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BP and the US Coast Guard have this week concluded that beaches in the states of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi are now clean enough for BP to end the regular patrols that have been in operation since the 2010 oil...

 There is an abundance of oil absorbent products on the spill control market today which can make it difficult to ascertain which product will be most suited to your requirements. From loose absorbents to absorbent pads, rolls, socks and cushions,...

  Throughout the UK, warehouses and factories have to store large amounts of flammable or hazardous liquids for a variety of applications. To ensure that they are up to code and meet the current Environment Agency and Health and Safety...

 This week the River Hamble Harbour Authority carried out an oil spill exercise based on a scenario of 30,000 litres of heating oil spilling in to the river. The exercise will involve the deployment of oil booms upstream and downstream...

 In recent years the increase in environmental and health and safety regulations has meant the internet is now awash with a wide range of spill kits designed for a variety of applications with differing absorbent capacities. Therefore if you are...

50,000 litres leaked into the Gulf of ThailandLast Sunday a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand ruptured gushing an estimated 50,000 litres of crude oil into the sea, of which 5,000 litres has now washed up onto the popular tourist...

Spill kits are an efficient and exceptionally effective method of cleaning up spills in any scenario. There is a spill kit available for any type of spilled liquid, whether that is oil, chemical or general spills, which can contain and...

Guernsey’s Oil Response Team conducted an exercise in spill containment this week in conjunction with States Works employees, Guernsey Harbour staff, civil protection volunteers and fire fighters.The Oil Response Teams undertook a morning of theory based lessons and then tested...

In what will be seen as a landmark case BP is likely to be fined between £1.9bn and £3.2bn for their criminal misconduct relating to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster in April 2010. The fine will be a new...