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Remediation of Oily Sludge- and Oil-Contaminated Soil from Petroleum Industry: Recent Developments and Future Prospects

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Advances in Soil Microbiology: Recent Trends and Future Prospects

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Oily sludge is a significant solid waste generated from petroleum industry across the globe. These wastes are stored in designated pits near to the oil production facilities for longer period of time creating further contamination of bottom soil layers in the pits. These solid wastes are mainly recalcitrant residues characterized as a stable oil/water emulsion of water, soils, petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals. These wastes are considered as hazardous waste by many countries in the world which need an effective remediation technology for their treatment and disposal. This chapter focuses on the origin of oil exploration process and source of oily sludge, their characteristics and toxicity, recovery, and disposal of oily sludge. The use of bioremediation technology for disposal of oily sludge with case studies based on Kuwait is described.

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    Subhasis Das, Nanthakumar Kuppanan, Veeranna A. Channashettar & Banwari Lal

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  1. KIIT School of Biotechnology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Tapan Kumar Adhya

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  3. Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

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  4. Microbial Ecology Laboratory, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Das, S., Kuppanan, N., Channashettar, V.A., Lal, B. (2018). Remediation of Oily Sludge- and Oil-Contaminated Soil from Petroleum Industry: Recent Developments and Future Prospects. In: Adhya, T., Lal, B., Mohapatra, B., Paul, D., Das, S. (eds) Advances in Soil Microbiology: Recent Trends and Future Prospects. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6178-3_9

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