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REGISTER NOW FOR CONFERENCE     Abstracts Due - 31 December, 2009 ----- Abstract Acceptance - 15 January 2010 ------ Paper submittal for review - 15 February, 2010 ----- Final Paper Acceptance - 28 February 2010 ----------- Conference and Exhibition Date: April 18-21, 2010

List of Accepted Abstracts:

S. No. Name of the Speaker Affiliation Title of the Paper
Plenary Papers
1 Jeff C. Muffat President of the Air &
Waste Management Association
To be determined
2 Prof. George Kallos University of Athens Modeling aerosol-radiation-cloud and precipitation processes
3 Georgiy Stenchikov KAUST, Saudi Arabia Calculation of Transport, Environmental Effects, and Life Time of Smoke from Strong Fires
4 Prof. Charles  Sheppard University of Warwick, UK The Gulf: a young sea in decline
5 Dr. J. F. Barker University of Waterloo, Canada To be determined
6 John E. Hofmann President and CEO – Trinity Consultants, Inc , USA Regulatory Developments in Greenhouse Gas Reductions
       
Air Quality: Emissions and Control
1 Adel J. Al-Khalifah Saudi Electricity Promoting Air Emissions Control on Power Plants
2 Mohamed Ghanayem KJO, Saudi Arabia Assessment of Indoor Air Quality at an O&G E&P Facilities, a Case Study: Khafji Joint Operations
3 Atallah M. Al-Anazi Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Emissions Control
4 Audrey Mascarenhas Questor Technology Inc, Canada Clearing the Air - Safely and Efficiently
5 Francisco J. Estevez Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Mercury in Gas Operations: An Occupational Health Risk Assessment
Air Quality: Modeling and Monitoring
1 J. Wayne Boulton RWDI, UAE Operational Air Quality Forecasting for the Oil & Gas Industry – New Technologies
2 Dr. Shyam Singh Saudi Arabian Dames & Moore, Saudi Arabia The Cost Effective Design Of Chimney Stacks
3 Willard J. Smith W.J.S. Contracting Services, LLC, Saudi Arabia Advantages & Benefits of Using Open-Path Differential Optical Adsorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) In Ambient Air & Source Emission Monitoring Programs
4 J. Wayne Boulton. RWDI, UAE Numerical Weather Prediction in Support of Air Quality Modeling – International Case Studies
CLIMATE CHANGE - Challenges & Opportunities
1 Fareed S Al-Asaly Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia GCC Perspective on International Trade and Environment
2 Prof. Ali Bayar ECOMOD and Free University of Brussels, Belgium Climate Change, Environmental Policies and the MENA Region
3 Tasneem Abbasi, and S. A. Abbasi Pondicherry University, India Methane capture from phytomass – potential of a global warming ameleoration technology
4 Andrei Marcu Mercuria Energy Trading S.A. An Overview – Climate Change Negotiations and Carbon Markets
5 Frank Bernard Mercuria Energy Trading S.A. An Update on CDM and Future Perspectives

Environmental Management: - Oil and Gas

1 Tom Pedersen Amman, Jordan Jordan Petroleum Refinery: Pollution Prevention Assessment and ISO 14001 EMS Implementation
2 Hisham I. Al-Shuwaikhat Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Effective HSE Management System in the Southern Area Production Engineering Department in Saudi Aramco: A Key Factor for Admirable Generations and Oil Operations
3 S. Rana Environmental Consulting, Phoenix, AZ 85028 USA Advances in Oil & Gas Technology:  Achieving Cost Reduction for Environmental Compliance and Operations
4 Dr. Abdul Aldeeb Siemens, Saudi Arabia Pressure Relief System Information Management: A Component to an Effective Audit Program

Environmental Management - EMS

1 Hungming (Sue) Sung Trinity Consultant, USA Environmental Data Management – From Micro to Macro for Environmental Sustainable Development
2 Saleh H Sheridi Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Implementation of Environmental Management System in a R&D organization
3 Ensan El-ayoubi Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Winning the President and CEO Environmental Stewardship Award Three Times - What is Next?
4 Dr. Ammar Abbachi Taibah University, KSA Using probabilistic approach to develop environmental health risk assessment procedures

Environmental Management: - Random  

1 Abdullah Mofarrah St. John's, NL, A1B 3X5 Canada Decision Support System for Quantitative Environmental Impact Assessment: A Fuzzy Logic-based approach
2 Hungming (Sue) Sung Trinity Consultant, USA

