Treatment of wastewater from petroleum industry: current practices and perspectives

S Varjani, R Joshi, VK Srivastava, HH Ngo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Petroleum industry is one of the fastest growing industries, and it significantly contributes to
economic growth in developing countries like India. The wastewater from a petroleum …

Use of membrane distillation for oily wastewater treatment–a review

S Kalla - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The treatment of oil or surfactant-containing wastewater emitted from diverse sources is
imperative to meet the ever-growing requirement of clean and drinking water. Membrane …

Biostimulation and bioaugmentation of native microbial community accelerated bioremediation of oil refinery sludge

A Roy, A Dutta, S Pal, A Gupta, J Sarkar… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Scope for developing an engineered bioremediation strategy for the treatment of
hydrocarbon-rich petroleum refinery waste was investigated through biostimulation and …

[HTML][HTML] Status and prospect of oil recovery from oily sludge: A review

K Hui, J Tang, H Lu, B Xi, C Qu, J Li - Arabian journal of chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Oily sludge is a kind of solid emulsified waste produced by the petroleum industry. It is
generally composed of water, crude oil, and solid particulate matter. Because it contains …

Influence of bioaugmentation in crude oil contaminated soil by Pseudomonas species on the removal of total petroleum hydrocarbon

B Muthukumar, S Surya, K Sivakumar, MS AlSalhi… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to carry out the bioaugmentation of crude oil/motor oil contaminated soil.
The mixture of novel strains Pseudomonas aeruginosa PP3 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy potential and contributions of petroleum industry sludge utilization to environmental sustainability through engineered processes-A review

AH Jagaba, SRM Kutty, IM Lawal, AH Birniwa… - Cleaner and Circular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The petroleum industry activities unavoidably generate a large quantity of sludge named
Petroleum industry sludge (PIS). The generation rate has been increasing because of the …

Membrane separation as a pre-treatment process for oily saline water

M Tawalbeh, A Al Mojjly, A Al-Othman, N Hilal - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
Oil and gas industry generate large quantities of oily wastewater effluents. This wastewater
has a major impact on the environment and human health. Hence, a suitable separation …

[HTML][HTML] Biostimulation of indigenous microbial community for bioremediation of petroleum refinery sludge

J Sarkar, SK Kazy, A Gupta, A Dutta… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Nutrient deficiency severely impairs the catabolic activity of indigenous microorganisms in
hydrocarbon rich environments (HREs) and limits the rate of intrinsic bioremediation. The …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in applications of power ultrasound for petroleum industry

X Luo, H Gong, Z He, P Zhang, L He - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Power ultrasound, as an emerging green technology has received increasing attention of
the petroleum industry. The physical and chemical effects of the periodic oscillation and …

Strategic implementation of integrated bioaugmentation and biostimulation for efficient mitigation of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants from terrestrial and aquatic …

ID Behera, M Nayak, A Mishra, BC Meikap… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Release of petroleum hydrocarbon pollutants poses a serious problem to the terrestrial as
well as marine ecosystem. This study investigated and compared the potency of different …