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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Thomas Oldenburg

University of Calgary

Petroleum Reservoir Group - Tesla Petroleomics Center

University of Calgary
2500 University Drive, NW
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 Canada , Canada

toldenbu@ucalgary.ca

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems III (C-IMAGE III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Research Scientist

Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2019

Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Snowdon, L. R., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2019). Composition of the dissolved organic matter produced during in situ burning of spilled oil. Organic Geochemistry, 138, 103926.
van Eenennaam, J. S., Rohal, M., Montagna, P. A., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Romero, I. C., et al. (2019). Ecotoxicological benthic impacts of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow deposition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141, 164–175.

2018

Pesch, S., Jaeger, P., Jaggi, A., Malone, K., Hoffmann, M., Krause, D., et al. (2018). Rise Velocity of Live-Oil Droplets in Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Environmental Engineering Science, 35(4), 289–299.
van Eenennaam, J. S., Rahsepar, S., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Wonink, J., Langenhoff, A. A. M., et al. (2018). Marine snow increases the adverse effects of oil on benthic invertebrates. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126, 339–348.

2017

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R. W., Stopford, A., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., & Larter, S. R. (2017). Experimental simulation of crude oil-water partitioning behavior of BTEX compounds during a deep submarine oil spill. Organic Geochemistry, 108, 1–8.

2016

Radovic, J. R., Silva, R. C., Snowdon, R., Brown, M., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2016). A rapid method to assess a broad inventory of organic species in marine sediments using ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30(11), 1273–1282.
Radovic, J. R., Silva, R. C., Snowdon, R., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2016). Rapid Screening of Glycerol Ether Lipid Biomarkers in Recent Marine Sediment Using Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization in Positive Mode Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. Anal. Chem., 88(2), 1128–1137.

Book Chapters - 10

2019

Chanton, J. P., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Rosenheim, B., Walker, B. D., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Mapping isotopic and dissolved organic matter baselines in waters and sediments of Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 160–181). Springer International.
Foekema, E. M., van Eenennaam, J. S., Hollander, D. J., Langenhoff, A. M., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Rohal, M., et al. (2019). Testing the effect of MOSSFA (Marine Oil Snow Sedimentation and Flocculent Accumulation) events in benthic microcosms. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 288–399). Springer International.
Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R. W., Radovic, J., Stopford, A., Oldenburg, T. B. P., & Larter, S. R. (2019). Partitioning of Organics Between Oil and Water Phases with and Without the Application of Dispersants. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 125–138). Springer International.
Kostka, J. E., Joye, S. B., Overholt, W., Bubenheim, P., Hackbusch, S., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Deep Sea. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 107–124). Springer International.
Langenhoff, A. A. M., Rahsepar, S., van Eenennaam, J. S., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Foekema, E., et al. (2019). Effect of Marine Snow on Microbial Oil Degradation. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 301–311). Springer International.
Lincoln, S. A., Radovic, J. R., Gracia, A., Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S. R., et al. (2019). Molecular Legacy of the 1979 Ixtoc 1 Oil Spill in Deep-Sea Sediments of the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 312–327). Springer International.
Oldenburg, T. B. P., Jaeger, P., Gros, J., Socolofsky, S. A., Pesch, S., Radovic, J. R., et al. (2019). Physical and Chemical Properties of Oil and Gas Under Reservoir and Deep-Sea Conditions. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 25–42). Springer International.
Radovic, J., Romero, I. C., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S., & Tunnell, J. W. (2019). 40 Years of Weathering of Coastal Oil Residues in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 328–340). Springer International.
Radovic, J. R., Jaggi, A., Silva, R. C., Snowdon, R., Waggoner, D. C., Hatcher, P. G., et al. (2019). Applications of FTICR-MS in Oil Spill Studies. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 253–268). Springer International.
Romero, I. G., Chanton, J., Rosenheim, B., Radovic, J. R., Schwing, P., Hollander, D., et al. (2019). Long-Term Preservation of Oil Spill Events in Sediments: The Case for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 285–300). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 40