Data Integration and Averaging Application For Environmental Compliance

3 Rachelle Bissett-Amess AES International, Saudi Arabia Improving Business Performance in Tough Economic Times Through 'Greening'
4 Dr. Ali I. Safa Lebanese University, Lebanon Environment Issues In Lebanon Costly To Ignore Costly To Control
5 Tasneem Abbasi and S.A. Abbasi Pondicherry University, India Environmental impacts of biomass energy production and utilization

Ground Water Investigation & Remediation
Session A: -   Session Chair: Phil Reed

1 Mansor A. Kashir Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Groundwater Vulnerability and Monitoring at Saudi Aramco Oil Facilities
2 Ali Al-Shamrani, Masaharu Tasaki, Kazuo Okamura, & Mark Sueyoshi Saudi Aramco & Shimizu Corporation Institute of Technology CO2 Soil Gas Survey Method for Identification of Hydrocarbon Contamination
3 Martin Chapple URS Saudi Arabian Dames & Moore, Saudi Arabia The Conceptual Site Model – A Process, not an Event
4

Rick McGregor & Raed Al-Atrash

Vertex Environmental Solutions Inc./Industrial Supplies Center.

Advances in the Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Impacted Groundwater

Ground Water Investigation & Remediation
Session B: -       Session Chair: Namir Najjar

1 Humoud W. Al Utaibi Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia “Investigating Bias of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Associated with Methods Commonly Used for Groundwater Sampling”
2 Mazen Adib URS Corporation, Saudi Arabia Soil And Groundwater Contamination Assessment in Saudi Arabia from a Practitioner Perspective
3 Rick G. McGregor and Bruce Tunnicliffe Vertex Environmental Treatment of MTBE in Groundwater Using Chemical Oxidation and Enhanced Bioremediation

MARINE Session
Marine Monitoring

1 Dr. Hussein Harahsheh Global Scan Technologies, Operational Oil Spill Monitoring using Satellite imagery and Navigation Radar
2 Brendan O'Connor Aquafact International Services Ltd, Ireland Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI) an novel and cost effective tool to monitoring the sea floor
3 Dr. Basheer Chanbasha KFUPM, Saudi Arabia On-Site Analysis Trace Level Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Waters Using Novel Analytical Techniques
4 Jihad Arabian Environmental Science Company, Saudi Arabia An Innovative Real-time Marine Environment Monitoring Technique

Marine Impact & Solutions

1 Dr. Hussein Harahsheh Global Scan Technologies, Operational Oil Spill Monitoring using Satellite imagery and Navigation Radar
2 Brendan O'Connor Aquafact International Services Ltd, Ireland Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI) an novel and cost effective tool to monitoring the sea floor
3 Dr. Basheer Chanbasha KFUPM, Saudi Arabia On-Site Analysis Trace Level Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Waters Using Novel Analytical Techniques
4 Jihad Arabian Environmental Science Company, Saudi Arabia An Innovative Real-time Marine Environment Monitoring Technique

Marine Impact & Solutions

1 Mohamed Ghanayem KJO, Saudi Arabia Impacts of Khafji Joint Operations o&g e&p on Sediment Quality
2 Gulnur Jasim Bahrain Environmental Impact Assessment of Seawater Desalination Plants
3 Mohammad Rasheed Woods Hole Group Middle East, Saudi Arabia Experimental degradation of oil in permeable sand from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
4 Eng. Abdalla El-Suleiman Fairdeal Marine Services LLC, UAE Regional Reception Facility Supported with Oil Spill Response Capability

Marine Remediation

1 Dr. Jehangir Sarker KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Application of Steel Making Slag for the Remediation of Polluted Coastal Waters
2 Jameela Akhtar, Nuzhat Ahmed University of Karachi, Pakistan Characterization of Marine Bacteria Isolated From Coastal Waters for Environmental Pollutants
3 Nuzhat Ahmed, Jameela Akhtar University of Karachi, Pakistan Marine Bacteria: A Tool for Environmental Bioremediation
4 Uzma Badar University of Karachi, Pakistan Isolation of Luminescent Bacterial Strains from Sea Organisms and Karachi Coastal Areas

