p. 217 - 223 OBSERVATIONS SUR LE PROCESSUS DE DEGRADATION OXYDATIVE DE QUELQUES PRODUITS PETROLIERS DANS L'EAU MARINE (RECHERCHES PRELIMINAIRES) Nicolae Barbulescu 1), Octavian Serbanescu 2) et Victoria Piescu 2) 1)Institut Polytechnique Bucuresti 2)Institute Roumain de Recherches Marines Constanta Abstract The authors present preliminary data concerening the oxidizing possibilities in the sea water of some organic compounds from crude oil. In the paper the studies are 8 hydrocarbons followed in time by RMN and IR are presented.