Research conducted at the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills. The study, published in the ...
Global specialise releases the ESL. DESMI, the global pump specialist, has launched a vertical in-line centrifugal pump, the ESL. It can be used for a number of applications, including hot and fresh water circulation, HVAC, as a ...
INPEX CORPORATION announces that a shallow gas release occurred on development well on the Tunu field lying in offshore Mahakam Block located in East Kalimantan, Indonesia on Friday 8th November 2013. According to the project operator ...
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A group of scientists and experts requested by Congress to assess the total damage caused by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 have said the government's current methods of putting a price tag on the most sweeping ...
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Just days after the publication of a study finding that chemical dispersants meant to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the oil more toxic, a study in Environmental Science & Technology ...
It's true the almost five million barrels of oil that contaminated the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an ecological nightmare. And residents of the area have complained for the last two years that the chemicals ...
The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a ...
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By now, most thinking people know there's got to be a solution to the oil problem. Not only is oil a dirty fuel that pollutes the environment, it's also expensive and has been the cause of war or really the killing of other members of our ...
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) announced today that it plans to award up to $105 million to support research consortia investigating the effect, and the potential associated impact, of hydrocarbon releases on the environment ...
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PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
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Lanny Cohen, Capgemini's global chief technology officer (CTO), has said that the firm has moved from advising its clients on how to improve and make adjustments, to an organisation that aims to help them meet their goals for global growth. ...
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The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PCL, the country's flagship petroleum explorer, might invest in North American shale-gas and Myanmar deep-water projects as part of its plan to nearly double its output by 2020. PTTEP, which made ...
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The machine that separates floating particles from liquids or from other liquids is referred to as a skimmer. The purpose of using these oil skimmers is to separate the oil from the water. This technology of separating the oil and ...
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Researchers at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, have found that unprocessed low-micronaire cotton surpasses other, higher grades of cotton in its ability to absorb oil, making it the most effective cotton-based solution for cleaning ...