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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Khaled Al-Abdulkader,
Chairman, Technical Committee
ETMA Secretariat
Tel: +966 3 860-1391
Fax: +966 3 860-1205/ 3876-0379
Email:etma@kfupm.edu.sa
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