Oily sludge is one of the most significant solid wastes generated in the petroleum industry. It
is a complex emulsion of various petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs), water, heavy metals, and …

Anaerobic digestion foaming has been encountered in several sewage treatment plants in
the UK. Foaming has raised major concerns for the water companies due to significant …

The biodegradation capacity of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons of petrochemical oily
sludge in liquid medium by a bacterial consortium and five pure bacterial cultures was …

Petroleum Waste Treatment and Pollution Control combines state-of-the-art and traditional
treatment and control methods for removing, controlling, and treating problems, such as …

A microbial consortium consisting of two isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and one of
rhodococcal from soil contaminated with oily sludge was able to degrade 90% of …

Oily sludge obtained from a refinery in India contained 10–11% oil associated with fine
particulates. Along with Fe, Ca and Mg various toxic elements were associated with the …

A collection of 38 bacteria was obtained by enrichment cultivation from oil-contaminated
soils of an oil field in Daqing, China. Twenty-two strains could utilize diesel oil as the sole …

Petroleum hydrocarbons' insolubility (due to hydrophobic nature) remains an important
factor in microbial degradation of these compounds. The use of microbial biosurfactants …

Bio-electrochemical treatment (BET) documented effective degradation of real field
petroleum sludge over the conventional anaerobic treatment (AnT). BET (41.08%) operation …

This article presents a study of the efficiency and degradation pattern of samples of
petroleum sludge and polluted sandy soil from an oil refinery. A bacterial consortium …