Because of the breadth of the subject, the problems concerning the treatment of waste water are limited to those of (i) the production of organic chemicals which are produced on a petrochemical basis in chemical plants, (ii) the production of various derivatives selected according to their importance and (iii) the production of some of the more important vinyl polymers. Specific quantities of w...

Due to an increase in demand of petroleum products which are transported by vessels or exported by pipelines, oil spill management becomes a controversial issue in coastal environment safety as well as making serious financial problems. After spilling oil in the water body, oil spreads as a thin layer on the water surface. Currents, waves and wind are the main causes of oil slick transport. The...

After the grounding of the Exxon Valdez and its subsequent oil spill, all parties with interests in Prince William Sound (PWS) were eager to prevent another major pollution event. While they implemented several measures to reduce the risk of an oil spill, the stakeholders disagreed about the effectiveness of these measures and the potential effectiveness of further proposed measures. They forme...

Contamination due to improper disposal of oilfield drilling waste is a serious environmental problem all over the world. This study used bench-scale experimental columns to investigate the effectiveness of combining soil vapor extraction (SVE) with bioremediation (bioaugmentation plus biostimulation) in treating drilling waste from onshore oil wells. The drilling waste used in this study was he...

An oil spill is the accidental or intentional discharge of petroleum products into the environment due to human activities. Although oil spills are actually just a little percent of the total world oil pollution problem, they represent the most visible form of it. The impact on the ecosystems can be severe as well as the impact on economic activities. Oil spill cleanup is a very difficult and e...

The principal use of water by the petroleum refining industry in the United States of America is in the refining branch itself, and the present paper is concerned with problems arising from this use of water, and some of the measures being taken by the industry to solve these problems. The compilation oftheManualonDisposalof Refinery Wastes is briefly alludedto, and the importance ofrecirculati...

Abstract In June 2016, oil residues and sediment samples were collected from the shoreline of Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, at sites affected by 1970 Arrow spill. This study aimed to investigate occurrence, fate, behaviour components 45 years post-spill analysing polar naphthenic acid fraction (NAFCs) through high-performance liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (HPLC–...