Marine Resources

1 Jassim A. Al-Khayat University of Qatar, Qatar Natural and Planted Mangrove as As Fish Nursery Habitats, Qatar, Arabian Gulf
2 Mohammad B. Qurban KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Factors influencing the spatial and temporal distribution of surface phytoplankton in the English channel and bay of Biscay in 2003 and 2004.
3 Abdurahiman K.P KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Trawling survey to assess the distribution pattern and abundance of green tiger prawn, Penaeus semisulcatus (De Haan, 1844) from Manifa Bay, Saudi Arabia

Fish Diversity & Morphology

1 Mohammad B. Qurban KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Diversity of coral reef fish assemblages from the western Arabian Gulf (Saudi Arabia)
2 M. M. Ibrahim; and *A. AL Zaharany Ministry of Agriculture, Saudi Arabia A preliminary study on vertebral deformities in some marine fish  from water of the Arabian Gulf at Jubial province , Saudi Arabia
3 Laith A. Jawad Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Oman Absence of pterygiophores supporting dorsal and anal fins in the silver pomfrets, Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen, 1788) collected in the Omani coasts of the Arabian Gulf
4 Laith A. Jawad Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Oman Asymmetry in some morphological characters of the carangid species, Decapterus russelli collected from Lema coastal area, north of the Sea of Oman.

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) Session

1 Prof. Dr. Falah Abu-Jarad SPSS, Saudi Arabia SPSS Norm and Radiation Safety Services
2 Prof. Dr. Falah Abu-Jarad SPSS, Saudi Arabia Qualification and Training of Radiation Workers and Radiation Safety Officers for Radiation Safety
3 F. Z. Khiari and A. A. Naqvi KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Detection of Soil Contamination by Petroleum Hydrocarbons using in situ neutron-based techniques: A Model-based Study
4 Dr. A. A. Naqvi KFUPM, Saudi Arabia A Prompt Gamma Facility for Water salinity measurements

Remediation

1 Maher A.R. Sadiq Al-Baghdadi Tripoli, Libya CFD Modeling of Oil Spreading in Soil Due to Accidental Leakage Iin Oil Transport Pipe
2 Erum N. Shoeb University of Karachi, Pakistan Overproduction of Flagellin Protein in Presence of Nickel Identified in Bacillus Cereus
3 Alsayadi Muneer ibb university, Yemen The Effects of Probiotic Bacteria in Cholesterol in-Vitro
4 Riccardo Giovannini RGA, Italy Information system for the management of contaminations (GIS.CO)

Waste Management Sessions

Session A

1 Ken E. De Berry, Jr. Brite Water International Challenging Oil Field Emulsions: Liability or Asset?
2 Ajay Singh PhD International Compliance Services Ltd, Canada Biological Process, with a Low Carbon Footprint, Recovers Oil from Oily Wastes
3 Saleh Y Qahtani Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Saudi Aramco Hazardous Materials Management
4 T.S.Varadharajen Khusheim Company, Chemical Division, Saudi Arabia Economical and Sustainable Waste Treatment Technology for Recovery of Valuable Resources from Refinery, Oil Exploration and Oil Storage Waste Streams
5 Tamim Al-Buraikan Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia SAP EH&S-Waste Manifesting Experience in Saudi Aramco

Session B

1 Rehan Ahamed Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife, Bahrain' Meeting the Challenge of Healthcare Waste Management in Bahrain
2 Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui & Mohammad Ashraf Gondal KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Managing Waste Plastic by Tertiary Recycling Process
3 Mahmoud Riad Lead Consultant, Waste Management Services, Saudi Arabia The Forgotten 'Soft Components' in SWM in the Gulf Countries
4 Maryam Abbasi Environmental faculty, university of Tehran, Iran Waste Recovery in Petrochemical Economic Special Zone
5 Hassanzadeh  Hosseinabadi Hassan Islamic Azad University, Iran Agricultural Pollutants and Their Biological Impact on Biota in the North of Iran
6 Boris Carl-Max Uhlig Universe Environment Bahrain Reduction of Environmental Impact of Waste Management in the Middle-East

