Determination the Efficiency of Biological Treatment of Oil Pollutant by Gas Chromatography Technique

Abstract

Petroleum hydrocarbon especially in the form of crude oil has been a veritable source of economic growth to society from the point of view of its energy and industrial importance. For these reasons, the petroleum oil can cause environmental pollution during various stages of production, transportation and refining as well as spilling accident. Petroleum hydrocarbons pollution, ranging from soil, ground water to marine environmental, become an inevitable problem in the modern life. There are many various petroleum hydrocarbons clean-up technologies such as biological method, this method is efficient and economical compare with chemical and physical methods. The purpose of this study was to explore and study the efficiency of the fungi Aspergillus Niger which isolated from soil contaminated with crude oil in biodegradation of crude petroleum oil and using Gas chromatography technique to determine efficient of biological treatment. The results of this study show that the efficiency of fungi Aspergillus Niger to degrade petroleum oil hydrocarbon was 89% after 30 days of bioremediation treatment