S. E. Whiteside

A bench-scale aerobic microbial degradation study of soil contaminated with Saudi Arabian crude oil was conducted. The effects of nutrient additions and seeding with naturally-occurring microorganisms were evaluated, through comparison of results from a control reactor, a second…

Aerobic degradation of Saudi Arabian crude oil was conducted under various conditions representative of a coastal marine environment. Both bench-scale and laboratory-scale aerobic reactors were utilized to study the changes of intertidal soil contaminated with crude oil. Weather…