RESEARCH CONCERNING SOIL POLLUTION WITH CRUDE OIL IN PERISORU, BRAILA COUNTY

The pollution with crude oil has been an ecological problem for this century. Crude oil is complex chemically, containing substances of widely different properties and toxicities. The effects of crude oil pollution may vary according to many factors as the type and amount of oil, the pollution degree, and others. In this paper are presented the data obtained during a case study achieved in Perisoru, Braila County. The case study achieved was necessary to establish the pollution degree of the contaminated/polluted area with crude oil. Braila County is known as having a historical pollution with petroleum hydrocarbons.The pollutant is crude oil, and the main parameters followed are soil reaction, organic carbon, total nitrogen, C/N ratio, mobile phosphorous, mobile potassium, total petroleum hydrocarbons and soluble salt.