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ACS Omega, 2023 Surfactants are a group of amphiphilic molecules (i.e., having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic domains) that are a vital part of nearly every contemporary industrial process such as in agriculture, medicine, personal care, food, and petroleum.
Vaishnavi S. Nagtode +11 more
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RSC Advances, 2021 In spite of the fact that petroleum-based plastics are convenient in terms of fulfilling the performance requirements of many applications, they contribute significantly to a number of ecological and environmental problems. Recently, the public awareness
Ahmed Z Naser, I. Deiab, Basil M. Darras
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RSC Sustainability, 2023 Production quantity ratio of petroleum derived chemical products. This also presents the concept of replacing all petroleum-based chemical products with natural biomass-based chemical products.
Ryohei Mori
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Polymers, 2020 In recent year, there has been increasing concern about the growing amount of plastic waste coming from daily life. Different kinds of synthetic plastics are currently used for an extensive range of needs, but in order to reduce the impact of petroleum ...
V. Siracusa, I. Blanco
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Bioremediation of Soil from Petroleum Contamination
Processes, 2022 Petroleum is the most common global fossil fuel. It is a complex multi-component system mainly composed of various hydrocarbons such as alkanes, cycloalkanes, mono-, bi- and polyaromatic compounds, resins and asphaltenes.
A. Y. Stepanova +4 more
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Sustainability, 2021 The petroleum industry’s development has been supported by the demand for petroleum and its by-products. During extraction and transportation, however, oil will leak into the soil, destroying the structure and quality of the soil and even harming the ...
X. Sui +3 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 A crude oil spill is a common issue during offshore oil drilling, transport and transfer to onshore. Second, the production of petroleum refinery effluent is known to cause pollution due to its toxic effluent discharge.
Khalid Sayed, L. Baloo, N. Sharma
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Petromyopia: Oil and the Energy Humanities
Humanities, 2016 Oil is currently over-represented in the energy humanities, a state of affairs I describe as petromyopia. While oil constitutes a vital source of energy in the modern world, focusing too heavily on petroleum can distract scholars from giving proper ...
Christopher F. Jones
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Transformed Territories of Gendered Care Work in Ecuador's Petroleum Circuit
Conservation & Society, 2018 This article explores the transformation of indigenous women's care work in the Ecuadorian Amazon, as their communities are increasingly integrated into petroleum industry activities.
Cristina Cielo, Nancy Carrión Sarzosa
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Microbial Bioremediation and Biodegradation of Petroleum Products—A Mini Review
Applied Sciences, 2022 The demand for technological and industrial change has become heavily dependent on the availability and use of petroleum products as a source of energy for socio-economic development.
Jeremiah A. Adedeji +8 more
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