When we talk about oil spill clearance, how much oil are we talking about?

It follows that uses of maps range from planning practical site-specific shore protection and clean-up, to strategic planning on a regional scale for major accidents in remote area.

The world uses nearly 3 billion gallons each day and the largest spill in the world so far was the Exxon Valdez spill into Prince William Sound, Alaska in March 1989. An oil tanker ran aground to cause this spill of almost 11 million gallons of crude oil.

In year 2004, the beautiful beach of Haikou, Island of Hainan, was polluted by

spilt oil floating from sea unknown sources. Three days clean-up work was carried out by few thousand of volunteers instructed by specialists from CNOOC.

Effective clearance of oil spilled may require the mobilization of international resources to supplement those available at a local or national level.

Recognizing this need, groups of oil industrial operations have over the years established a number of strategically located oil spill response facilities & resources for use in certain regions of the world.

Who takes care of the oil spill problem?

Once oil has spilled, any of various local, environmental agencies as well as volunteer organizations may respond to the incident scene, depending on who’s needed. In China, there are number of oil spill response services agencies and companies. COES, China Offshore Environmental Services is the professional one equipped with international standard resources both equipments and personnel.

People may use any of the following kinds of tools to clean up spilled oil:-

• Booms, which are floating barriers to oil
• Skimmers, which are boats that skim & collect spilled oil from water surface
• Sorbents, which are big sponges used to absorb oil.
• Dispersants, which break down the oil into its chemical constituents.
• Washing oil off beaches with pressure hoses.
• Vacuum trucks, which can vacuum spilled oil off beaches

Which methods and tools people choose depends on the circumstance of each event, the weather, the type and amount of oil spilled, how far away from shore the oil has spilled.

People may also setup stations where they can clean and rehabilitate wildlife.

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