Evaluation of Vanadium Contamination in Some Soils of the East Baghdad Oil Field

Hadeel Mazin Kamil; Firas Mudhafar Abdulhussein

doi:10.24996/ijs.2023.64.6.24

Authors

Hadeel Mazin Kamil Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad,
Firas Mudhafar Abdulhussein Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2023.64.6.24

Keywords:

Vanadium, East Baghdad oil field, Soil, Contamination, Spatial distribution

Abstract

Since oil is the primary source of vanadium in the environment and crude oil has a correspondingly high percentage of vanadium. Vanadium is crucial as a sign of oil contamination. Twenty soil samples were taken from various locations surrounding the East Baghdad oil field in Iraq during February 2022 and then analyzed to determine the effects of industrialization along with urbanization-related pollutants. The soil samples were analyzed using spectrophotometry analysis. In soil samples taken from the research area, vanadium concentrations range from (0.26 to 1.2 ppm). The contamination (CF), geoaccumulation (Igeo) and Enrichment factors (EF) indicated that all the soil samples are uncontaminated.