• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.81-86
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• 2003

Understanding the penetration behavior of the spilled oil is very important to remove itself and to minimize its impact on intertidal biological communities by earlier treatment of the oil. The purpose of this study is to clarify the effects of wave and tidal actions on the penetration of spilled oil and to evaluate main factors of oil penetration using a sandy-beach model. Infiltration processes into the sediments showed significant difference between seawater and crude oil. Seawater was infiltrated by both wave action and tidal fluctuation into the sediments in sandy beach. However, spilled crude oil penetrated into the sediments only by falling tides and not by wave action, and the first tide is most important for the penetration of stranded oil. Over 70% of bulk fraction in penetrated crude oil was concentrated to the top 2 cm sediment-layer when spilled oil volume was 1 L/$\textrm{m}^2$. Moreover, the penetration of stranded oil into the sandy beach sediments was strongly correlated with the oil viscosity affected by temperature.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.643-670
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• 2013

This study analyzed the impact of crude oil inventory while gasoline price adjusts to international crude oil price(WTI) fluctuations. We mainly focused on asymmetric relationship between crude oil and petroleum product prices and added oil inventory as an variable, using the error correction model which is based on Borenstein et al.(1997). This paper selected the sample period from January 1988 to December 2012, analyzed the asymmetry of each intervals and the influence of crude oil inventory to the degree of asymmetry changes, both full period and five years period respectively. The results showed that when considering crude oil inventory, existence and degrees of time amount asymmetry varies.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.606-614
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• 1998

In this study, biodegradation rate of Arabian light crude oil by mixed cultures of selected petroleum-degraders was determined. Their modes of hydrocarbon uptake were then observed to determine whether there are differences in biodegradation rate by the mixed cultures. By the mixed cultures of petroleum-degraders having same modes of hydrocarbon uptake, such as strain US1 and K1 (using pseudo-solubilized hydrocarbons by a biosurfactants), K2-2 and P1(using hydrocarbons by direct contact), CL 180 and IC-10 (mixed type of uptake modes), the biodegradation rates of aliphatics in the crude oil were increased more than those by their pure cultures, about 40%, 25% and 20%, respectively. Biodegradation rate of strain KH3-2 (using only water- dissolved hydrocarbons) was increased by mixed cultures with strain K1, CL180 or IC-10 possessing high emulsifying activity. However, the biodegradation rate of the crude oil was decreased about 20%-40% by the mixed cultures of petroleum-degraders having different mode of hydrocarbon uptake, such as addition of strain US1 or K1 in the cultures of K2-2 or P1. Biosurfactants produced by US1 or K1 seems to enhance the emulsification of crude oil in aqueous phase but inhibit the attachment of K2-2 or P1 to crude oil. As same phenomena, the addition to Triton X-100 into the culture of strain US1, K1, CL180, IC-10 or KH3-2 increased the biodegradation rate, but the addition in the culture of strain K2-2 or P1 decreased the biodegradation rate. The mixed culture made of CL180, IC-10 and KH3-2 degraded 61.5% of aliphatics and 69% of aromatics in 3% (v/v) of Arabian light crude oil added.

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.97-108
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• 2000

A Gram-type negative bacteria that can utilize crude oil as the sole source of carbon and energy was isolated from an activated sludge of a local sewage treatment plant and identified tentatively as belonging to the genus Acinetobacter. The isolate could degrade n-alkanes and unidentified hydrocarbons in crude oil and utilize n-alkanes, hydrophobic substrates, as sole carbon and energy sources. n-Alkanes from tridecane (Cl3) to triacontane (C30) in crude oil were degraded simultaneously with no difference in degradation characteristics between the two close odd and even numbered alkanes in carbon numbers. The linear growth of the isolate and the degradation characteristics of Pr-alkanes suggested that the transport of substrates from the oil phase to the site where the substrates undergo the initial oxidation in microorganism might be the rate limiting in the biodegradation process of crude oil constituents. The remainder fraction of substrates after cultivation was considered to reflect the hydrocarbon inclusions in the cell mass, characteristics in Acinetobacter species, and to control the transport of substrates from crude oil phase. On the basis of the results, the isolate was considered to play an important role in the degradation study of hydrophobic environmental pollutants.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.97-102
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• 1994

