ACAT FOIA Repository 139

Document: ACAT FOIA Repository 139, Date Received February 2024
Year: 2006
Page(s): 8
Document Title: Zhendi Wang's Opinion on "Origins of Hydrocarbons: Northeast Cape (St. Lawrence Island) Petroleum Spill"
Agency/Organization: Environmental Technology Centre, Environment Canada

Document Summary: 
This opinion from Zhendi Wang regarding the site area draws three conclusions: "1. That the majority of hydrocarbons in sediment samples are petrogenic hydrocarbons. 2. Biogenic compounds may be present in spill samples and this should be confirmed by a well-designed analytical approach. There are no defensible fingerprinting evidences, however, to support the suggestion that majority of compounds found in the spill samples are of biogenic origin. 3. Input of pyrogenic hydrocarbons should be confirmed by additional characterizations as described above."