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2. Boom (containment) - Wikipedia

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   A containment boom is a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery easier. Booms help to concentrate oil in thicker surface layers so that skimmers, vacuums, or other collection methods can be used more effectively. They ...

3. Canoeists unable to train in river after oil leak - AOL

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   Efforts to control oil leaking into the river in Rotherwas, Hereford, have been ongoing since Saturday, when residents spotted the oily film. ... (EA) - who have placed an oil boom and absorbent ...

4. Environment Agency combats 'pollution incident'

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   A spokesman said "oil-absorbent booms" had been positioned in the river to treat the incident. He added: “Anyone with information about a pollution incident can call [the agency]."

5. Petroleum Remediation Product - Wikipedia

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   PRP is a loose dry powder composed of hollow microspheres of beeswax, soy wax, and other natural waxes. PRP microspheres range in size from 10 microns to 150 microns. [4] The waxes that comprise PRP are natural hydrocarbons making them oleophilic (having a strong affinity for oils rather than water) and hydrophobic. [5]

6. USCGC Elderberry - Wikipedia

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   Elderberry has also participated in oil spill response missions. In April 1986 the fuel barge Annahootz went aground in Wrangell Narrows. Elderberry and USCGC Cape Hatteras responded placing about 700 feet of oil absorbent boom to contain the spill. [17] On February 1, 1985, the Alaska Glacier Seafoods Company cannery in Petersburg caught fire.

7. Sorbent - Wikipedia

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   Sorbents collect specific liquids or gases depending on the composition of the material being used in the sorbent. Some of the most common sorbents used to clean oil spills are made from materials that are both oleophilic and hydrophobic, have high surface area through structural designs that include pores and capillaries, and draw in liquid through capillary action. [1]