China Plans First Lab on Ocean Oil Spill Cleaning
China's Ministry of Transport is planning to establish a laboratory specialising in treating oil spills at sea, the first of its kind in the country, local media Science and Technology Daily reported on Sunday. China is spending some 200 million yuan a year on researches for emergency treatment of oil spills but the technological expertise has not been widely applied because of lack of such a lab, the report said. The laboratory is planned in northern port city of Tianjin, off the Bohai Bay, with an initial investment 400 million yuan ($63 million).
Green World Products Offers Distribution Rights
Bids for distribution rights are currently being accepted for businesses selling directly to the industrial and environmental marine markets. Green World Products, LLC has begun its expansion plans by licensing a limited number of territories in the United States. DE-OIL-IT, their flagship product is best known for its eco-friendly ability to clean-up ocean oil spills and toxic land sites, but DE-OIL-IT is also widely used as an effective cleaner/degreaser/degrader on ships of all sizes. According to Michael Fitzgerald, CEO of Green World Products, “Once DE-OIL-IT comes into contact with petroleum, the remediation process begins. It is complete and irreversible. What’s left is a simple form of eco-friendly carbon, so there is nothing left to clean up.
The Challenge of Responding to Arctic Oil Spills
The U.S. Arctic is no longer the place it once was. The environment north of the Yukon River and beyond the vast Brooks Range is warming rapidly. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists predict that by 2020-2030, the Arctic could be nearly free of sea ice during the summer. Open seas will expand opportunities for maritime transportation, tourism, and oil and gas exploration in the region. But as a warming Arctic opens up vast opportunities for commerce and development…