2020

Radovic, J., Oldenburg, T., & Larter, S. (2020). Investigation of the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Data for Markers of MOSSFA in the Gulf of Mexico Sediment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Weleschuk, D., Radovic, J., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2020). Transformation of Macondo Oil Deposited on the Seafloor: Early (2010-2014) Temporal Compositional Changes Due to Weathering Using FTICR-MS Technology. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Hollander, D. J., Murawski, S. A., Paris, C. B., Schl?ter, M., Schwing, P. T., Pesch, S., et al. (2019). New Visions for Oil Spill Preparedness from the Perspective of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout, the Sediment Slumping at Taylor Energy, and Continued Ultra-Deep Oil Exploration and Production in Frontier Region. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster.
Radovic, J., Jaggi, A., Lincoln, S., Romero, I. C., Nelson, R., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2019). Comprehensive Analytical Approaches to Spill Characterization: Case Studies and Examples. In 2019 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Sciences Conference. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Snowdon, R. W., Brown, M., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2018). Differences in the impact of in situ burning of spilled light oil versus diesel and bunker C oil on transformation, solubilization and the production of dissolved organic matter. In 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Victoria, Canada : 10/02/18-10/04/18.
Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Snowdon, R. W., Brown, M., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2018). Differences in the impact of in situ burning of spilled light oil versus diesel and bunker C oil on transformation, solubilization and the production of dissolved organic matter. In 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Victoria, Canada : 10/02/18-10/04/18.
Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2018). FT-ICR-MS: More than just mass spectrometry? Towards reaction systems models in petroleum geochemistry. In 13th European Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry Workshop. Freising, Germany : 04/23/18-04/27/18.
Radovic, J., Jaggi, A., Oldenburg, T., & Larter, S. (2018). Environment in the Anthropocene – Case Studies and New Analytical Strategies. In 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition. Edmonton, Canada : 05/27/18-05/31/18.
Radovic, J., Romero, I., Tunnell, J., Jaggi, A., Kostka, J., Chanton, J., et al. (2018). Weathered Petroleum in Coastal Samples from the Southern Gulf of Mexico Collected 37 Years after the Ixtoc-I Spill and Characterized by FTICR-MS. In 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Victoria, Canada : 10/02/18-10/04/18.
Radovic, J., Romero, I., Tunnell, J., Jaggi, A., Kostka, J., Chanton, J., et al. (2018). Weathered Petroleum in Coastal Samples from the Southern Gulf of Mexico Collected 37 Years after the Ixtoc-I Spill and Characterized by FTICR-MS. In 41st AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Victoria, Canada : 10/02/18-10/04/18.

2017

Jaggi, A., Radovic, J., Silva, S., Brown, M., Larter, S., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2017). Characterization and transformation of dissolved organic matter using ultra-hgih resolution mass spectrometry. In 28th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG). Florence, Italy : 09/17/17-09/22/17: Poster.
Jaggi, A., Radovic, J., Snowdon, R., Brown, M., Larter, S., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2017). Partitioning and Characterization of Organic Compounds in the Water Phase following an oil spill. In 40th Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Calgary, Canada : 10/03/17-10/05/17.
Oldenburg, T. (2017). Where Does All the Oil Go – Transformation and Fate of Spilled Oil in Marine Environments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Oldenburg, T. B. P., Brown, M., Snowdon, R., Bennett, B., Huang, H., & Larter, S. R. (2017). Ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry in petroleum geochemistry. In 2017 Gussow Conference. Banff, Canada : 10/10/17-10/12/17.
Oldenburg, T. B. P., Jaggi, A., Radovic, J., & Larter, S. R. (2017). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Where did all the oil go? In 40th Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Calgary, Canada : 10/03/17-10/05/17.
Radovic, J. R., Lincoln, S. A., Silva, R. C., Jaggi, A., Romero, I. C., Schwing, P. T., et al. (2017). The 1979 Ixtoc-I oil spill revisited. In Goldschmidt 2017. Paris, France : 08/13/17-08/18/17.
Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., & Larter, S. R. (2017). Pipeline Oil Spills in Alberta: Routes to Improved Assessment and Remediation. In 40th Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. Calgary, Canada : 10/03/17-10/05/17.
Schlüter, M., Malone, K., Pesch, S., Krause, D., Paris, C. B., Aman, Z., et al. (2017). Implications of Pressure and Temperature Conditions on the Behavior of Deep Blowouts. In 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting. Boston, MA : 02/16/17-02/20/17.
van Eenennaam, J. S., Rahsepar, S., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Langenhoff, A. A. M., Murk, A. J., et al. (2017). From lab to sea floor: aquarium experiments to assess the impact of marine snow on benthos. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Jaggi, A., Radovic, J. R., Silva, R. C., Snowdon, R., Brown, M., Larter, S. R., et al. (2016). Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in water bodies by ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry. In University of Calgary Geosciences Research Exchange. Calgary, Canada : 04/15/16.
Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2016). Experimental simulation of Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Weight Water Organic species between Live Oil and Water throughout the water column. In University of Calgary Geosciences Research Exchange. Calgary, Canada : 04/15/16.
Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R., Radovic, J. R., Brown, M., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2016). Characterization and Partitioning of Organic Compounds in the Water Phase of Two Submarine Oil Spill Scenarios: DWH vs. IXTOC-1. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Malone, K., Pesch, S., Oldenburg, T., Schlüter, M., & Krause, D. (2016). Experimental Determination of Oil Droplet Size Distribution in “Live Oil” under Artificial Deep Sea Conditions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Pesch, S., Laqua, K., Hoffmann, M., Malone, K., Krause, D., Oldenburg, T., et al. (2016). Fluid Dynamic Behavior of Methane-Saturated Oil Jets under Deep-Sea Conditions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Radovic, J. R., Silva, R. C., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2016). Multiproxy Characterization of Sedimentary Biomarker Archives Using Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In Goldschmidt 2016 Conference : Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. Yokohama, Japan : 06/26/16-07/01/16.
Radovic, J. R., Silva, R. C., Snowdon, R., Jaggi, A., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2016). Characterization of Sedimentary Biomarker Species from the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Using Ultra-High Resolution FTICR-MS. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Rahsepar, J., van Eenennaam, J. S., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T., Foekema, E., Murk, A., et al. (2016). Marine snow prolongs toxicity and hinders oil biodegradation in the sediment layer. In 2nd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Hamburg, Germany : 09/19/16-09/20/16.
van Eenennaam, J. S., Rahsepar, S., Radovic, J., Oldenburg, T., Langenhoff, A., Murk, A., et al. (2016). Marine snow enhances the adverse effects of oil on benthic invertebrates. In 2nd Symposium on Deep-Sea Oil Spills. Hamburg, Germany : 09/19/16-09/20/16.

