Chemical analysis of biomarkers generates information of great importance to
environmental forensic investigations in terms of determining the source of spilled oil …

The long-term fate of three groups of petroleum biomarker compounds (terpanes, steranes,
and triaromatic steranes) was investigated in the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill …

This review provides a critical insight into the selection of chromatographic and
spectroscopic techniques for semi-quantitative and quantitative detection of petroleum …

The main petroleum product transported through pipelines in Canada is diluted bitumen
(dilbit), a semiliquid form of heavy crude oil mixed with natural gas condensates to facilitate …

Lubricating oil plays a critical role to reduce friction and to ensure the machines are more
energy efficient in terms of fuel consumption and power output. The use of unqualified lube …

Crude oil and refined petroleum products contain many polycyclic and heterocyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, in particular, alkylated PAHs. Although alkylated PAHs are found in …

Diluted bitumen has been transported by pipeline in the United States for more than 40
years, with the amount increasing recently as a result of improved extraction technologies …

Abstract Beaches of Ras Rakan Island, located off the northern tip of Qatar, are extensively
contaminated by highly weathered tarmat deposits. The focus of this study is to determine …

222Radon (Rn) was proposed in the late 1990s as a naturally occurring tracer for light non-
aqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs) in the subsurface, due to its preferential partitioning …

In current oil spill forensics, diagnostic ratios of hydrocarbon biomarker responses are
commonly used to compare oil spill samples to source materials in order to determine the …