Oil leakage, which is inevitable in the process of extraction, processing, transportation and
storage, seriously undermines the soil and groundwater environment. Surfactants can …

This review aims to provide an overview of the sources and reactions of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) and surfactants in soil and sediments, the surfactant-enhanced …

Deterioration of environmental quality and equilibrium by rampant industrial expansion,
accelerated urbanization and unchecked population growth has become a high-priority …

Environmental pollution mitigation measure involving bioremediation technology is a
sustainable intervention for a greener ecosystem biorecovery, especially the obnoxious …

Oil spills result in negative impacts on the environment, economy and society. Due to tidal
and waves actions, the oil spillage affects the shorelines by adhering to the soil, making it …

Surfactants are a broad category of tensio-active biomolecules with multifunctional
properties applications in diverse industrial sectors and processes. Surfactants are …

The release of hydrophobic organoxenobiotics such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
petroleum hydrocarbons or polychlorobiphenyls results in long-term contamination of soils …

Oily sludge is one of the most significant solid wastes generated in the petroleum industry. It
is a complex emulsion of various petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs), water, heavy metals, and …

Petroleum industry produces one of the popular hazardous waste known as Petroleum
Sludge. The treatment and disposal of petroleum sludge has created a major challenge in …

In recent years, heavy metals pollution is found to be a serious environmental issue and
various technologies are being discovered for their cleanup from environment. The use of …