Sludge Pollution Control from Crude Oil Tank Cleaning

Adigwe, Christopher C.; Nwaogazie, Ify L.; Ugwoha, Ejikeme; David, Adekunle Olorunlowo; Elemuo, Ndubuisi G.

doi:10.4236/jwarp.2022.149033

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“…Another work conducted by Adigwe et al ( 2022 ) concerned the employment to eliminate environmental concerns brought on by the dumping of untreated sludge; microbiological analysis is a bioremediation alternative for remediating petroleum sludge. The samples of grown sludge yielded a number of strains.…”

Section: Processing Of Oleaginous Depositsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Petroleum sludge formation and its treatment methodologies: a review

Hasan,

Kamal,

Farag

et al. 2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Different petroleum operations produce huge amount of oil sludge annually. For instance, US EPA estimates the annual sludge production of each US refinery of 30,000 tons, while the average oily sludge produced from petrochemical industries in China is estimated about 3 million tons per year. In the last year, our center could recover about 30,206 barrels of raw oil from 32,786 barrels of tank bottom sludge (TBS) for different petroleum companies. This sludge causes huge economic losses besides its negative environmental impacts. The accumulation of sludge in the tanks results in reducing the tanks’ capacity for storing liquid crude, accelerating the corrosion of the tanks, delay in the production schedule, and disturbing the whole production operation. There are diverse treatment methodologies such as solvent treatment, addition of certain chemicals, and centrifuging. Of course, the environmental regulations and the overall cost limitations are very important in deciding the preferred applicable method(s). Although several works handled the problem of sludge deposition and treatment from different aspects, we intend to introduce a different work. First, composition, formation, types, and properties of TBS were reviewed. Then, environmental and economic problems caused by TBS were revised. At last, different methodologies applied for treatment of oily TBS to recover oil and safe disposal of hazardous remains were investigated focusing on the most straightforward and environmentally friendly protocols. It is expected that this review attracts the experts in petroleum chemistry, and other relevant fields and provides a comprehensive understanding of current sludge control and treatment research. Graphical abstract

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Section: Processing Of Oleaginous Depositsmentioning

confidence: 99%