Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment

Large amounts of hydrocarbons are extracted, produced, refined and handled on land every year. Despite improvements in careful handling, transportation and containment, there is still the possibility that some may enter the environment. The accidental release of oil has been shown to cause serious d...

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Main Authors: Zahed, M.A., Aziz, H.A., Isa, M.H.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.1502 /
Published: 2006
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TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1502/1/Oil_spill_cleanup_techniques_in_the_marine_environment.pdf
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spelling utp-eprints.15022017-03-20T01:57:05Z Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment Zahed, M.A. Aziz, H.A. Isa, M.H. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Large amounts of hydrocarbons are extracted, produced, refined and handled on land every year. Despite improvements in careful handling, transportation and containment, there is still the possibility that some may enter the environment. The accidental release of oil has been shown to cause serious damage to natural ecosystems when improperly managed. The catastrophic oil spill accidents have been occurred to marine environments and several methods have been suggested for petroleum clean up in aquatic ecosystems. This article briefly reviews the most recent development and advances of physical, chemical and biological techniques as well as data interpretation which are most frequently used in oil spill clean up studies, including dispersants, demulsifiers, cleaners, booming, low pressure flushing, bioremediation and several other emerging techniques. The issue of how bioremediation are employed for cleaning sea waters is also addressed. 2006-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1502/1/Oil_spill_cleanup_techniques_in_the_marine_environment.pdf Zahed, M.A. and Aziz, H.A. and Isa, M.H. (2006) Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment. In: 1st Civil Engineering Colloquium (CEC’ 06), Association of Civil Engineering Post Graduates & Research Officers (ACEPRO), School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia, May, 2006, Penang, Malaysia. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1502/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
collection UTP Institutional Repository
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Zahed, M.A.
Aziz, H.A.
Isa, M.H.
Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
description Large amounts of hydrocarbons are extracted, produced, refined and handled on land every year. Despite improvements in careful handling, transportation and containment, there is still the possibility that some may enter the environment. The accidental release of oil has been shown to cause serious damage to natural ecosystems when improperly managed. The catastrophic oil spill accidents have been occurred to marine environments and several methods have been suggested for petroleum clean up in aquatic ecosystems. This article briefly reviews the most recent development and advances of physical, chemical and biological techniques as well as data interpretation which are most frequently used in oil spill clean up studies, including dispersants, demulsifiers, cleaners, booming, low pressure flushing, bioremediation and several other emerging techniques. The issue of how bioremediation are employed for cleaning sea waters is also addressed.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zahed, M.A.
Aziz, H.A.
Isa, M.H.
author_sort Zahed, M.A.
title Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
title_short Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
title_full Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
title_fullStr Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
title_full_unstemmed Oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
title_sort oil spill cleanup techniques in the marine environment
publishDate 2006
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1502/1/Oil_spill_cleanup_techniques_in_the_marine_environment.pdf
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