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Solidification of oil slick on the water surface

The transport of oil by sea or land is subjected to a number of external, unavoidable forces. The primary problems are caused by natural disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks or wars. Avoiding such problems is almost impossible.

The amount of oil entering the sea around the globe each year can total as much as 150-250 thousand tons, which, with its unpredictable nature makes a tremendous damage to environment. With oil transportation figures on the increase we urgently need to face the environmental and economic concerns. The concept of HARDOIL provides a unique method of dealing with the after-effects of oil disasters.

Handling oil disasters at sea

The first step is to enclose the oil spilling in order to avoid it spreading further and to separate it from the non-contaminated areas. A specified floating boom is rolled down all along the boundary of the contamination from the assisting boat. Then HARDOIL is sprayed from the boat along the boom to solidify the edge of the oil. A net is laid down to cover the rest of the contaminated area for the application of HARDOIL. The solidified oil with the net is stable even under extreme weather conditions.

Now the oil slick is "trapped"

In the next step we open up the floating boom just enough to allow the boat to move inside the enclosed oil slick. Then the boat continues rolling down the rest of the net and spraying HARDOIL all over the oil slick as described above. Once the remaining oil is solidified, blocks of the solidified oil can either be lifted on to the boat or simply towed to the coast. The solidified composite is not harmful to the sea and would not cause any problem if it were left floating on the water to be collected later.

Economic Benefits

The solidification with HARDOIL is a reversible process, so the original oil can be recovered by a refining process and resold, thus covering a substantial part of the overall costs.

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