Environmental pollution as a result of drilling and mining activities in areas where deposits of petroleum and oil are found, proved a great threat to the wellness of the fauna and flora as well as to the humans. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

• Background of study
• literature review
• Oil pollution act of 1990
• Diesel
• Chemical composition 
• Volatility of Diesel
• Soil, it's chemical and physical properties 
• Site Characterization
• Soil contamination 
• Sources of organic contaminants 
• Surfactants
• Krafft and cloud points
• Importance of surfactants adsorption in remediation 
• Factors affecting soil remediation using surfactants 
• Environmental impacts of LAS surfactants 
• Soil remediation
• Remediation techniques 
• Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons 
• Techniques for characrization
• Materials and methods 
• Experimental results and discussions 
• FI-TR analysis 
• Conclusion and recommendations