Recovery and Characterization of Oil from Waste Crude Oil Tank Bottom Sludge from Azzawiya Oil Refinery in Libya

Abdulatif A Mansur^1,2*, Muthu Pannirselvam³, Khalid A Al-Hothaly^1,4, Eric M Adetutu¹ and Andrew S Ball¹

¹School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora 3083, Australia, E-mail: muthu.pannirselvam@rmit.edu.au

²Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al Zawiya University, Libya, E-mail: muthu.pannirselvam@rmit.edu.au

³School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia, E-mail: muthu.pannirselvam@rmit.edu.au

⁴Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Taif University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, E-mail: muthu.pannirselvam@rmit.edu.au