2015

Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R., Radovi?, J. R., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2015). Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Weight Water Xenobiotic Components throughout the Water Column from wellhead to surface. In Geoscience Research Exchange (GeoREX). Calgary, Canada : 04/16/15: Poster.
Radovic, J. R., Correa Silva, R., Gonzalez Arismendi, G., Jaggi, A., Snowdon, R., Weerawardhena, P., et al. (2015). Spatial and Temporal Comparison of Pre- and Post- Deepwater Horizon Spill Hydrocarbon Records in Sediments from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Radovic, J. R., Silva, R. C., Oldenburg, T., & Larter, S. (2015). Comprehensive Screening of Geochemical Proxies Using RADAR Mode FTICR-MS. In Goldschmidt 2015. Prague, Czech Republic : 08/16/15-08/21/15: Poster.
Silva, R. C., Radovic, J. R., Gonzalez-Arismendi, G., Derksen, D., Jiang, C., Larter, S., et al. (2015). Novel Geochemical Markers From Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG). Prague, Czech Republic : 09/13/15-09/18/15.
Snowdon, R., Jaggi, A., Radovi?, J. R., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2015). Partitioning Behavior of Low Molecular Weight Water Xenobiotic Components throughout the Water Column from wellhead to surface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Chanthamontri, K., Weerawardhena, P., Larter, S., & Oldenburg, T. (2014). Investigation of recent sediments around the DWH blowout in the GoM using FTICR-MS techniques. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Phinney, G., Snowdon, R. W., Stopord, A. P., Larter, S. R., & Oldenburg, T. B. P. (2014). Partitioning behavior of low moleular mass xenobiotic components within live crude oil/seawater systems. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Larter, S. R., Head, I. M., Bennett, B., Huang, H., Adams, J. J., Oldenburg, T. B. P., et al. (2013). The Roles of Water in Subsurface Petroleum Biodegradation-Part 1 The Role of Water Radiolysis. In GeoConvention. Calgary, AB, May 6-10, 2013.
Oldenburg, T. B. P., Brown, M., Chanthmontri, K., Sanguantrakun, N., Stopford, A., Marcano, N., et al. (2013). Maximizing Knowledge from a Single Drop using Ultra-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In GeoConvention. Calgary, AB, May 6-10, 2013.
Oldenburg, T., Chanthamontri, K., Brown, M., Stopford, A., & Larter, S. (2013). Resistance and alteration of high molecular weight NSO components of crude oils to long term environmental exposure in the water or sediment column. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Stopford, A., Oldenburg, T., & Larter, S. (2013). Multi-phase Partitioning Behaviour of Xenobiotic Compounds in Crude Oil/Natural Gas/Seawater Systems. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Stopford, A. P., Snowdon, L., Oldenburg, T. B. P., & Larter, S. R. (2013). Experimental Measurement of BTEX and Alkylated Phenol Multi-phase Partitioning Behaviour under Petroleum Reservoir and Submarine Oil Spill Conditions. In GeoConvention. Calgary, AB, May 6-10, 2013.