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Cleaning up: is enough being done to progress oil spill technologies?

Cleaning up: is enough being done to progress oil spill technologies?

Cleaning up: is enough being done to progress oil spill technologies? By Molly Lempriere Six years on the damage caused by the BP Deepwater Horizon spill to the nearby shoreline has been revealed in a new study conducted by the US Geological Survey and NASA. So was enough being done following the spill to clear it up, and is the industry investing enough in new technology to ensure safe and efficient clean-up operations in the future? Molly Lempriere finds out.   […]

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David Suzuki: The catastrophic effects of oil pipeline spills

David Suzuki: The catastrophic effects of oil pipeline spills   A recent oil pipeline spill leak sent 475,000 litres of oil into Alberta’s Red Deer River. It could have been worse; nothing was being pumped at the time. The company, Plains Midstream, claims the light sour crude may smell bad but poses no risk to humans!  It happened as crews were cleaning a larger spill from last year at another of the company’s pipelines. That one dumped 4.5 million litres […]

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Standing Rock Oil PipeLine – Nearby Pipeline Leaks Oil – need Oilzorb

Standing Rock Oil PipeLine – Nearby Pipeline Leaks Oil – need Oilzorb

Oil Pipeline Shut Down After Spill, Just 200 Miles From Standing Rock Oil PipeLine “The significance of Standing Rock Oil PipeLine construction and the potential of disastrous effects it can have the local & the waterways is emphasized by a nearby oil spill via ecowatch.com. Without a local disaster plan where products like Oilzorb  – recyclable Oil Absorbant are on hand to absorb the spilled oil” A six-inch crude oil pipeline operated by Belle Fourche Pipeline Company in western North Dakota was […]

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