[A socio-economic profile of exposed populations to petroleum exploration residues].

Exploration of the Relationship between Cultural-Socio-Economic Determinants and Entrepreneurship

Gas Flaring and Venting Associated with Petroleum Exploration and Production in the Nigeria’s Niger Delta

Global flaring and venting of petroleum–associated gas is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and airborne contaminants that has proven difficult to mitigate over the years. In the petroleum industry, poor efficiency in the flare systems often result in incomplete combustion which produces a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and i...

Strategic Technology Planning in Science-Based Subsectors of Petroleum Industry: The Case Study of R&D Roadmapping for Geochemical Exploration Technologies

Strategic planning of technology in Iran's oil industry has a long history, however, the knowledge-based sectors of the oil industry, despite their different characteristics, have been less exposed to such experiences, and hence the study of the experience in one of the key sub-sectors of this industry, namely the exploration geochemical sector, can be innovative. This article seeks to answer t...

Relative susceptibility of Haeckeliania sperata (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) to pesticides used in citrus and ornamental systems in Florida.

Haeckeliania sperata Pinto is an egg-endoparasitoid of Diaprepes abbreviatus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). We evaluated the relative susceptibility of H. sperata adults to commercially relevant pesticides used in citrus and ornamental production systems. Parasitoids were exposed to pesticide residues on leaf surfaces. Four concentrations of seven pesticides were tested; concentrations for eac...

Long-term biological effects of petroleum residues on fiddler crabs in salt marshes.

In September 1969, the Florida barge spilled 700,000L of No. 2 fuel oil into the salt marsh sediments of Wild Harbor (Buzzards Bay, MA). Today the aboveground environment appears unaffected, but a substantial amount of moderately degraded petroleum still remains 8-20cm below the surface. The salt marsh fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax, burrow into the sediments at depths of 5-25cm, and are chronically...