Oil and water can be separated efficiently by pumping the mixture through thin channels between two semipermeable membranes ...

Three skimming vessels are working to recover oil ... to oversee the coordinated effort to mitigate the impact of the oil spill. The cause of the incident is under investigation.

According to the rules, Shell was supposed to inform the authorities as soon as a leak was detected. Read more at ...

using skimmers brought in from around the world, were picking up 15,000 barrels. Simply burning the oil, a practice that had been used with the Exxon Valdez spill, had proved more effective.

At least 102 species of birds are known to have been harmed by the BP oil spill, including black skimmers, brown pelicans, clapper rails, common loons, laughing gulls, northern gannets and several ...

MPA also tested new technologies which could support oil spill response ... areas that are not easily accessible by conventional oil skimmers. The laser cleaning device from BKR Engineering ...

MSRC dispatched the oil spill response vessel Caribbean Responder from St. Croix in the Virgin Islands to the scene. In addition, MSRC provided two GT-185 skimming systems and a DESMI skimmer with ...

A crane operator maneuvered a skimmer to simulate removing oil from ... to adopt more stringent regulations and stricter oil spill cleanup protocols, as well as initiate better coordination ...

The A Whale tanker cruised near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but Bob Grantham, a spokesman for the super-skimmer’s owner, TMT Shipping, said results were “inconclusive in light of the ...

In the wake of the recent oil spill off the Louisiana coast ... cutters, drones, and skimming boats, the inadequate media spotlight has led to a muted public outcry and, consequently, a potential ...

Braer: The huge oil spill that Shetland survived Warning on ... booms to limit the spread of pollutant and equipment known as skimmers to suck it up, as well as storage equipment to hold it ...