Crude oil and petroleum products are widespread water and soil pollutants resulting from
marine and terrestrial spillages. International statistics of oil spill sizes for all incidents …

Petroleum hydrocarbons are important energy resources. However, petroleum is also a
major pollutant of the environment. Contamination by oil and oil products has caused …

Superhydrophobic sponges and sponge-like materials have attracted great attention
recently as potential sorbent materials for oil spill cleanup due to their excellent sorption …

Highlights•Consideration should be given to 'seeding'oil spills with hydrocarbonoclastic
bacteria.•Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria often produce bioemulsifiers.•Bioremediation of …

The world continues to rely heavily on petroleum as a primary energy source. However, a
great fraction of the oil-in-place remains inaccessible to traditional recovery means. This …

We conducted ship-, shore-and laboratory-based crude oil exposure experiments to
investigate (1) the effects of crude oil (Louisiana light sweet oil) on survival and …

Drawing from literary criticism and institutional theory, this article analyzes the public
discourse surrounding the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989 and BP Gulf Spill of 2010. While …

Oil spills into the oceans cause irreparable damage to marine life and harms the coastal
population of the affected areas. The main measures to be taken in response to an oil spill …

In 2010, nearly 7 million liters of chemical dispersants, mainly Corexit® 9500A, were
released in the Gulf of Mexico to treat the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. However, little is still …

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