Crude oil exploration in Africa: socio-economic implications, environmental impacts, and mitigation strategies

AO Adeola, AS Akingboye, OT Ore… - … Systems and Decisions, 2022 - Springer
Crude oil exploration is a source of significant revenue in Africa via trade and investment
since its discovery in the mid-19th Century. Crude oil has bolstered the continent's economy …

Recent advances and discoveries of microbial-based glycolipids: Prospective alternative for remediation activities

YJ Ng, SS Chan, KS Khoo, HSH Munawaroh… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants have always been a prominent chemical that is useful in various sectors (eg,
cleaning agent production industry, textile industry and painting industry). This is due to the …

Enhanced biodegradation of hydrophobic organic pollutants by the bacterial consortium: Impact of enzymes and biosurfactants

P Elumalai, P Parthipan, M Huang, B Muthukumar… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons and their derivative compounds are recalcitrant in nature and causing
adverse impacts to the environment and are classified as important pollutants. Removal of …

Characterization of two novel strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on biodegradation of crude oil and its enzyme activities

B Muthukumar, MS Al Salhi, J Narenkumar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crude oil contaminant is one of the major problem to environment and its removal process
considered as most challenging tool currently across the world. In this degradation study …

Recent advances of biosurfactant for waste and pollution bioremediation: Substitutions of petroleum-based surfactants

YJ Ng, HR Lim, KS Khoo, KW Chew, DJC Chan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant is one of the emerging compounds in the industrial sector that behaves
similarly with their synthetic counterparts, as they can reduce surface and interfacial tension …

Pseudomonas in environmental bioremediation of hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds- key catabolic degradation enzymes and new analytical platforms for …

AB Medić, IM Karadžić - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Pollution of the environment with petroleum hydrocarbons and phenolic compounds is one
of the biggest problems in the age of industrialization and high technology. Species of the …

Evaluation of a glycolipopepetide biosurfactant from Aeromonas hydrophila RP1 for bioremediation and enhanced oil recovery

R Pandey, B Krishnamurthy, HP Singh… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization and anthropogenic activities have significantly contributed to
increased petroleum hydrocarbon demand and pollution. For enhancing the oil extraction …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation, identification, and screening of biosurfactant-producing and hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria from oil and gas industrial waste

S Al-Marri, HI Eldos, MY Ashfaq, S Saeed… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Modeling of Azadirachta indica Leaves Powder Efficiency for the Remediation of Soil Contaminated with Crude Oil

C Ukpaka, O Eno - Chemistry International, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
A regression analysis model was developed to examine the reliability and the acceptability
of the sun-dried and room-dried Azadirachta indica leaves for the remediation crude oil …

[HTML][HTML] Bioremediation of petroleum contaminated soil through biosurfactant and Pseudomonas sp. SA3 amended design treatments

S Ambust, AJ Das, R Kumar - Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxicity of agricultural soil due to petroleum contamination has become a serious issue in
recent times. Petrol oil exhibits toxic effects in agricultural crops due to the presence of …