Challenges in the implementation of bioremediation processes in petroleum-contaminated soils: A review

NM Jabbar, SM Alardhi, AK Mohammed, IK Salih… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution is regarded as a major problem, and traditional strategies such as
chemical or physical remediation are not sufficient to overcome the problems of pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Overview on petroleum emulsions, formation, influence and demulsification treatment techniques

MM Abdulredha, HS Aslina, CA Luqman - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The most challenging aspect in petroleum industry is high produced water accompanying
crude oil extraction. In modern days, environmental attention has become very significant …

Crude oil emulsion: A review on formation, classification and stability of water-in-oil emulsions

SF Wong, JS Lim, SS Dol - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
The principal objective of this review paper is to review the current state of understanding in
the formation, classification and stability of crude oil emulsification. In the oil and gas …

Overview of approaches to improve rhizoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils

F Alotaibi, M Hijri, M St-Arnaud - Applied microbiology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Soil contamination with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs) has become a global concern and
has resulted from the intensification of industrial activities. This has created a serious …

Recent advances in ethylene gas detection

X Chen, R Wreyford, N Nasiri - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The real-time detecting and monitoring of ethylene gas molecules could benefit the
agricultural, horticultural and healthcare industries. In this regard, we comprehensively …

Pyrolysis of waste expanded polystyrene and reduction of styrene via in-situ multiphase pyrolysis of product oil for the production of fuel range hydrocarbons

A Verma, S Sharma, H Pramanik - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Upgraded fuel oil was produced from the waste expanded polystyrene (WEPS) using
pyrolysis and in-situ selective aromatization in a specially designed reactor. The catalytic …

Distribution, remobilization and accumulation of organic contaminants by flood events in a meso-scaled catchment system

CA Schwanen, J Müller, P Schulte… - Environmental Sciences …, 2023 - Springer
Background Extreme weather events and natural disasters such as floods can cause severe
damage and impacts on catchment systems covering natural as well as urban, industrial or …

Effect of silicon-based nanoparticles on enhanced oil recovery

MS Nasr, E Esmaeilnezhad, HJ Choi - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon-based nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted considerable interest for enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) because of their environmentally friendly and cost-effective characteristics …

Petroleum pollution in surface sediments of Daya Bay, South China, revealed by chemical fingerprinting of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons

X Gao, S Chen - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Nine surface sediments collected from Daya Bay have been Soxhlet-extracted with 2: 1 (v/v)
dichloromethane-methanol. The non-aromatic hydrocarbon (NAH) fraction of solvent …

Non-aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments near the Pearl River estuary in the South China Sea

X Gao, S Chen, X Xie, A Long, F Ma - Environmental Pollution, 2007 - Elsevier
Surface sediment samples at 4 sites along an offshore transect from outer continental shelf
off the Pearl River estuary to the shelf slope region of the northern South China Sea, have …