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  2. Oil dispersant - Wikipedia

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    Oil dispersant mechanism of action. An oil dispersant is a mixture of emulsifiers and solvents that helps break oil into small droplets following an oil spill.Small droplets are easier to disperse throughout a water volume, and small droplets may be more readily biodegraded by microbes in the water.

  3. Oil spill - Wikipedia

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    Oil slicks on Lake Maracaibo Volunteers cleaning up the aftermath of the Prestige oil spill. Dispersants can be used to dissipate oil slicks. [54] A dispersant is either a non-surface active polymer or a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping.

  4. MT Bunga Kelana 3 - Wikipedia

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    The tanker captain said 2.000 tonnes of crude oil may have spilled into the sea. MV Waily was anchored in the Straits of Singapore. Traffic in the Straits of Singapore was not affected. [4] [5] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) directed three ships full of oil cleaning equipment to clean up the spilled oil. [6]

  5. Corexit - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. Air Force Reserve plane sprays Corexit over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Corexit [1] (often styled COREXIT) [2] is a product line of oil dispersants used during oil spill response operations. It is produced by Nalco Holding Company, an indirect subsidiary of Ecolab. [3]

  6. Dispersit - Wikipedia

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    By comparison, Corexit, the oil dispersant used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is rated at 54.7% effective against South Louisiana crude oil and three times as lethal to silverfish and more than twice as lethal to shrimp. [5] On May 20, US Polychemical Corporation was reported to have received an order from BP for Dispersit SPC 1000. [6]

  7. Is BP Still Spraying Toxic Dispersants in the Gulf? - AOL

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    The BP (BP) oil spill may be over, but controversy over the company's use of toxic oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico is still going strong. Although BP allegedly stopped using the chemicals ...

  8. US flags environmental risks from illicit transfers of ... - AOL

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    A U.S. treasury official warned of environmental risks from illicit transfers of Iranian oil off Malaysia, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Thursday, as the United States narrows its focus on ...

  9. Deepwater Horizon oil spill response - Wikipedia

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    This had never previously been tried but due to the unprecedented nature of this spill, BP along with the USCG and the EPA, decided to use "the first subsea injection of dispersant directly into oil at the source". [40] Dispersants are said to facilitate the digestion of the oil by microbes. Mixing the dispersants with the oil at the wellhead ...