Offshore and Coastal Oil Spills
Traditional oil spills remediation has been a primitive exercise in contrast to our Prevention Solutions (restricting the flow of oil at source), Recovery Solutions (oil and Solidifier® recovered for reuse), Environmental Solutions (non-toxic and captures heavy metals) and Economic Solutions (time and cost reduction > 50%). This has been due to the lack of an available technology.
The point is that pollutants cannot simply be ignored - oil and other hydro carbon derivative liquid spills (”oil spills”) demand actual removal of the hydro carbon and heavy metals it contains (”pollutants”) from the environment of the spill, whether offshore or onshore. It is not enough that the pollutants are no longer obvious to the naked eye. Historical methods of oil spill remediation have been dangerously laborious with exposure of workers to deadly toxic fumes and in the end wholly unable to remove the pollutants from the environment. The handling of oil spills has involved application of toxic chemicals in attempts to thin and disperse the pollutant with scant regard for damage to life in the area - birds, mammals and fish stocks. Similar to the unbridled Gas Flaring of petrochemical plants, the burning of oil on the open sea out of view is another barbaric method of disposal of oil spills emitting tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution into the atmosphere and accelerating climate change.
A New Tool Accomplishing Astounding Results In Record Time
Our patented Oil Spill Solidifier® provides a new tool for Tanker Owners, Emergency Response Teams, On-site Coordinators and Environmental Clean-up Companies. Compared to the lackluster performance of skimmers and absorbent booms in recovering oil and other hydrocarbon spills from water, solidifiers accomplish astounding results in record time. As soon as our patented Oil Spills Solidifier® comes into contact with any type of hydro-carbonate derivatives it changes the carbon-link immediately causing a new solid composite mass.
For emergency application the patented Oil Spill Solidifier® active ingredient is sprayed in pulverized form over the oil surface by means of a high-pressure gas in a quantity equal to the oil (this can be decreased to10-20% oil equivalent for ongoing remediation). Then it solidifies and hardens creating a solid (foam-like) substance floating on the water (or land) surface. The solidified material can be collected by mechanical means. A 95-99% efficiency can be achieved in cleaning the water surface by removing the solidified material. Both the patented Oil Spill Solidifier® active ingredient and the oil can be extracted from the solidified material by means of a simple process already developed and available. The spraying equipment can be mounted on the back of a boat (assisting boat) or can be implemented on shore.
Recovery of Hydro Carbon and Solidifier
The separation process provides the opportunity to extract, recycle and resell the oil. The remaining patented Oil Spill Solidifier® active ingredient can be re-used as well. The separation loss is around 5-15%. As a result of an onging and continuous remediation process of gathering and separation, the use of the patented Oil Spill Solidifier® active ingredient could decrease from 100% oil equivalent to 10-20% oil equivalent. The recycled and re-sold oil covers a significant part of the patented Oil Spill Solidifier® active ingredient cost. The patented Oil Spill Solidifier® active ingredient used is non-toxic and it is not harmful to wildlife. The patented Oil Spill Solidifier® complies with international ISO standards. An expert opinion of the Institute for Protection of Water Quality attached to Water Management Scientific Research Inc. is available.
Restricting and Blocking The Flow Of The Spill At Source
The expensive and unnecessary loss of ships due to damage to the hull can now be avoided. It is obvious that a “Sinking Safety System” is as important for both the ship’s and the environment’s survival as existing “Fire Safety Systems”. We can now prevent tanker leaks from becoming full blown oil spills catastrophes.
In addition to the recovery of the oil and our patented Oil Spill Solidifier® - the extent of needed remediation and clean-up cost and effort can be controlled. For example, any cause of damage to a tanker’s hull from inside or outside can be blocked by causing our patented Oil Spill Solidifier® to react with the oil cargo in the bulkhead to manifest a solid mass to block the outflow of oil and the inflow of sea water. This means that the bulk of tanker oil spills can be contained by the ship’s crew. This also applies to oil pipelines.
Restricting and Blocking The Flow Of The Spill At Source
The expensive and unnecessary loss of ships due to damage to the hull can now be avoided. It is obvious that a “Sinking Safety System” is as important for both the ship’s and the environment’s survival as existing “Fire Safety Systems”. We can now prevent tanker leaks from becoming full blown oil spills catastrophes.
In addition to the recovery of the oil and our patented Oil Spill Solidifier® - the extent of needed remediation and clean-up cost and effort can be controlled. For example, any cause of damage to a tanker’s hull from inside or outside can be blocked by causing our patented Oil Spill Solidifier® to react with the oil cargo in the bulkhead to manifest a solid mass to block the outflow of oil and the inflow of sea water. This means that the bulk of tanker oil spills can be contained by the ship’s crew. This also applies to oil pipelines.
Technology Transfer
Contractual legal rights to the use of our Patent for the Oil Spills Solidifer® are obtainable by standard Licensing practices following the guidelines laid down by The World Intellectual Property Organisation for the licensing of IP.
SOLIDIFIERS - CHANGING THE FACE OF OIL SPILLS ON WATER WASTE MANAGEMENT AND POLLUTION PREVENTION ; Upcoming regulatory changes have implications for the legal definition of a responsible party in Maritime Law which implies the use of Solidifiers to be deemed responsible reference
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Causes of Oil Spills Accidents ; Drilling-Transportation and Storage-Pipelines
Any nation or tourist destination close to oil drilling or shipping lanes is at high risk of experiencing economic collapse and the disastrous environmental effects of oil spills and needs to be properly prepared to clean up oil spills….more
Oil Spills are inevitable and occur constantly at all stages of oil and gas production. The levels of oil spills pollution reach lethal limits for marine fauna, mainly for birds, mammals and fish stocks.
Blowouts of oil and gas release numerous heavy metal chemical substances and compounds into the environment. Accidents are caused by equipment failure, human error, and extreme impacts - seismic activity - ice fields - hurricanes - terrorism. The environmental remediation problem is especially severe near the shore.
Drilling accidents - no other situations but tanker oil spills can compete with drilling accidents in frequency and severity.
Complete Economic And Environmental Efficiency For Oil Spills And Emergency Response.
Nations are increasingly promoting themselves as pristine Eco Tourism destinations however their economy can be permanently wiped out over night by an oil spill. This means a huge damages pay out for insurance companies and the tanker owner in addition to clean up and future insurance costs.
Prevention is far better than an oil spill clean-up operation. It is true with our patented hydro carbon Solidifier® you can cut oil clean-up time and labor costs by up to 50 and even 75 percent (recover oil and solidifier for reuse - capture heavy metals - without toxic effects) resulting in clean-up cost savings of millions and even up to hundreds of millions of dollars. But even beyond that at the top end is the case of actually saving a nation or tourist destination from a permanent economic and environmental breakdown, saving even billions of dollars. Does your national oil supplier give you the protection of our technology and Solutions? If not, demand that they do.
