Petroleum is the most common global fossil fuel. It is a complex multi-component system
mainly composed of various hydrocarbons such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, mono-, bi-and …

Wastewater generated at different stages of petrorefinery industry contains various toxic
components including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, phenol, heavy metals, ammonia and …

Paraquat herbicide has served over five decades to control annual and perennial weeds.
Despite agricultural benefits, its toxicity to terrestrial and aquatic environments raises serious …

Crude petroleum oil spillage is becoming a global concern for environmental pollution and
poses a severe threat to flora and fauna. Bioremediation is considered a clean, eco-friendly …

Pollution from the oil industries and refineries has worsened various environmental
compartments. In this study, indigenous oil degrading bacteria were isolated from crude oil …

The combustion of mobil oil leads to the emission of toxic compounds in the environment. In
this study, the aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon fractions present in a waste mobil oil …

Asphaltene is the most recalcitrant compound in crude oil. Bacteria were isolated from crude
oil contaminated soil and their efficiency for hydrocarbon degradation was determined using …

Hydrocarbon contamination is continuing to be a serious environmental problem because of
their toxicity. Hydrocarbon components have been known to be carcinogens and neurotoxic …

Qatar is one of the biggest oil and gas producers in the world, coupled with it is challenging
environmental conditions (high average temperature:> 40° C, low annual rainfall: 46.71 mm …

Soils may be contaminated by oily wastewater during both upstream and downstream oil
and gas production processes such as extraction, transportation, and refining. Oil …