Another Gulf Oil Spill - SPECIAL REPORT
Corexit Oil Dispersant - The Health Menace That May Keep ‘Giving and Giving’
Louisiana Shrimp Season Opens Amid Oil Spill Health Concerns
'A Whale' Oil Skimmer Arrives for BP Oil Spill Clean-Up
BP Oil Spill World’s Worst Accidental Spill
Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
No Dead-Zones in Gulf From BP Dispersant & Oil-Eating Microbes
BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
BP VP Pleased at Latest Containment Success, Alabama Mayor is Not
Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
Aerogels could help Clean Up Future Oil Spills
EPA Directs BP to Search for Eco-Friendly Oil Dispersants
BP Oil Spill Timeline - Ongoing Disaster
Rapidly Disappearing Gulf Surface Oil from BP Oil Spill Raises Scientists’ Concern
Offshore Oil Drilling Will Continue During Moratorium Appeal
British Tech Firm Offers to Clean Up Gulf Surface Oil - BP gives No Response
British environmental research and development firm, Ultra Green, has worked with US-based Algaeventure Systems (AVS) to develop an innovative oil spill clean-up product. It is a membrane that absorbs oil from the surface of the oil spill, much like a blotter would absorb ink. The oil can then be separated from the water for later sale. If used to clean up the BP oil spill, the companies plan to donate a portion of the profits from the sale of recovered oil to help the Gulf Coast communities most greatly affected by the oil spill. The cleaned water, of course, would be returned to the Gulf.
Ultra Green believes that the clean-up membrane can absorb up to 25,000 gallons of oil from the oil spill each day. The clean-up plan is to use as many as 170 local fishing boats to tow a type of frame with an attached membrane. The oil would be removed not only from the immediate surface, but also as far as about 15 feet below the Gulf surface.
Cool idea, yes. But don't hold your breathe. Although Ultra Green has approached BP about this innovative clean-up solution to the oil spill problem, they have yet to get a response.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Another Gulf Oil Spill - SPECIAL REPORT
- Corexit Oil Dispersant - The Health Menace That May Keep ‘Giving and Giving’
- Louisiana Shrimp Season Opens Amid Oil Spill Health Concerns
- 'A Whale' Oil Skimmer Arrives for BP Oil Spill Clean-Up
- BP Oil Spill World’s Worst Accidental Spill
- Gulf Seafood Safety Remains Questionable
- No Dead-Zones in Gulf From BP Dispersant & Oil-Eating Microbes
- BP moves forward on Containment Dome to Stop Oil Leak
- BP VP Pleased at Latest Containment Success, Alabama Mayor is Not
- Possible Storm May Worsen Gulf Oil Spill Situation
- Aerogels could help Clean Up Future Oil Spills
- EPA Directs BP to Search for Eco-Friendly Oil Dispersants
- BP Oil Spill Timeline - Ongoing Disaster
- Rapidly Disappearing Gulf Surface Oil from BP Oil Spill Raises Scientists’ Concern
- Offshore Oil Drilling Will Continue During Moratorium Appeal
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