Prince Khalid bin Sultan Chair for Water Research, an affiliated of King Saud University has won a gold medal from 9th British Invention Exhibition for a joint research between the Chair and Malaysia"s Petro University. The research dealt with treatment of water resulting from extraction of oil estimated at about 6 to 10 barrels of water for every barrel of extracted oil . The water contains a high rate of salinity, oils, organic acids, heavy metals, and radioactive particles, which represent serious risks to sources of surface water and groundwater if left untreated. The treatment focuses on adapting micro-organisms capable of breaking and dismantling these pollutants in an environment of high salinity, and then filtering them in minute membranes. The Chair"s Supervisor Dr. Walid bin Muhammad Zahid, has expressed his thanks to Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz , Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General for Military Affairs, who finances the Chair, for his keen interest in national scientific research and water issues in the Arab world.