The oxidative stability of perilla oil were examined by measuring peroxide value. The induction period of perilla oil for each storage temperature was measured by POV and indicated that it was 80 days for 45$^{\circ}C$, 22.5 days for 65$^{\circ}C$, 9.5 days for 85$^{\circ}C$ and 5 days for 105$^{\circ}C$ respectively. Also, the induction period of the perilla oil with different concentration of ginger powder at 85$^{\circ}C$was studied and has been found that 9.4 days for 6% ginger powder, 11.9 days for 4% and 11days for 2% ginger power. The relative antioxidant effectiveness of ginger power was 99% for 6% ginger power, 125% for 4% ginger power, 122% for 2% ginger power. The induction period of perilla oil with gingerol at 85$^{\circ}C$ was 13.5days for 2% crude gingerol, 11.7days for 0.2% crude gingerol and 12.0 days for 0.02% BHT. The elativi antroxidant effectiveness of perilla oil gingerol at 85$^{\circ}C$was 142% for 2% crude gingerol, 123% for 0.2% crude gingerol, 126% for 0.02% BHT.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.253-255
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• 2015

Crude oil is the world's most actively traded commodity and also one of the most significant resources in the world. The impact of oil price volatility has great influences on macroeconomic activities. This presentation is to review and analyze the oil price fluctuation and to examine the effects especially on the offshore oil production and thereafter to look over the challenges and opportunities in this sector focusing on the petroleum logistics.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.145-150
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• 2001

A marine bacterium having a high oil-degrading activity was isolated from the coastal water of Yosu, Korea, identified as Pseudomonas sp. and named Pseudomonas sp. BCK-1. The optimal temperature, pH and NaCl concentration for cell growth was $30^{\circ}C$, 7.0 and $3\%$ (w/v), respectively. After cultivation at $30^{\circ}C$, 180 rpm in 250 mL erlenmeyer flask for 72 and 168 hours, $2\%$ (w/v) arabian light crude oil (ACO) and bunker C oil (BCO) which are considered to be hardly biodegradable compounds were degraded $92\%$ (w/w) and $72\%$ (w/w), respectively.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.110-118
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• 2010

Supercritical treatment of liquefaction technology for rice hull was investigated the biomass conversion rate and evaluated its crude oil in respect to feasibility of burner in order to heat the green house. The reaction was carried out in a 5,000 mL liquefaction system with dispenser and external electrical furnace. Raw materials (160 g) of rice hull and 3,000 mL of different solvents were fed into the reactor. It was observed that the maximum crude oil yield was about 84.4 % with 1-butanol. The calorific value of crude oil from ethanol solvent were 7,752 kcal/kg. Furthermore, in case study of co-solvent with ethanol and bulk-glycerol, it observed that more than 80 % of rice hull was decomposed and liquefied in its solvent at $315{\sim}326^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. For the development of applicable bio-fuel from rice hull, it was considered that its feasibility is necessary to be carried out for co-solvent soluble portions. Regarding to utilize the crude oil into burner as fuel, it was observed that its calorific value was lower at approximately 24 % than the diesel. Also, flame length from crude oil at lower temperature was decreasing due to incomplete incineration. The temperature of warm wind on the burner was maintained between 63 and $65^{\circ}C$, and the temperature of emission line was appeared at $350{\sim}380^{\circ}C$.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.33-36
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• 1993

This study was carried out to investigate the thermal stability of gingerol from Ginger and effect of its concentration on the oxidation of soybean oil. After Heating gingerol, the contents of remained gingerol was measured by HPLC. After heat treatment at $105^{\circ}C$ for 3 hours, 94.5% of gingerol was remained, whereas at $165^{\circ}C$ for 30 min., only 10% of gingerol was remained. Crude gingerol was also added to soybean oil at the concentration of 0.02%, 0.1% and 0.2% by weight of oil, respectively. The oils with crude gingerol were heat-treated at $105^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours and $165^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes, respectively, and then the heat-treated oils were incubated at $45^{\circ}C$ for 25 days. The peroxide value of the oils was measured in order to estimate the antioxidant activity of crude gingerol compared with BHT. In the soybean oil heated at $105^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours, crude gingerol showed antioxidant activity at all concentration and the activity was more effective than 0.02% BHT. And during the storage of the heat-treated oils at $45^{\circ}C$, the antioxidant activity of crude gingerol increased in direct proportion to its concentration. In the soybean oil heated at $165^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes and then stored at $45^{\circ}C$, the antioxidant activity of crude gingerol increased in direct proportion to its concentration.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.485-508
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• 2010

This paper examines the long memory property and investigates cointegration in the dynamics of crude oil markets. For these purposes, we apply the joint ARMA-FIAPARCH model with structural break and the vector error correction model (VECM) to three daily crude oil prices: Brent, Dubai and West Texas Intermediate (WTI). In all crude oil markets, the property of long memory exists in their volatility, and the ARMA-FIAPARCH model adequately captures this long memory property. In addition, the results of the cointegration test and VECM estimation indicate a bi-directional relationship between returns and the conditional variance of crude oil prices. This finding implies that the dynamics of returns affect volatility, and vice versa. These findings can be utilized for improving the understanding of the dynamics of crude oil prices and forecasting market risk for buyers and sellers in crude oil markets.