title: Waste management and contaminated site remediation practices after oil spill: a case study.
abstract: A case study is presented on waste management practices implemented after a residual fuel oil spill from a steam-generating boiler in an industrial area, and on the technical feasibility of monitored natural attenuation as a treatment option for a recently contaminated tropical soil. One day after contamination, surface soil total petroleum hydrocarbons and phenanthrene concentrations varied from 3.1 to 7.9 g kg(-1) and 149 to 287 µg kg(-1), respectively. Petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations decayed along the monitored time and after 90 days of processes the soil was considered rehabilitated for future industrial use.
authors.affiliation: 1Gerência de Meio Ambiente, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Jorge Santos
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Renata Oliveira
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: da Rocha Calixto
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo Cunha
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Felippe
authors.forename: Francisca Pessoa
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: de Franca
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D001938:Brazil; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D010578:Petroleum / Q000032:analysis; D059392:Petroleum Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000032:analysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; D010578:Petroleum; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D012989:Soil Pollutants; C031181:phenanthrene
keywords: Oil spill; biodegradation; monitored natural attenuation; oily waste management; petroleum hydrocarbon; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon