A growing oil spill in the Humber Estuary has sparked concerns ... Cleanup crews deploy specialised floating barriers called booms which corral the oil into more controllable areas.

It can also be employed in the collection and containment of such oil spills. The technology allows clean-up crews to deploy a small amount of surfactant through the spill control boom causing the ...

When there is a spill, such as has happened today ... Cleanup crews can deploy specialised floating barriers called booms which corral the oil into more controllable areas. While there are ...

Russian tankers were responsible for a massive oil spill in the Black Sea. The result was a loss of aquatic life and animals ...

In the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989, a storm dispersed the oil over a wide area into a film too thin to catch alight. Improved boom designs to better corral oil ...

HARWICH’S Haltermann Carless have donated special equipment to the Harwich Society’s Bobbit after a cooking oil spillage.

Three yachts went up in flames along the Miami River in Northwest Miami-Dade early Friday morning, according to Miami-Dade ...

WildCare Oklahoma responded to a report of a oil spill in the Duck Pond on OU’s campus Monday, collecting eight ducks for ...

In the oil & gas industry, absorbent booms and socks are widely used to contain and clean up spills, particularly in offshore and onshore drilling operations. With the expansion of oil exploration ...

British officials are concerned about environmental damage after a cargo ship carrying a toxic chemical hit a tanker ...

The March 6 spill originated from demolition work being ... Crews have deployed oil-soaking booms in Swan Creek to control the flow and closed the nearby Wabash Cannonball Trail for safety ...