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On November 13, 2002, the Greek tanker The Prestige began losing its cargo of #6 bunker crude oil after one of its tanks burst off the northwest coast of Spain. The Spanish government decided to allow the tanker to sink, despite concerns of widespread contamination. By December’s end, the tanker had lost 80% of it’s haul (more than 77,000 tons). Thousands of kilometres of coastline were po

In 2010 the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Coast guard and BP Oil company invited Unirem Incorporated, the manufacturer of Nanobite Powder, to do an encapsulation test on crude oil polluted waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Nanobite Powder is the European trade name for a bio-remediation accelerator known in the USA as PRP (Petroleum Remediation Product). Nanobite Powder was developed by NASA scientists and is an award winning product. It is made from powdered bees wax sph

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Nanobite Products proved how effective they are in hydrocarbon bioremediation on water with the almost total remediation in one week of fuel spills from abandoned cars. Read on…

On March 30 2006, in Black Sod Bay in County Mayo, between 45 and 50 cars were transported from a neighbouring island destined for scrap. They were deposited at low tide on the shoreline to await transportation.

As soon as the tide came in, it b

Spills and leaks from domestic and commercial oil tanks are a very common occurrence, caused either by the refilling of tanks or as the result of leaks. Very  often old metal tanks corrode and start leaking oil onto the ground around the tank. Also the tanks themselves become covered in dried hydrocarbons and become significantly discoloured, even black. Spilled oil can seep into the ground, damaging the concrete or contaminating the soil around the tank., killing grass and pl

Railway engines are predominantly diesel and as such  they discharge large volumes of oil, diesel and hydraulic fluids as they operate. These hydrocarbons contaminate the railway lines, stations and sidings on which the engines operate.

For many years the hydrocarbon discharges have been ignored, with the tracks and surrounding lands becoming heaving contaminated. However, new environmental controls are obligating train companies to deal with this issue.

Nanobite Pow

Ethylene glycol (antifreeze), used to de-ice airplanes, is generally stored in lakes and holding ponds in or around airports. Poisonous to human beings and animal life if ingested, Nanobite can completely bioremediate this hydrocarbon in situ using a combination of liquid and powder booms.

On the 6 September 2007, an oil spill from a fuel dump leaks into the beautiful Boyne River, County Louth, Ireland. Local wild fowl and their nesting areas are endangered, as is the local water supply. The coastguards deploy conventional booms to contain the spill but decide against the use of conventional chemical detergents because of the obvious damage to flora and fauna.

Drogheda Borough Council require a treatment that is 100% environmentally safe. They choose 

Oil pollution at sea can have devastating consequences for sea life – especially seabirds.
When their feathers get covered in crude oil, they are unable to fly and death is almost certain.

Nanobite Powder is a 100% environmentally safe product that can be used to clean oil and other hydrocarbons from the feathers of sea birds, safely, qui

When a hydrocarbon is spilled on water, it is very visible – floating on the surface, a blue green sheen clearly visible.

When applied to an oil spill on water, Nanobite Liquid will not mix with the water and become diluted. Within a minute it attaches to the hydrocarbon, bonding with it and creating a matrix – an agglomerated gel- that remains on the surface and cannot sink, no matter what the weather conditions. By bonding with the hydrocarbon Nanobite liquid does not al