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Scientists test giant fire tornado to clean oil spills faster and with less smoke

Researchers from Texas A&M and UC Berkeley have successfully conducted the first large-scale experiment ...
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Norway tests rapid reactionsNorth Sea exercise monitors capability of oil companies, government and local authorities to combat dangers of o

Norway's oil industry put its ability to deal with a major oil spill to the test last week during a major exercise, called Westex. A scenario was played out in the NorthSea that was carefully designed ...
The Conversation

I watched a simulated oil spill in the Indian Ocean – here’s how island and coastal countries worked together to avoid disaster

Kate Sullivan de Estrada receives funding from Research England’s Policy Support Fund allocation to the University of Oxford via the Public Policy Challenge Fund. Her project under the Fund is titled ...
The Baltimore Sun

As Baltimore cleans up its latest Harbor oil spill, here’s a look at 11 others

While the long-term effects of Wednesday’s 5,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city’s jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 gallons of ...