The Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences Vol 17 No 2 (2013): 286 – 290

 

 

 

PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON IN SURFACE SEDIMENT FROM COASTAL AREA OF PUTATAN AND PAPAR, SABAH

 

(Petroleum Hidrokarbon di Dalam Sedimen Permukaan daripada Pesisiran Pantai Putatan dan Papar, Sabah)

 

Siti Aishah Mohd Ali^1*, Rohana Tair¹, Soon Zhi Yang¹,  Masni Mohd Ali²

 

¹Water Research Unit, School of Science and Technology,

Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

²School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology,

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor D.E., Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author: ctaishah@ums.edu.my

 

 

Abstract

Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and percent total organic carbon (TOC) were investigated in surface sediments from coastal area of Papar and Putatan, Sabah. Samples were collected in five different stations in each area by using Ponar grab sampler. Samples were extracted with Soxhlet, concentrated and analyzed by using UV/VIS spectrophotometer. The overall mean and range of TPH concentrations in the sediments from coastal area of Papar and Putatan were 1.95 (0.53 – 4.59 mg/kg dw Miri crude oil equivalents) and 0.85 (0.26 – 1.64 mg/kg dw Miri crude oil equivalents) respectively. Meanwhile, the TOC ranged from 0.81 – 2.32% and 0.35 – 0.81% respectively. Statistical analysis using Pearson correlation showed no significant differences between TPH and TOC (p < 0.05) in both areas.

 

Keywords: total petroleum hydrocarbons, surface sediment

 

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