The Occurrence of Crude Oil-Degrading Bacteria in Some Sponges Collected at the Persian Gulf: Ecological Importance and Biotechnological Application

Three refineries of the Indian Oil Corporation procure crude oil from suppliers, at production sites in the Persian Gulf, West Africa, North Africa, West Asia, and India. The crude oil is shipped to two ports in the state of Gujarat, India, by large tankers and medium sized vessels. From these two ports, the crude oil is pumped to the refineries via pipelines. The refineries have known capacity, that are different for the two types of crude oil. In this paper, the scaled-up problem has been modelled, as a transshipment network. Next, the concrete instance of the problem, has been solved using an LP solver. This was followed by post-optimality analysis of the solution. The flow values on all arcs, and optimal product mix, validate actual decisions. Precise shipping requirements obtained from the solution, are shared in advance with marine transporters to improve supply chain coordination.

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Isolation and Identification of Phenol Degrading Bacteria from Mangrove Sediments in the Persian Gulf (Asaluyeh) and their Growth Kinetics Assay

Biomedical & Pharmacology Journal ◽

10.13005/bpj/402 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 189-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Farshid Kafilzadeh ◽

Sedigheh Mokhtari

Keyword(s):

Growth Kinetics ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

Mangrove Sediments ◽

Isolation And Identification ◽

Degrading Bacteria ◽

The Persian Gulf

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Isolation and characterization of two crude oil-degrading yeast strains, Yarrowia lipolytica PG-20 and PG-32, from the Persian Gulf

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.04.020 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 64 (7) ◽

pp. 1386-1391 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Mehdi Hassanshahian ◽

Hamid Tebyanian ◽

Simone Cappello

Keyword(s):

Crude Oil ◽

Yarrowia Lipolytica ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

Isolation And Characterization ◽

Yeast Strains ◽

The Persian Gulf

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Isolation of crude-oil-degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis from the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY ◽

10.24297/jac.v5i1.940 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 603-606

Author(s):

Yasaman Sanayei

Keyword(s):

Crude Oil ◽

Persian Gulf ◽

Caspian Sea ◽

Sequencing Batch Reactor ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Produced Water ◽

Batch Reactor ◽

Sphingomonas Paucimobilis ◽

Hydraulic Residence Time ◽

The Persian Gulf

Oil spills are a major menace to the environment because they severely damage the surrounding ecosystems. Persian Gulf in this century, Situating in the middle east, having more than 65 percent of world’s oil and gas resources, having huge biodiversity and existing rich resources of pearls and shells have made this location unique and valuable. Oil and gas field wastewater or produced water is a significant waste stream in the oil and gas industries. In this study, the performance of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and sequencing batch reactor process treating produced wastewater were investigated and compared. The SBR was operated in different hydraulic residence time (HRT) of 8, 20 and 44 h. Operation results showed that for a HRT of 20 h, the combined process effluent chemical oxygen demand (COD, oil removal efficiencies were 90.9 and 91.5 %, respectively .In this study, sequencing batch reactor(SBR) was used to treat synthetic and real produced water crude-oil-degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteria was isolated from oil-contaminated sites in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. Based on a high growth rate on crude oil and on hydrocarbon degradation ability. The combination of a SBR inoculated with a consortium of isolated halophilic microorganisms and a membrane filtration is an efficient, reliable, and compact process for organic matter produced water treatment without prior dilution.

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