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Real challenges and possible green solutions for waste from oil and natural gas industry
The oil industry is one of the most important industries in the world as it provides the energy needed to run the world's economy, means of transport, agriculture, livestock, fishing, etc. Today, this industry is facing new environmental challenges due to climate change and the need to reduce the greenhouse effect by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Today's society, with the new technological knowledge, demands greater control over waste generation, making it necessary to design/modify industrial processes in order to achieve a circular economy. Within this framework, the scientific community has mobilized to make these new demands a reality by establishing legislations, regulations, etc.
This special issue aims to present the current environmental status of the oil industry, the innovations incorporated, present and future solutions for the handling and management of the waste generated, the new procedures for the treatment of the waste generated and the new proposals to achieve a circular economy in such complex industries. The main audience of this special Issue will be the conference participants of the ‘3rd International Conference on Petroleum: Waste Management in Oil and Gas Industry, Koya University, Iraq, April 28-30, 2024’ from whom the authors will be invited to publish their manuscripts in this Special Issue. In addition, this Special Issue is open to all the author works in this field around the world.
Editors
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Dr. Gassan Hodaifa
Dr. Gassan Hodaifa is a Food Engineer (Uni. Albaath, Syria) and Chemical Engineer (Uni. Granada, Spain). He received his doctoral degree from the University of Jaén. He works in the areas of microalgae, the treatment of wastewater, chemical oxidation, membrane technology, adsorption, enzyme biotechnology, nematode biotechnology, etc. He has participated in 27 research projects (8 as IP) and 4 European programs, with which he has signed 16 research contracts (4 as IP). As a result of his research work, he has had 64 articles published. He has two patents, and has written several books and book chapters .
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Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan
Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan is the University of Missouri System Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and of Nuclear Engineering at the Missouri Univ. of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), and the Laufer Endowed Chair in Energy. He is the former chair of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (January 2009 – June 2019), an AIChE Fellow, and ABET Program Evaluator. He is affiliated Professor with the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco. Professor Al-Dahhan was UNESCO expert on quality assurance of engineering and science education from 2010-1016.
