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 7 (July)

1. Alkane isomers: presence in petroleum ether and complexity.
   SAR QSAR Environ Res, 17(3): 323-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Preparation and characterization of uniform-sized chitosan microspheres containing insulin by membrane emulsification and a two-step solidification process.
   Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces, 50(2): 126-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in coastal sediments of the Izmit Bay (Marmara Sea): case studies before and after the Izmit Earthquake.
   Environ Int, 32(6): 758-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pollution sources identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons of soils in Tianjin area, China.
   Chemosphere, 64(4): 525-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Pharmacognostic standardization of Turnera aphrodisiaca Ward.
   J Med Food, 9(2): 254-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Thermovirga lienii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium isolated from a North Sea oil well.
   Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 56: 1539-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Procedure for and results of simultaneous determination of aromatic hydrocarbons and fatty acid methyl esters in diesel fuels by high performance liquid chromatography.
   J Chromatogr A, 1122(1): 153-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. beta-Cyclodextrin as a stationary phase for the group separation of polycyclic aromatic compounds in normal-phase liquid chromatography.
   J Chromatogr A, 1122(1): 88-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Electrochemical oxidation of phenol in a parallel plate reactor using ruthenium mixed metal oxide electrode.
   J Hazard Mater, 136(2): 296-302. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Predominant growth of Alcanivorax during experiments on "oil spill bioremediation" in mesocosms.
    Microbiol Res. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Assessment and Treatment of Hydrocarbon Inundated Soils Using Inorganic Nutrient (N-P-K) Supplements: II. A Case Study of Eneka Oil Spillage in Niger Delta, Nigeria.
    Environ Monit Assess, 115(1): 265-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Investigation on bioremediation of oil-polluted wetland at Liaodong Bay in northeast China.
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 71(4): 543-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Can biofuels finally take center stage?
    Nat Biotechnol, 24(7): 777-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Implementing biofuels on a global scale.
    Nat Biotechnol, 24(7): 761-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Bonkers about biofuels.
    Nat Biotechnol, 24(7): 755-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Analysis of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in conventional diesel and Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuel emissions using electron monochromator-mass spectrometry.
    Anal Chem, 78(14): 4894-900. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Antimicrobial and free radical scavenging activities of Teucrium montanum.
    Fitoterapia, 77(5): 401-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Redox pathways in a petroleum contaminated shallow sandy aquifer: Iron and sulfate reductions.
    Sci Total Environ, 366(1): 262-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Characteristic of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations and source identification for fine and coarse particulates at Taichung Harbor near Taiwan Strait during 2004-2005.
    Sci Total Environ, 366(2): 729-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Manganese concentrations in the air of the Montreal (Canada) subway in relation to surface automobile traffic density.
    Sci Total Environ, 366(1): 143-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Chitosan-coated alginate microspheres for embolization and/or chemoembolization: in vivo studies.
    J Microencapsul, 23(4): 367-76. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Child and maternal household chemical exposure and the risk of acute leukemia in children with Down's syndrome: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.
    Am J Epidemiol, 164(3): 212-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Residential exposure to petrochemicals and the risk of leukemia: using geographic information system tools to estimate individual-level residential exposure.
    Am J Epidemiol, 164(3): 200-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Functional characterization of a novel hydrocarbonoclastic Pseudomonas sp. strain PUP6 with plant-growth-promoting traits and antifungal potential.
    Res Microbiol, 157(6): 538-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment technologies treating petroleum process waters.
    Sci Total Environ, 367(1): 58-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Application of the photo-Fenton process to the treatment of wastewaters contaminated with diesel.
    Sci Total Environ, 367(1): 42-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Tidal salt marsh sediment in California, USA. Part 1: occurrence and sources of organic contaminants.
    Chemosphere, 64(8): 1383-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Distribution and loadings of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Xijiang River in Guangdong, South China.
    Chemosphere, 64(8): 1401-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Sources of hydrocarbons in sediments of the Bay of Fort de France (Martinique).
    Chemosphere, 64(7): 1062-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Bacterial community changes in diesel-oil-contaminated soil microcosms biostimulated with Luria-Bertani medium or bioaugmented with a petroleum-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain WatG.
    J Basic Microbiol, 46(4): 310-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Bp'S Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline: the new corporate colonialism.
    New Solut, 16(1): 21-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Bacterial diversity of a cyanobacterial mat degrading petroleum compounds at elevated salinities and temperatures.
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 57(2): 290-301. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(30): 11206-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Biodegradation of bilge waste from Patagonia with an indigenous microbial community.
    Bioresour Technol, 97(18): 2280-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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