The wide spread use of petroleum products leads to contamination of soil and aquatic environments, thereby posing a serious threat to all life forms including humans. Therefore, isolation of oil-degrading microorganisms and optimizing conditions for biodegradation process are imp...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/34158
The Hydrocarbons degrading potential of stimulated cultures of bacteria isolated from humic fresh water sediment of Eniong River in the Niger Delta of Nigeria was studied. Preliminary screening of the humic hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial isolates revealed that among the 5 bacteria...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/35647
This study was designed to assess the total heterotrophic and hydrocarbon oxidizing microbial diversity, determine the physicochemical parameters of oil contaminated soil and evaluate the potentials of microorganisms isolated to utilize spent oil. Three mechanic workshops within...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34847
Aim: To assess the sustainable use of poultry wastes in compost bioremediation and the effects of sterile and non – sterile poultry wastes on the bacterial degradation of petroleum in mangrove soil. Methodology: A laboratory – based study was carried out using sterile and non – s...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/15153
3D seismic sections, composite well logs and check-shot data were used for four wells in this study. The wells were drilled to the depths of (i) 1627-2541 m, (ii) 1726-2804 m, (iii) 1788-2994 m and (iv) 1955-3409 m. All data were loaded in the petrel software. The in-line (dip) i...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29980
An integrated 3D sesmic data and a suit of well logs of Fareed six wells located at the Fareed field Niger Delta Nigeria were analysed with Petro Tech Software for reservoir characterization and volumetric analysis. Average reservoir parameters such as porosity (0.30), hydrocarbo...
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Research Article10.9734/JGEESI/2016/29113
Aims: To evaluate the potentials of marine mercury-resistant bacteria isolated from the coastal water of Niger Delta region of Nigeria and examine their ability to tolerate, utilize and biodegrade Bonny light crude oil. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at On...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/27328
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of inorganic nutrient sources in crude oil degradation. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Environmental Microbiology Department, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, between January and June 2015. Methodology: Hydrocarbon pol...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26027
Aims: The study was carried out to determine the potentials of novel slow-release fertilizers (SRF) in the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-impacted soil, in order to determine their potentials in the bioremediation of petroleum-impacted sites and as well evaluate the effe...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/25955
In the present study the tolerance potentials of T. cacao in hydrocarbon polluted soil was evaluated. Top soil (0-25 cm depth) was collected from three points, bulked to form composite soil sample. Eight kilograms of the soil sample each were weighed into twenty five (25) perfora...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/13863
Aim: The structural styles and its effect on reservoir distribution in deepwater Niger Delta was analyzed using information derived from 3D seismic data and well logs interpretation with a view to facilitating a better implication of faulting with respect to determining prospecti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7720
In every sector of the world today energy is essential. Energy has many forms such as electricity, transportation fuel and so on. A large amount of energy is produced from crude oil, which is used to produce petroleum and petroleum to produce daily usable plastics. The solution t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/994