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Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material in the Oil and Gas Exploration Field

Sheldon Landsberger Robert B. Trull Chair in Engineering Professor, Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Abstract: Perhaps the first radioactivity measurement in oil was first discovered in 1904 at the University of Toronto just a short eight years after the discovery in radioactivity in 1896 by Henri Bequerel in Paris. It was not till the 1980’s that the beginning of a multitude of investigations began in characterizing radioactivity in many aspects of the oil and gas industry. With more than 100 million barrels of oil produced every day worldwide the environmental impact can have environmental as well as health related concerns especially to the workers. The presentation will give some historical overview on the discovery of oil and how it the residues left behind should be monitored and treated. Speaker Biography: Dr. Landsberger is a Professor in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering technical area. He has served on the faculty of the Cockrell School of Engineering since 1997. He has published more than 260 peer-reviewed papers and more than 195 conference proceedings mainly in nuclear analytical measurements and their applications in nuclear forensics, natural radioactivity and environmental monitoring of trace and heavy metals. He has been working in radioactivity measurements in the oil and gas exploration for 13 years.