A Professor of Environmental Microbiology at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI) Ebonyi State, Prof. Chuma Conlette Okoro has reported from a research the potency of cow urine as a major raw material that can be used to remediate problems associated with corrosion and souring in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.
Pipeline corrosion which is decay or deterioration of pipelines is a growing problem in the oil and gas industry because microorganisms which cause corrosion have now developed resistance to chemical treatments.
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