Waxy crude oil is a problem to the oil and gas industry because wax deposition in pipelines
reduces the quality of the crude oil. Currently, the industry uses chemicals to solve the …

Hydrocarbon is a primary source of energy in the current urbanized society. Considering the
increasing demand, worldwide oil productions are declining due to maturity of oil fields and …

Bioremediation of crude oil contaminated environments is an economical, low-maintenance,
environmentally friendly technology and has attracted increasing attention in recent years. In …

Oil and fuel spills occur regularly in terrestrial and aquatic environments and substances
such as crude oil can contain many compounds that are highly resistant to degradation …

Among 25 crude oil-degrading bacteria isolated from a marine environment, four strains,
which grew well on crude oil, were selected for more study. All the four isolated had …

With increasing demands of fossil fuel energy, extensive exploration of natural sources has
caused a number of large scale accidental spills of crude oil and resulted in some …

The microbial community composition in subsurface oil reservoirs is responsible for the
biogeochemical reactions of hydrocarbon transformation. In this study, the composition …

Crude oil, a dark sticky liquid, is a complex mixture of varying molecular weight which is
used for the preparation of petroleum products. Crude oil contains more than 30 parent …

Environmental contamination from heavy oil is a worldwide problem. In this study, a heavy
oil degrading bacterial consortium DL-1314 composed of Bacillus sp. DL-13, Brevibacillus …

This study investigates the biodegradation of crude oil by a mixed culture of bacteria isolated
from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau using gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) and …