Al-Mashhady, Environmental Research Center University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq

Keywords

Heavy Metals, Drilling mud, spectrophotometry, Oil Well, Az Zubair

Document Type

Research Paper

Abstract

Analysis of eight heavy metal concentrations (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn,Ni, Pb and Zn) of 14 drilling mud samples collected from oil well at differentdepths which is located in AZ Zubair oil field-Basra was done in this study .The samples were measured using atomic absorption spectrophotometry.Obtained results indicated that the heavy metal concentrations range from thelowest value of 1.66mg/kg for Cd to the highest value of 1235.86mg/kg forFe. The abundance trend for the heavy metals concentration was in thedescending order of Fe, Mn, Ni, Cu, Cr, Zn, Pb, and Cd. Four parameters:Enrichment Factor (EF), Contamination Factor (CF), Geo-accumulationIndex (Igeo) and Pollution Load Index (PLI) were assessed in order toevaluate the degree of contamination.

Recommended Citation

Amin, Sahar; Al- Obiady, Abdul Hamid; Alani, Rana; and Al-Mashhady, Athmar Al-Mashhady (2026) "Assessment of Some Heavy Metal Concentrations in Drilling Mud samples in Az Zubair Oil Field, Basra, Iraq," Engineering and Technology Journal: Vol. 36: Iss. 1, Article 27.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30684/etj.36.1B.12

DOI

10.30684/etj.36.1B.12

First Page

68

Last Page

75