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Oil fields in Romania were active in the period 1900–2020, some of which will close due to declining oil production and especially due to reduced processing after the application of European Community recommendations to give up fossil fuels and the use of renewable fuel. The rehabilitation of the soil affected by hydrocarbon pollution is carried out with public funds. This is why, when transferring the land to the local community, an oil pollution assessment study is carried out. If the hydrocarbon content is less than 1000 mg/kg dry matter, the soil is not depolluted. In the Moinesti oil area, Romania, against the background of the increased incidence of breast cancers in women who worked in oil facilities, a study was conducted on the natural radioactivity of abandoned oil areas. The results of this analysis are presented and discussed in this article. It is the first study of radioactivity of the oil tank farm affected by oil pollution, its purpose being to draw attention in detecting radioactive elements when handing over land affected by oil pollution (but which respects the maximum levels of pollutant) to the local community.

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"Oil pollution of surface and groundwater is an undesirable phenomenon but it is possible to happen. The pollutant can appear as a result of leaks from the transport pipelines, the damage of the oil extraction and processing installations, and the distribution states of the petroleum products. In the vast majority of interventions to combat pollution, polymeric sorbents are used which are spread over the pollutant and then washed with warm water. This technology does not completely clean the pollutants, and the polymeric sorbents are difficult to remove. Oil-cake (sunflower) is a grated residue after oil extraction and contains the amino acid lysine and high content of fiber and methionine. At a quantity of 100 kg of sunflower seeds, a processor obtains a quantity of 35 kg of residual mass consisting of a sunflower meal. This product can be used as a sorbent for petroleum products, being then used to produce green energy. The physical properties of two sorbent substances (sunflower oil and peat) are presented. Also, their adsorption capacities for four pollutants specific to the oil industry (gasoline, diesel, paraffin oil and sulfur oil) are analyzed, as well as the adsorption kinetics. The adsorption equations of the pollutants are also described."