The Succession of Dominant Culturable Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Bacteria During Bioremediation of Oil-Based Drilling Waste

Drilling operations of petroleum generate oily wastes. The disposal of a significant amount of oil-based drill muds has caused soil contamination and critical environmental impacts in the last decades.The current study aimed to investigate the potential of microbial remediation for an aged oil-based drilling waste and to monitor the fluctuation in microbial population throughout a 60-day microcosm experiment. A representative aged oil-based...