Petroleum Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Petroleum, including details on crude oil, extraction, chemistry, pollution.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 6 (June)

1. The liquid-liquid diffusive extraction of hydrocarbons from a North Sea oil using a microfluidic format.
   Lab Chip, 6(6): 740-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Utilization of biosolids during the phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil.
   J Environ Qual, 35(4): 982-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Trans-cyclopropanation of mycolic acids on trehalose dimycolate suppresses Mycobacterium tuberculosis -induced inflammation and virulence.
   J Clin Invest, 116(6): 1660-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Chemical Characteristics and Source Implications of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminants in the Sediments Near Major Drainage Outfalls Along the Coastal of Laizhou Bay, Bohai Sea, China.
   Environ Monit Assess. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Cytotoxicity of Marchantia convoluta leaf extracts to human liver and lung cancer cells.
   Braz J Med Biol Res, 39(6): 731-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The alkyl tert-butyl ether intermediate 2-hydroxyisobutyrate is degraded via a novel cobalamin-dependent mutase pathway.
   Appl Environ Microbiol, 72(6): 4128-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Analysis of metal ions in crude oil by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography using short column.
   J Chromatogr A, 1118(1): 82-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Relationship of pulmonary function among women and children to indoor air pollution from biomass use in rural Ecuador.
   Respir Med, 100(7): 1208-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Microbially treated peat-cellulose fabric as a biodegradable oil-collection cloth.
   J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng, 41(6): 999-1007. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. A laboratory evaluation of the sorption of oil sands naphthenic acids on organic rich soils.
    J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng, 41(6): 985-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Isolation of marine bacteria by in situ culture on media-supplemented polyurethane foam.
    Mar Biotechnol (NY), 8(3): 227-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Arsenic and antimony distribution in the Ría de Arousa: before and after the Prestige oil tanker sinking.
    J Environ Monit, 8(6): 641-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Analysis of algorithms predicting blood:air and tissue:blood partition coefficients from solvent partition coefficients for prevalent components of JP-8 jet fuel.
    J Toxicol Environ Health A, 69(15): 1441-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The application of electrochemical technology to the remediation of oily wastewater.
    Chemosphere, 64(3): 393-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Distribution And Sources Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Surface Sediments Of The Suez Gulf.
    Environ Monit Assess. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The Prestige crisis: operational oceanography applied to oil recovery, by the Basque fishing fleet.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 369-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Geological characterization of the Prestige sinking area.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 208-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Monitoring biomarkers in fish (Lepidorhombus boscii and Callionymus lyra) from the northern Iberian shelf after the Prestige oil spill.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 305-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Oceanographic conditions in North and Northwest Iberia and their influence on the Prestige oil spill.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 220-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Microbial biocatalyst developments to upgrade fossil fuels.
    Curr Opin Biotechnol, 17(3): 305-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Improvement of pollutant drift forecast system applied to the Prestige oil spills in Galicia Coast (NW of Spain): development of an operational system.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 350-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Monitoring the Prestige oil spill impacts on some key species of the Northern Iberian shelf.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 332-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Concentrations of toxic metals and trace elements in the meconium of newborns from an industrial city.
    Biol Neonate, 89(4): 244-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Spatial distribution and ecotoxicity of petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments from the Galicia continental shelf (NW Spain) after the Prestige oil spill.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 260-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Scientific management of Mediterranean coastal zone: a hybrid ocean forecasting system for oil spill and search and rescue operations.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 361-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. The effect of the "Prestige" oil spill on the plankton of the N-NW Spanish coast.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 272-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Spatial and temporal changes in benthic communities of the Galician continental shelf after the Prestige oil spill.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 315-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Spatial and temporal distribution of dissolved/dispersed aromatic hydrocarbons in seawater in the area affected by the Prestige oil spill.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 250-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Cell and tissue biomarkers in mussel, and histopathology in hake and anchovy from Bay of Biscay after the Prestige oil spill (Monitoring Campaign 2003).
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 287-304. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Influence of the oceanographic conditions during spring 2003 on the transport of the Prestige tanker fuel oil to the Galician coast.
    Mar Pollut Bull, 53(5): 239-49. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Identifying source correlation parameters for hydrocarbon wastes using compound-specific isotope analysis.
    Environ Pollut, 143(3): 489-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Biology and ecology of the hydrocoral millepora on coral reefs.
    Adv Mar Biol, 50: 1-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Determination of the propylene oxide-hemoglobin adduct by gas chromatography-electron impact ionization mass spectrometry.
    J Mass Spectrom, 41(6): 802-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Update of mortality and cancer incidence in the Australian petroleum industry cohort.
    Occup Environ Med, 63(7): 476-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Damage to and recovery of coastlines polluted with C-heavy oil spilled from the Nakhodka.
    Water Res, 40(5): 981-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Phytoextract-induced developmental deformities in malaria vector.
    Bioresour Technol, 97(14): 1599-604. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Motor inhibition and learning impairments in school-aged children following exposure to organophosphate pesticides in infancy.
    Pediatr Res, 60(1): 88-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Circulating fluidized bed combustion product addition to acid soil: alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) composition and environmental quality.
    J Agric Food Chem, 54(13): 4758-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. A review of analytical methods for the identification and quantification of hydrocarbons found in jet propellant 8 and related petroleum based fuels.
    Biomed Chromatogr, 20(6): 492-507. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Acetylcholinesterase activities in marine snail (Cronia contracta) as a biomarker of neurotoxic contaminants along the Goa coast, West coast of India.
    Ecotoxicology, 15(4): 353-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Characterization of the skin penetration of a hydrocarbon-based weapons maintenance oil.
    J Occup Environ Hyg, 3(9): 457-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Phase modifiers promote efficient production of hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose.
    Science, 312(5782): 1933-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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