Wastes from the petroleum industries as sustainable resource materials in construction sectors: Opportunities, limitations, and directions

Wastes from the petroleum industries as sustainable resource materials in construction sectors: Opportunities, limitations, and directions

Oily sludge

Drilling cuttings

Construction

Drilling fluids

Recycling

Petroleum wastes

Sustainable

Increasing growth of the petroleum industry has resulted in huge amounts of various waste materials, which need proper disposal and valorization. The complexity, slow rate, and high cost of various remediation methods for wastes from the petroleum industry and the potential of utilizing these wastes in construction sectors have attracted huge attention. To select the best utilization option for petroleum industry wastes, the composition, microstructure of waste materials, and their influence and mechanism on the targeted construction materials must be clarified. Such data may help researchers predict the physical and chemical properties of newly developed formulations and tailor them based on their required composition by using optimum admixture components and additional treatments. Despite research on the utilization of petroleum waste materials in the construction industry, they are relatively incremental and limited in scope and need more scientific attention considering the composition, structure, influence of various components on one another in admixture formulation, preparation mechanism, effect of treatments, eco-friendliness, and cost efficiency. This paper provides an overview on the utilization of various petroleum waste materials in construction sectors and provide some directions for future research.

Journal of Cleaner Production

2021

2021-02-15

Asim, Nilofar

Badiei, Marzieh

Torkashvand, Mohammad

Mohammad, Masita

Alghoul, Mohammad A.

Gasaymeh, Shawkat S.

Sopian, Kamaruzzaman

journalArticle

0959-6526

10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125459

284

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620355050