Petroleum Industry Wastewater

Dr. Muftah El-Naas is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Gas Processing Center, Qatar University, and served as Director of the Center and QAFCO Industrial Chair Professor. His areas of expertise include water treatment and purification; CO2 capture and conversion; biotechnology; membrane separation; and plasma technology. Most of his recent research focuses on the development of new, environmentally friendly technologies for the Oil and Gas industry. Dr. El-Naas and his research teams developed and patented a multi-step water treatment process, which was successfully tested at a pilot scale for the treatment of refinery wastewater. Dr. El-Naas authored more than 200 papers in international journals and conferences, in addition to several book chapters and patent applications. Dr. Aditi Banerjee is currently holding a DST Woman Scientist position as an independent researcher position in the Center for nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, India. She started her research career as an environmentalist, focusing on treating petrochemical and refinery-generated wastewater by biological methods. Currently, interdisciplinary approach and application of treating and making wealth from waste are her present research interest. Fifteen international research publications and 2 books are in her bag.

• 1. Treatment of petroleum industry wastewater: current practices and perspectives2. Chemistry of petroleum wastewater3. Concomitant degradation of petroleum products and microplastics in industrial wastewater using genetically modified microorganisms4. Constraints and advantages of bacterial bioremediation of petroleum wastewater by pure and mixed culture5. Prospects of green technology in the management of refinery wastewater: application of biofilms6. Algal bioremediation versus conventional wastewater treatment7. Application of microalgae in wastewater treatment: simultaneous nutrient removal and carbon dioxide bio-fixation for biofuel feedstock production8. Membrane-based treatment of petroleum wastewater9. Management of petroleum wastewater: comparative evaluation of modern and traditional techniques10. Nanocomposite material-based catalyst, adsorbent, and membranes for petroleum wastewater treatment11. Treatment of petroleum wastewater using solar power-based photocatalysis12. Electrochemical treatment of petroleum wastewater: standalone and integrated processes13. The viable role of activated carbon for the effective remediation of refinery and petrochemical wastewaters14. Life-cycle assessment and cost-benefit analysis of petroleum industry wastewater treatment15. Sustainability of wastewater treatment16. Circular economy in petroleum industries: implementing Water Closed Loop System