oil biodegradation
1Oil palm — African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
2Biodegradation — Yellow slime mold growing on a bin of wet paper Biodegradation or biotic degradation or biotic decomposition is the chemical dissolution of materials by bacteria or other biological means. The term is often used in relation to ecology, waste… …
3Biodégradation — La biodégradation est la décomposition de matières organiques par des micro organismes comme les bactéries, les champignons ou les algues. La biodégradabilité est la qualité d une substance biodégradable. Elle s apprécie en tenant compte à la… …
4Oil shale — For the scientific technical journal, see Oil Shale (journal). Not to be confused with Shale oil or Tight oil. Oil shale Sedimentary Rock Combustion of oil shale Composition …
5Oil spill — A squid after an oil spill Oil Sick from th …
6Microbial biodegradation — Interest in the microbial biodegradation of pollutants has intensified in recent years as humanity strives to find sustainable ways to clean up contaminated environments.[1][2] These bioremediation and biotransformation methods endeavour to… …
7Microbial enhanced oil recovery — (MEOR) is a biological based technology consisting in manipulating function or structure, or both, of microbial environments existing in oil reservoirs. The ultimate aim of MEOR is to improve the recovery of oil entrapped in porous media while… …
8Mitigation of peak oil — The standard Hubbert curve, plotting crude oil production of an oil well or oil field over time …
9heavy oil and tar sand — Introduction crude oils (crude oil) below 20° API gravity are usually considered to be heavy. The lighter conventional crudes are often waterflooded to enhance recovery. The injection of water into the reservoir helps to maintain reservoir… …
10Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …
