oil spill News
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Release of brochure on Arctic range of equipment
During the days of 14 - 15 November 2013 DESMI will be telling about our proven solutions for Oil Spill Response within the Arctic. The event is taking place in Oslo, Norway at the Arctic Oil Spill Conference. The new Arctic range is designed and manufactured as the toughest oil spill recovery systems: PyroBoom™ ARCTIC Proven in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic Svalbard in Norway. The ...
By DESMI A/S
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Estonia is getting prepared
Strong investments to meet oil spills During the past year, Estonia has invested heavily in oil spill response technology. Authorities working with oil spill preparedness and many private harbours have recently purchased the latest technology for oil spill response. Lamor oil spill recovery equipment have been delivered both for offshore as well as for nearshore use. This positive development ...
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Oil Spill Emulsification Predictions
Predicting facets of oil behavior is an essential component of understanding the nature of a particular oil spill. One such behavior is emulsification, when oil picks up water and retains it for a period of time. A proposed new ASTM standard, WK41247, Test Method for the Evaluation of the Stability of Water-in-Oil Mixtures Formed from Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Mixed with Saline Water, will ...
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EVTN To Showcase Submersible Voraxial® for Effective Oil Spill Recovery at Clean Gulf 2010
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: EVTN) announced today that the Company will demonstrate its new Submersible Voraxial® Separator at the upcoming Clean Gulf Training and Exhibition on October 19-20 in Tampa, Florida. The Submersible Voraxial® is the core technology for a fleet of advanced oil skimmer/processor boats, envisioned by EVTN. These Voraxial ...
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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 ...
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A series of settlements in 2010 Gulf oil spill
A committee of lawyers representing businesses and individuals claiming damages from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill announced a $211 million settlement Wednesday with Transocean Ltd., owner of the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. In a separate development, oil giant BP - which leased the rig from Transocean - reached settlements resolving years of complicated spill-related litigation ...
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Lamor Corporation Acquires License for Rapid Response HARBO Boom
Lamor Corporation is pleased to announce the acquisition of the licensing rights to HARBO Technologies’ product line. Their rapid response oil spill solutions will be a great addition to an already strong response product and solution portfolio. HARBO has developed the lightest oil spill response boom on the market. The modular system fits in a simple box which can be quickly deployed by ...
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EVTN Files Patents for Oil Spill Recovery Technology
FORTLAUDERDALE, Fla. - Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: EVTN) today announced that the Company recently filed three patents related to oil spill recovery, more specifically its unique Submersible Voraxial® Separator. The Submersible Voraxial® Separator will be the principal element in EVTN's strategic initiative to penetrate the oil spill recovery market. Management believes ...
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Oil Skimmers provides free manual for controlling oil spills
Oil Skimmers, Inc., the leader in oil skimming equipment and solutions, offers a free manual of field bulletins that outline oil spill problems and their solutions in various applications. Oil Skimmers’ manual outlines proven, successful solutions to typical applications associated with oil/water problems. Each section of the booklet discusses components that management and operators must ...
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Lamor acquires Tarwell Ltd, half of Tarw-Trading Ltd, and launches new company for Subsea technologies
In a contract signed December 5, 2007, Lamor Corporation Ab has acquired Tarwell Ltd, an oil spill recovery technology company based in Raisio, Finland. At the same time, Lamor has purchased 50% of Tarw-Trading Ltd. Following the acquisition, Lamor owns the rights to Tarwell’s oil spill recovery equipment and patents and founds a new company, Lamor Subsea Ltd, together with Tarw-Trading Ltd. ...
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Lamor & Markleen announce Global Partnership
Lamor Corporation Ab and the Markleen Group recently signed a cooperation agreement that will form the most comprehensive and highest quality Oil Spill Response (OSR) solution network on the global market. The combined inventory of Lamor’s current range of trusted equipment and Markleen’s innovative product line will increase the equipment and service options for customers. Markleen ...
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DESMI Adds Accredited Oil Spill Response Training
Leading oil recovery solution manufacturer DESMI has obtained Nautical Institute accreditation for its IMO Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (OPRC) training courses, becoming a one-stop shop for its customers around the world. In many spheres of education, it’s enough for course instructors to have a theoretical understanding of the field. In oil spill response, however, DESMI ...
By DESMI A/S
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EMSA stand-by services expanding from the Baltic to the Atlantic
Lamor and Clean Globe establish an oil spill response center in Portugal Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill center equipment stockpile in Sines, Portugal. For the three year contract, which was awarded to Lamor in a EU tender in November 2006, a 3,000 tdw chemical/ oil tanker MT Galp Marine will be contracted and pre-fitted as ...
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EVTN Presents Oil Spill Technology on CNBC; Announces BP Review of Its Voraxial® Oil/Water Separator
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. was featured on the CNBC Television Show "Power Lunch," June 7, 2010 with Tyler Mathison, Michelle Cabrera and Sue Herera. The show presented EVTN as an example of private sector American entrepreneurial spirit, developing effective solutions to control and clean major oil spills. The EVTN segment of this ...
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Rutter Partners on US$2.0 Million Order for Integrated Oil Spill Solution Technology
ST. JOHN'S, Canada - Canadian based Rutter Technologies, a division of Rutter Inc. (TSX:RUT), and its Norwegian partner, Aptomar AS, are announcing orders for six Integrated Oil Spill Response and Management Systems. This comes on the heels of the recent certification of the technology by the Norwegian Clean Seas Association (NOFO) following the conclusion of trials in June. The Integrated Oil ...
By Rutter Inc.
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Jury at Wendy Schmidt oil cleanup X challenge nominates winner
Close to 400 companies entered the Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE, and from these entries the judging panel selected Lamor as one of the top ten finalists. On October 11, the results of the rigorous testing procedures at Ohmsett were publicized and award ceremonies took place in New York. Lamor placed sixth when overall data was compiled, Team Elastec won the grand purse of US$1 million ...
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Towable bladder for oil spill recovery applications
Our Granite Environmentasl towable bladder tanks are an easy way to add capacity to oil recovery equipment used in water response situation. They are easy to deploy as floating bladder tanks in the water or can be used for additional storage capacity on land, thus being very flexible for response situations. These bladders come in a range of sizes and can be towed by a boat full or empty. ...
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Guam`s Oil Spill Recovery Capacity Significantly Improved
OSROCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabras Marine, and T&T operate the skimming system as well as an array of small crafts, and other specialized response equipment. OSROCO, Cabras and T&T employees are trained and certified in accordance with the U.S. Federal Government’s oil spill response and safety standards. Moreover, the companies’ comprehensive oil spill response ...
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Hands-on Oil Spill Response Strategies & Tactics Training
Training at Ohmsett takes the learning from the classroom, to the 2.6 million gallon wave/tow tank. That’s where students receive hands-on training with the latest spill response equipment and techniques used in the field during the hands-on Oil Spill Strategies and Tactics Training, May 14-17, 2019 and August 6-9, 2019 in Leonardo, New Jersey. With the emphasis on practical experience in ...
By OHMSETT
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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 "Designing A Submerged Oil Recovery System". This innovative ...
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