There have been several recent studies of the Japanese oil industry, but they have all focused on the impact of the abolition of the Tokusekiho, the Provisional Law relating to the Importation of Specified Petroleum Products, that restricted the importation of specified petroleum products to limited number of companies. The Tokusekiho, was abolished at the end of March 1996. However, despite th...

A novel fire investigation technique using a needle extraction device was studied. Using a polymer particle-packed needle device, air samples containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generated from fire accelerants, gasoline and kerosene were extracted effectively, and subsequent gas chromatographic (GC) analyses were successfully carried out. Carpet and wood samples were spiked with gasoli...

Kerosene is the colorless liquid and slightly heavier than gasoline thatspecific odor removes after evaporation. Soil and underground water source arecontaminated with different pollutants such as petroleum hydrocarbons. These pollutantshave various negative environmental effects on soil and surrounding environment. Theaim of this research is to understand the effect of kerosene pollution on tw...

Kerosene is the colorless liquid and slightly heavier than gasoline thatspecific odor removes after evaporation. Soil and underground water source arecontaminated with different pollutants such as petroleum hydrocarbons. These pollutantshave various negative environmental effects on soil and surrounding environment. Theaim of this research is to understand the effect of kerosene pollution on tw...

The major microbial problem in the petroleum refining industry is contamination of stored products, which can lead to loss of product quality, formation of sludge and deterioration of pipework and storage tanks, both in the refinery and at the end-user. Three major classes of fuel are discussed in this article gasoline, aviation kerosene and diesel, corresponding to increasingly heavy petroleum...

Studies aimed at the development of analytical methods based on electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry for the determination of antimony, selenium and arsenic in gasoline and kerosene were performed. The goal was to develop sensitive methods that allow a simple calibration procedure to be used through direct correlation between analyte signals measured in the sample and signals from aque...

INTRODUCTION — Hydrocarbons are organic substances that contain carbon and hydrogen; they are liquid at room temperature [1] . All petroleum distillates (eg, kerosene, gasoline, mineral seal oils, and naphtha) are hydrocarbons; however, not all hydrocarbons are petroleum distillates. Hydrocarbons also often are mixed with agents that have systemic toxicity such as camphor, aniline dyes, heavy m...