Synergy of analytical approaches enables a robust assessment of the Brazil mystery oil spill

CM Reddy, RK Nelson, UM Hanke, X Cui… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
From August 2019 to June 2021, viscous oil residues appeared along the Brazilian coast
spanning 11 states and more than 3,000 km of tropical shoreline. Forensic results published …

Assessment of photochemical processes in marine oil spill fingerprinting

JR Radović, C Aeppli, RK Nelson, N Jimenez… - Marine Pollution …, 2014 - Elsevier
Understanding weathering processes plays a critical role in oil spill forensics, which is
based on the comparison of the distributions of selected compounds assumed to be …

Thin-layer chromatography–flame ionization detection

F Anyakudo, E Adams, A Van Schepdael - Chromatographia, 2020 - Springer
Thin layer chromatography–flame ionization detection (TLC–FID) is a versatile analytical
technique that can be used for fast analysis of organic compounds. It has been implemented …

Study of oil sorption behaviour of esterified oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fibre and its kinetics and isotherm studies

R Asadpour, S Yavari, H Kamyab… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil spills concern the public as they are incredibly harmful to the environment and the
economy. A collection of business frameworks has been created to control oil spills, such as …

Tar ball pollution under the influence of ocean circulation in the Bohai Sea, China

Z Zhang, C Wang, R Wang, X Liu - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The deposition of tar balls of unknown sources on the coast poses a great threat to the
fishery, tourism and coastal biodiversity in the Bohai Sea. This work aimed to identify the …

The role of biophysical stickiness on oil-mineral flocculation and settling in seawater

L Ye, AJ Manning, J Holyoke… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biophysical cohesive particles in aquatic systems, such as extracellular polymeric
substances (EPS) and clay minerals, play an important role in determining the transport of …

Ultrasound assisted oxidative desulfurization of marine fuels on MoO3/Al2O3 catalyst

S Houda, C Lancelot, P Blanchard, L Poinel… - Catalysis Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxidative desulfurization (ODS) was applied to three marine fuels with viscosities between
380 and 700 cSt (centistokes) and sulfur contents between 0.79 and 3.27 wt.%, using a MoO …

The importance of evaluating the physicochemical and toxicological properties of a contaminant for remediating environments affected by chemical incidents

S Wyke, A Peña-Fernández, N Brooke… - Environment …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the event of a major chemical incident or accident, appropriate tools and technical
guidance need to be available to ensure that a robust approach can be adopted for …

Chemometrics-assisted effect-directed analysis of crude and refined oil using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–time-of-flight mass spectrometry

JR Radovic, KV Thomas, H Parastar… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
An effect-directed analysis (EDA) of fresh and artificially weathered (evaporated,
photooxidized) samples of North Sea crude oil and residual heavy fuel oil is presented …

Effects of simulated weathering on the toxicity of selected crude oils and their components to sea urchin embryos

D Rial, JR Radović, JM Bayona, K Macrae… - Journal of hazardous …, 2013 - Elsevier
Artificial weathering of Angolan crude and a Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) was performed by
evaporation and photooxidation. The aliphatic, aromatic, polar and asphaltene fractions of …