1. The Technology of a Clean Green Planet: Oil Spill Clean-up

2. A brief look back The number of large spills (over 206,500 gallons) averaged 24.1 per year from 1970 to 1979, but decreased to 6.9 per year from 1990 through 2000.

3. Recent Events An oil spill in the gulf coast covers approximately an area 130 miles long and 70 miles wide. The Gulf dead zone of between 7,450 and 8,456 square miles—an area about the size of New Jersey.

4. Modern Oil Spill Cleanup Practices 1.Monitoring location and movement of spills 2.Assessment of area of contamination 3.Containment 4.Extraction of Oil using Sorbents, Skimming and in situ burning

5. New Oil Spill Cleanup Technology Oil eating bacteria Oil reclamation Underwater domes

6. Oil Eating Bacteria Microbiota of the Galician Shores Chicken…poop

7. Oil Reclamation Recycling of oil requires filtration of the oil to remove contaminants. This is what an oil reclaimer looks like.

8. Underwater Containment Domes For the most recent spill in the Gulf of Mexico, experimental attempts at containing it are being employed.