We can't cap the oil gushing well, but we can effectively clean up oil contaminated waters using our advanced and ecologically safe technology.
In the last 60 years, over 400 reported major spills have occurred around the world. Every year 100 million gallons of oil spill into the environment. In Nigeria, for example, every year since 1969, oil operations in the Niger Delta have spilled as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez. Let that sink in for a minute … an Exxon Valdez spill every year. Cleanup and recovery from an oil spill is difficult and depends upon many factors, including the type of oil spilled, the temperature of the water (affecting evaporation and biodegradation), and the types of shorelines and beaches involved. Millions of barrels of toxic crude oil spewed uncontrollably from the mile-deep Deepwater Horizon blowout into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Crews have been working to protect hundreds of miles of beaches, wetlands and estuaries along the northern Gulf coast, using skimmer ships, floating containment booms, anchored barriers, and sand-filled barricades along shorelines.
Forty-one years and many generations of technology later, British Petroleum was attacking the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with techniques similar to those used in Santa Barbara. And just as in those days, choppy water and strong winds can make it impossible to use those tools to bottle up oil once it has leaked into open seas.
At 09:45 PM CDT April 20, 2010, during the final phases of drilling the exploratory well at Macondo, a geyser of seawater erupted from the marine riser onto the Deepwater Horizon rig. This was soon followed by the eruption of a slushy combination of mud, methane gas, and water. The gas component of the slushy material quickly transitioned into a fully gaseous state and then ignited into a series of explosions and then a firestorm. An attempt was made to activate the blowout preventer, but it failed. Eleven workers were presumed killed in the initial explosion. The rig was evacuated, with numerous injured workers airlifted to medical facilities. Support ships sprayed the rig with water in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to cool it and prevent it from capsizing.
The company offers environmentally safe oil spill cleanup and oil recovery solution based on the highly effective and low-cost Kill Spill adsorbent, as well as the unique water purification and oil recovery technology. Kill Spill adsorbent is a proprietary extremely buoyant and porous composite material available in granules of 5-15 mm in diameter with density of 0.1 ton/m3. Upon release of the Kill Spill adsorbent over the oil contaminated water surface, the product starts working immediately upon application with a remarkably high rate of adsorption. 90% of oil in 1 minute, 99% - 5 minutes, 100% - 20 min. It safely and securely adsorbs and encapsulates free floating oil. Non-dripping, solid waste with encapsulated oil usually appears within minutes after application.
Kill Spill adsorbent is a proprietary extremely buoyant and porous composite material available in granules of 5-15 mm in diameter with density of 0.1 ton/m3. Upon release of the Kill Spill adsorbent over the oil contaminated water surface, the product starts working immediately upon application with a remarkably high rate of adsorption: 90% of oil in 1 minute, 99% - 5 minutes, 100% - 20 min. It safely and securely adsorbs and encapsulates free floating oil. Non-dripping, solid waste with encapsulated oil usually appears within minutes after application. Kill Spill adsorbent has physical properties and capabilities far superior to any of the conventional products such as cellulose, ethylene, sawdust, spun polypropylene, hay, peat moss, clay-based and polymer products. Kill Spill adsorbent is absolutely hydrophobic, floats even after full encapsulation of all oil it gets in contact with. Kill Spill absorbs up to 10 times its weight in oil. The oil adsorbent is especially useful as part of our Kill Spill oil recovery system. The adsorbent provides selective adsorption of oil while adsorbing virtually no water and, therefore, ensures highly effective recovery of oil from the oil-water mixture. Scooped from the water surface adsorbent with encapsulated oil is processed, as any other petroleum-based waste or oil soaked materials, in our pyrolysis chambers, resulting in full recovery of all of the adsorbed oil in the form of marketable gases, diesel fuel, gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil, etc. This adsorbent was successfully used in Grand Isle, LA in June – July 2010, during Deepwater Horizon oil spill clean-up efforts.
Millions of barrels of toxic crude oil spewed uncontrollably from the mile-deep Deepwater Horizon blowout into the Gulf of Mexico. This spill disaster was like no other humanity had dealt with – it was epic in its size, depth, and offshore as well as onshore impact. In June - July 2010, at the request of the Governments of Texas and Louisiana, we dispatched our leading scientists and engineers to Grand Isle, LA. Former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and her staff were extremely supportive of our oil spill clean-up efforts. Our unique and highly effective Kill Spill adsorbent had been taken to real life test. The laboratory confirmed our Kill Spill adsorbent performed far above and beyond our expectations by achieving near 100% water purification of heavily contaminated specimens, well within EPA standards.