Waste Water

1 Amminudin, Kamarul A (Khurais) Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Pollution Prevention in a process plant – a case of applying optimization tool to identify practical and cost effective opportunities for water conservation
2 Mansoor, J. KFUPM, Saudi Arabia The Potential of Electrooxidation and Electrocoagulation in the treatment of Dairy Industry Wastewater
3 Bushra Mohammed Ahmed KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Hindrance of Phenol Degradation in Electrochemical Oxidation Process
4 Dr. Bassam S. Tawabini KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Assessing the Usage of Locally Produced Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) In Treating Water Contaminated with Mercuy
5 Dr. Nabil Abuzaid KJO, Saudi Arabia Treatment of Phenolic Wastewater Using Graphite Anodes
6 M. Elmuntasir Ibrahim Ahmed University of Khartoum Hybrid Biological Reactors: an Alternative for Retrofitting Current Produced Water Treatment Ponds
7 Nuhu D. Muazua KJO¸Saudi Arabia Evaluation of Electrochemical Process Using Boron-Doped Diamond Anode for Mitigating Refineries and Petrochemical Industries Wastewater Pollution
8 Dr. Bita Ayati, Iran Tarbiat Modares University Capability of Biodrum RBC in Treating

List of Poster Presentations

1 Moustafa Mohamed El-Gammal University of Alexandria, Egypt Predicted Drastic Effects on Lifetime of Marine Structures due to the Universal Global Warming
2 Mohammad B. Qurban KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Role of Man-Made Marine Structures as Beneficial Habitats along the Saudi Gulf Coast
3 Emad Al-Shafei Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia On-Site Electrochemical Reactor of Hydrogen Peroxide Generation: A Review
4 Dr Abdunnaser Etorki University of Al-Fatah, Tripoli-Libya Adsorption Study of Metal Ions on Electrochemically Synthesized Poly-(ortho-phenylenediamine)
5 Dr. Saleh Abotteen Al Bilad Catalyst Co. Ltd., Saudi Arabia Address Spent Catalyst Management Challenges by Sound Regeneration and Recycling of Spent Metal Catalysts
6 Shaden Al-Sheikh Environmental Engineer Bioremediation of Oily Polluted Soil Using Microorganisms  Products
7 Laith A. Jawad Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, Oman The slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776) in the coastal waters of Gulf of Oman.
8 Hashim R. Abdol hamid International Energy & Environment Foundation Evaluation of Nutrient Enhancement on Bioremediation Process Efficiency for Crude Oil Contaminated Soil at Oilfield: Case Study
9 Salem Algiers Evaluation and treatment of leaded hydrocarbons sludge from storage tanks
10 Sofian American University of Sharjah, UAE Metal Doped into Zeolites to Decontaminate Water Resources from Pesticides
11 Adel Abdallah Abdel-Ghani Minia University, Egypt Methane emissions from ruminants and it's effect on climate changes
12 Dr Muhammad Ridwaan Gallant South Africa The Oil Industry and the Marine Environment: A Challenge to Oil Producing Countries.
13 Muhammed Sayeed Libyan Petroleum Institute, Libya Evaporation ponds as alternative technique to dispose Libyan oil fields' produced water
14 Prof. Hossein Ganjidoust Tarbiat Modares University, Iran Efficiency of submerged MBR in Treating Refinery Wastewater
15 Ahmed Idris Adewale International Islamic University Malaysia Evaluation of the Performance of Faba Bean Seed Extract as Coagulant in Water Clarification
16 Eman Al-Banna Hyder Consulting Middle East Ltd., Bahrain Developing a Sustainability Assessment Tool for the Middle East Region
17 Ayman Ahmed Abedallah Elshayeb Alneelain University, Sudan The impact of bacteriophages in bacteria removal associated with Soba Stabilization Station efficiency.
18 Clara Universidad Nacional de Luján, Argentina Pollution Of The Puelche´S Acuifer In Argentina By Cesspits
19 Ibrahim Kayali alQuds University, Palestine Microemulsions containing mixtures of propoxylated sulfates with slightly branched hydrocarbon chains and cationic surfactants with short hydrophobes or PO chains
20 Mohammad D khan Ivanovo State Chemical Technology Universitet, Russia Model Study of the Process of Treating Waste Water from Formaldehyde Copper-Containing Catalyst for Premises in the Electrochemical Cell
21 Ahmad Khan Pakistan Wetlands, Pakistan Impact of oil transportation and fishing on environment of the Makran Coastal Environment
22 Justin Carr &
Craig Thackray
Scott Wilson Environmental monitoring at Diyar Al Muharaq

 

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