Mehdi Foroozanfar - PhD Candidate in Petroleum Engineering, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tehran, Kish International Campus

With the ascent of the environmental conservation movement, the petroleum industry has placed greater affirmation on minimizing the environmental impact of its operation. Improved environmental protection needs better education and training of industry personnel. The activities of finding and producing petroleum , however , can impact the environment , and the greatest impact arises from the release of waste into the environment in concentration that are not naturally found . These waste include hydrocarbons, solids contaminated with hydrocarbons, water contaminated with a variety of dissolved and suspended solids and a wide variety of chemicals. In this article the importance of auditing in all processes of production and drilling in petroleum industry has been shown

Petroleum industry, Environmental conservation, Hydrocarbon, contaminate