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CL Solutions to provide Munox® for petroleum surface spill remediation including marine spills.

CL Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that they will be the distributor of Munox® for petroleum surface spills. This development comes in response to interest in using Munox® for cleaning shore and near-shore environments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. CL Solutions was selected by Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. to provide distribution and technical support for this ...

Jun. 15, 2010

By CL Solutions, LLC

Scientists develop new tool to assess oil spills

Scientists are getting an entirely new perspective of what happens to oil in a spill, thanks to a tool developed by FIU researchers. Little is known about the chemical make-up of oil and how it acts when it mixes with seawater or sunlight during a spill. But by combining techniques to create one powerful instrument, a team from FIU's Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment can see how the ...

May 24, 2017

By CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry and Environment

FFT-SolutionTM, Used to Assist In Oil Spill Cleanup

A new green, toxin free, cost efficient Oil Dispersant has been used to assist in the Oil Spill Remediation at a mid-Atlantic naval facility. FFT-SolutionTM an approved EPA registered chemical is now listed on the ...

Jan. 23, 2012

By Fog Free Technologies, LLC (FFT)

$Technology for gulf oil spill and gas shale fracing$

Technology for gulf oil spill and gas shale fracing

Two major sources of energy for the U.S. are dependent upon the solution of environmental problems. The McIlvaine Company has a created a free website with the latest technology to solve these problems. Over the last three weeks a series of recorded webinars have been conducted on both subjects. The full recordings of the discussions have been posted to the free site. Here are some ...

Jun. 18, 2010

By The McIlvaine Company

Beach structure explains persistence of 1989 oil spill

In 1989 a large oil tanker famously ran aground off the Alaskan coast, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil into the waters of the Prince William Sound. Over 20 years later oil still contaminates some of the nearby gravel beaches. A recent study suggests it is the physical condition of the beaches that has caused the oil to persist. This research could provide guidelines for remediating ...

Mar. 11, 2010

By Science for Environment Policy - European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service

Most of San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Not Recoverable

The latest overflight of San Francisco Bay and the nearby coastline shows very little recoverable oil offshore and inshore from last Wednesday's spill of 58,000 gallons of bunker fuel, the U.S. Coast Guard said today. To date, seven miles of containment boom has been deployed to confine and collect oil in the water and six vessels are skimming and collecting oil. The ...

Nov. 13, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

NY Oil Spill Cleanup Keeps Home And Family Safe

The disaster recovery experts at Total Environmental Restoration Services (TERS) brought immediate peace of mind to a Westchester County, NY family that suddenly found themselves in the midst of an environmental emergency. A routine oil delivery turned into a dangerous biohazard situation when 100 gallons of oil were ...

Jun. 11, 2012

By Total Environmental Restoration Solutions (TERS)

Big Montana oil spill is latest involving pipeline company

The Wyoming company whose pipeline leaked 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River in Montana and its sister company have had multiple pipeline spills and federal fines levied against them in the last decade, according to government records. Bridger Pipeline LLC, the operator of the Poplar Pipeline that broke recently near Glendive, Montana, recorded nine pipeline incidents between ...

Jan. 30, 2015

By Associated Press

Cherrington Model 5000 Cleans Up After Oil Spill

A fleet of Cherrington Model 5000 Beach Cleaners has been working in Grand Isle, LA since the Deep Horizon Oil Spill skimming off oil soaked sand for remediation at the wash stations, picking up tar balls and grooming the beaches there as the community recovers for the tragedy. Cherrington Beach Cleaners handle all phases of shoreline beach clean-up, both catastrophic response and ongoing ...

Jan. 9, 2011

By Cherrington Beach Cleaners & Mobile Screeners

Financial risks of oil sands greater than BP`s gulf oil spill

While public attention is focused on widespread environmental and financial damage from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a new Ceres report released today shows that the environmental and financial risks of producing oil in Canada"s vast oil sands region may be even greater. Alberta"s oil sands are already the world"s largest energy project-with $200 billion in funds committed from the world"s ...

