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Oil fate during oil spills in the marine environment
Physical transport. The distribution of oil spilled on the sea surface occurs under the influence of gravitation forces. It is controlled by oil viscosity and the surface tension of water. Only ... asphaltenes (up to 50%) and high-molecular-weight compounds of the heavy fractions of the oil. Oil aggregates look like light gray, brown, dark brown, or black sticky lumps. They have an ...
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Oil&gas and environment facts
OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/ education_threats.html During the last decade, more than one billion gallons of oil spilled worldwide. http://www.marinergroup.com, see also http://www.marinergroup.com/oil-spill-history.htm What is 'the number one' oil spill in terms of damage to ...
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nonrenewable - OIL/Petroleum
The amount of oil spilled from ships dropped a lot during the 1990's partly because new ships were required to have a "double-hull" lining to protect against spills. While oil ...
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ITOPF - About Marine Spills - Fate of Oil Spills
Oil, when spilled at sea, ... oil all affect its behaviour. Dissipation does not occur immediately. The time this takes depends on a series of factors, including the amount and type of oil spilled, the weather conditions and whether the oil stays at sea or is washed ...
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EnviroZine - Features - EC Experts Aid in South Korean Oil Spill Clean Up Efforts
South Korean oil spill disaster. South Korean volunteers on Mallipo Beach. ... oil washed ashore and describing the area affected. Fast Facts Over 200 km of shoreline were contaminated in the county of Taean, south of Seoul, when 10,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled into Korean waters in December 2007. At times, over a thousand people were on the beach cleaning up the oil ...
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IncidentNews: US experts aid S. Korean efforts to tackle oil spill
PHOTO: REUTERS SOUTH KOREA - US oil spill specialists began aiding a massive sea and land battle ... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also arrived on Thursday to assist. The oil spilled from a supertanker on Dec 7 off the west coast, ... slammed into the supertanker Hebei Spirit, causing it to gush oil. -- AP Attachment: ln-asia-us.jpg (JPG, 31 KB) Contact Us ...
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IncidentNews: Behavior of Oil
Entry Burmah Agate Galveston Bay, Texas Subject Behavior of Oil Posting Date 1979-Nov-01 Booms and skimmers were ... oil burned in the ship or in the water near the ship, however by December 7, a 19 mile long slick extended to the SSW of the tanker. Most of the oil spilled from the tanker was blended crude with the remainder the heavier Nigerian crude. Thirty-eight per cent of the oil ...
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Do-It-Yourself Oil Spill Beach Cleanup Volunteer Instructions
Cosco Busan spill, limited official trainings are finally happening on oil cleanup (this replaces the former official position that volunteers ... outstrips the supply, and every moment makes the oil harder to clean (the oil is easiest to roll off the beach when fresh ... the material data safety sheet for this product. The actual oil spilled is IFO380, but that's very close to Bunker C. Warnings ...
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WWF - Oil spills
Oil spills Volunteers cleaning up after the Prestige oil spill, Spain. © WWF-Canon / Michel GUNTHER The Prestige oil spill, November 2002 64,000 tonnes of oil spilled ... to break up the oil can be toxic, and it's impossible to remove all the spilled oil. Even after an area has been cleaned up, it can take a decade or more to fully recover. There's also the problem of the oil ...
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WWF - August 2003 - Karachi oil spill, Pakistan
Monday. "Some 28,000 tons of crude oil spilled in our sea polluting our port, outer port and ... spilled. Oil spills are classified in terms of size, according to ITOPF. There are 3 categories: The first category includes oil spills of less than 7 tonnes. The second category includes oil ... delay transfer of about 35,000 tonnes crude oil from the oil tanker, Tasman Spirit, that ran aground and ...
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