Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

Alireza Bahadori is a researcher at the School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. He also serves as an editorial board member for a number of journals and has authored over 200 articles and six books. He received his Ph.D from Curtin University, Bentley, Australia. For the better part of 20 years, he held various process engineering positions and was involved in many large-scale projects at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Tehran; Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), Muscat; and Clough AMEC, Perth, Australia. Chikezie Nwaoha is an independent researcher, petroleum/natural gas engineer, and graduate of petroleum engineering from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. He has co-edited two books, co-authored several articles, and contributed as editor and correspondent to numerous publications. He is member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Occupational Safety and Health Association Nigeria (OSHAN), and Pipeline Professionals' Association of Nigeria (PLAN). He is also associate member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), guest member of Subsea Integrity Research Group, University of Aberdeen, UK, and graduate student at Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.Malcolm W. Clark is senior lecturer at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia. The author of over 200 scholarly works, including six books and book chapters, 19 patents, and 85 refereed journal and conference proceedings, he holds a B.Sc and M.Sc from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand and a Ph.D in environmental and engineering geochemistry from Southern Cross University. He has served as a full-time researcher, investigating the geochemistry and reuse of bauxite refinery residues. In commercializing this research, he also has undertaken many projects and consultancies for the mining and mineral processing industry.