May 23, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

EVTN Showcases Submersible Voraxial® at International Oil Spill Conference

Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: EVTN) announced today that the Company will demonstrate its new Submersible Voraxial Separator (booth #256) at the upcoming International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC2011) from 23-26 May 2011 in Portland, Oregon. During the four day event, the US Coast Guard will present a technical paper titled ...

May 18, 2011

By Enviro Voraxialtechnology, INC. (EVTN)

EPA presents award to Oregon 10th grader for work on marine oil spills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 is awarding the President’s Environmental Youth Award to 10th grader Sahil Veeramoney for his development of a novel and efficient method to clean up marine oil spills. Veeramoney is a student at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon. “Sahil’s research to protect water resources from oil spills is important for the ...

May 5, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Implications of the gulf of Mexico oil spill for the UK (oral parliamentary statement)

The House will wish to join me in expressing our deepest sympathy for those bereaved or injured in the explosion on 20 April. And for all the individuals and communities affected by spilling oil or fearing that they will be affected over the days and weeks to come. Our thoughts must be first with them. On 20 April, an explosion and subsequent fire on board a drilling rig operated by Transocean ...

Jun. 13, 2010

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

EPA update on yellowstone river oil spill (Silvertip Pipeline), Week 1

On July 6th EPA issued ExxonMobil an administrative order instructing them to provide information on the circumstances of the spill, conduct appropriate recovery and remediation actions, and perform ongoing environmental sampling. The order also requires ExxonMobil to provide a work plan which is currently being reviewed by the state of Montana, EPA, and other agency partners. Once approved, the ...

Jul. 8, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Genoil Receives Breakthrough Patent for Sand Decontamination & Gives Oil Spill Update

CALGARY, ALBERTA - Genoil (TSX VENTURE: GNO)(OTCBB: GNOLF) a global leader in petroleum technology announced today that it has been awarded a major patent for it"s breakthrough sand decontamination technology by the United States patent office. The patent recognized the unique positioning of Genoil for Gulf of Mexico disaster cleanup. Genoil provides the best commercial, economic and ...

Jun. 29, 2010

By Genoil Inc.

Leading engineering firm tackles ocean-front remediation system with well oil skimmers

For most people, the phrase "ocean-front property" carries a pleasant cachet. For project engineer Stephen Hanks, "ocean-front property" just meant a headache with a view. Hanks, who works for the Atlanta-based consulting firm MACTEC, was in charge of an ocean-front property containing a bulk fuel storage terminal. That terminal continued to create challenges caused by a spill that happened about ...

Sep. 26, 2012

By Abanaki Corporation

EPA update on Yellowstone River oil spill (Silvertip Pipeline), July 19, 2011

The river levels continue to drop, giving our assessment and cleanup crews more access to vegetation and shoreline. The crews have assessed approximately 47 river miles of shoreline. We are finding numerous, heavily oiled flood debris piles at various locations along the shoreline and on the islands. Since no two piles are alike, the Unified Command is investigating a variety of options to use ...

Jul. 18, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA update on yellowstone river oil spill (silvertip pipeline), july 11, 2011

At approximately 11:00 PM on Friday, July 1 a break occurred in a 12-inch pipeline owned by ExxonMobil that resulted in a spill of crude oil into the Yellowstone River approximately 20 miles upstream of Billings, Montana. According to the company’s estimates, 1,000 barrels of oil entered the river, which is in flood stage, before the pipeline was cut off. EPA is on-site and is directing and ...

Jul. 10, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA update on Yellowstone River oil spill (Silvertip Pipeline), July 18, 2011

Over the weekend, EPA, State and federal partners oversaw ExxonMobil Pipeline Co.’s removal of all the residual oil and oily water mixture from the two segments of pipeline on either side of the break location. The threat of secondary releases from the ruptured portion of the pipeline has been eliminated. Going forward, the pipeline break site is under the jurisdiction of DOT’s ...

Jul. 17, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EVTN Invited to Speak at World`s Largest Oil Spill Response & Training Event

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. (OTCQB: EVTN) announced today that the Company has been invited to be a guest speaker at the upcoming Clean Gulf Training and Exhibition on November 30-December 1 ...

Nov. 28, 2011

By Enviro Voraxialtechnology, INC. (EVTN)

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