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 8 (August)

1. Acidophilic microbial communities associated with a natural, biodegraded hydrocarbon seepage.
   J Appl Microbiol, 101(2): 290-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Methods for the preparation of a biodesulfurization biocatalyst using Rhodococcus sp.
   Chemosphere, 65(1): 165-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Energy and emission benefits of alternative transportation liquid fuels derived from switchgrass: a fuel life cycle assessment.
   Biotechnol Prog, 22(4): 1012-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Application of ion mobility spectrometry in cases of forensic interest.
   Forensic Sci Int, 161(2): 130-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Selenite reduction by a denitrifying culture: batch- and packed-bed reactor studies.
   Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 71(6): 953-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A model to calculate the average interaction energy and adhesion force between petroleum asphaltenes and some metallic surfaces.
   J Colloid Interface Sci, 301(2): 352-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Oil well produced water discharges to the North Sea. Part II: comparison of deployed mussels (Mytilus edulis) and the DREAM model to predict ecological risk.
   Mar Environ Res, 62(3): 224-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Oil well produced water discharges to the North Sea. Part I: comparison of deployed mussels (Mytilus edulis), semi-permeable membrane devices, and the DREAM model predictions to estimate the dispersion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
   Mar Environ Res, 62(3): 194-223. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Exposure assessment methods for a study of mortality and cancer morbidity in relation to specific petroleum industry exposures.
   J Occup Environ Hyg, 3(10): 513-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Case report: hydroquinone and/or glutaraldehyde induced acute myeloid leukaemia?
    J Occup Med Toxicol, 1: 19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. The effects of salinity on naphthenic acid toxicity to yellow perch: gill and liver histopathology.
    Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 65(2): 252-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. UV Spectroscopic Monitoring of Vaporized Monoaromatic Hydrocarbons from Petroleum-Contaminated Soils.
    Environ Monit Assess, 120(1): 527-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Genotoxicity associated to exposure to Prestige oil during autopsies and cleaning of oil-contaminated birds.
    Food Chem Toxicol, 44(10): 1714-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The effects of lubrication on the temperature rise and surface finish of glass-ionomer cements.
    J Dent, 34(8): 602-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Evidence for bioaccumulation of PAHs within internal shoot tissues by a halophytic plant artificially exposed to petroleum-polluted sediments.
    Chemosphere, 65(3): 474-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Biodegradation of benzene and its derivatives by a psychrotolerant and moderately haloalkaliphilic Planococcus sp. strain ZD22.
    Res Microbiol, 157(7): 629-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Effects of Nidus Vespae extract and chemical fractions on the growth and acidogenicity of oral microorganisms.
    Arch Oral Biol, 51(9): 804-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Spectral range optimization for the near-infrared quantitative analysis of petrochemical and petroleum products: naphtha and gasoline.
    Appl Spectrosc, 60(8): 892-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Occupational exposure to organic solvent mixtures during pregnancy and the risk of non-syndromic oral clefts.
    Occup Environ Med, 63(9): 617-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Investigating the role of gas bubble formation and entrapment in contaminated aquifers: reactive transport modelling.
    J Contam Hydrol, 87(1): 123-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Separation and determination of metallocyanide complexes of Fe(II), Ni(II) and Co(III) by ion-interaction chromatography with membrane suppressed conductivity detection applied to analysis of oil refinery streams (sour water).
    J Chromatogr A, 1127(1): 200-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Micronucleus studies in the peripheral blood and bone marrow of mice treated with jet fuels, JP-8 and Jet-A.
    Mutat Res, 608(1): 82-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. First identification of benzo[ghi]naphtho[8,1,2-bcd]perylene as a product of fuel pyrolysis, using high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array ultraviolet-visible absorbance detection and mass spectrometry.
    J Chromatogr A, 1127(1): 137-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Effect of various extracts and a polysaccharide from the edible mycelia of Cordyceps sinensis on cellular and humoral immune response against ovalbumin in mice.
    Phytother Res, 20(8): 646-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Treatment of petroleum refinery sourwater by advanced oxidation processes.
    J Hazard Mater, 137(1): 178-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Recovery of carotenoids from shrimp waste in organic solvents.
    Waste Manag, 26(10): 1092-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. 15-Hydroperoxyeicosapentaenoic acid, but not eicosapentaenoic acid, shifts arachidonic acid away from cyclooxygenase pathway into acyl-CoA synthetase pathway in rabbit kidney medulla microsomes.
    Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids, 75(2): 69-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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