It is always nearly impossible to investigate and analysis the whole population. Thus, it is important to know how to obtain a representative sample for… Read More »Sampling and Sampling Equipment for Water, Soil and Sediment
There are a number of parameters that can be measured in sites that have been polluted with oil spillage. This article is dedicated to teaching… Read More »Oil pollution Monitoring and Control
There is however generation of waste and environmental pollution issues that have been closely associated with various processes involved in the exploration and refining of… Read More »Oil Pollution in the Environment: Extent, Effects, Sources and Fate
The petroleum fractions obtained from the distillation towers can be generally classified as gases and naphtha, middle distillates and heavy fraction. This section focuses on… Read More »Petroleum Fractions and their Components
Crude oil is less useful unless subjected to refining processes. The refining of petroleum involves subjecting the crude oil feedstock to a series of physical… Read More »Physical Refining Processes of Crude Oil
The classification of crude oil can be done using many factors. It can be classified as hydrocarbon source based on physical state together with other… Read More »Crude Oil Classification and Crude Oil Properties
Crude oils are from different sources, generated from different raw materials and source rocks. They are stored in different reservoir rocks. As a result of… Read More »Composition of Crude Oil
The crude oil production process involves the transformation of the organic matter to crude oil over millions of years in a sedimentary source rock after… Read More »Mechanisms of Petroleum Migration and Petroleum Occurrence
As earlier stated in one of our previous articles, biogenic origin’s theory postulates that crude oil is formed from the decayed remains of prehistoric marine… Read More »Petroleum Transformation Process
Petroleum often referred to also as crude oil is from the Latin words petra and oleum. Petrais rock and oleumis oil which literally means that… Read More »Origin of Crude Oil, Raw Materials and Source Rock
The environment has been altered by humans for millennia, especially with the advent of agriculture over 10,000 years ago. Furthermore, as population continues to grow,… Read More »Environmental Damage and Compensation
Environmental activism refers to the coming together of various groups of individuals and organizations that work in collaboration in social, scientific, political, and conservational fields… Read More »Environmental Activism and Problems of Environmental Activism
Environmental pollution is the unfavourable alteration of our surroundings, wholly or largely as a by-product of man’s actions, through direct or indirect effects of the… Read More »Social Response to Environmental Pollution and Types of Environmental Pollution
This article discusses social theory for environmental psychology, ecological, psychology theory of participation, social response to environmental-pollution, environmental damage and compensation. Environmental Psychology Environmental psychology… Read More »Environmental Psychology and Ecological Theory
Several concrete actions are suggested for better implementation of research dissemination responsibilities by Alister, (2000). These are: The need to identify and concentrate on key,… Read More »Strategies for Improving Environmental Information Dissemination
Once the dissemination objective and the audience are identified, there are a variety of ways to share the developed content (RHIHUB, 2011). Generally, the aim… Read More »Methods of Dissemination of Environmental Information
The two main tools used for disseminating environmental information are the internet and mass media. Growing access to the Internet is a testimony to the… Read More »Tools Used for Dissemination of Environmental Information
Disseminating information about our environment is essential for the proper utilization of environmental resources and its sustainability. It also needs to cover both age groups… Read More »Methods of Dissemination of Environmental Information
