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Oil rig or oil tanker accidents are behind the worst offshore oil spills in history, including the tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010. Offshore-technology.com profiles the world's biggest oil spill disasters based on the volume of oil released.

Oil spills in the Baltic Sea have continued to drop off in recent years as a result of various authoritative measures, revised legislation and improved aerial and satellite surveillance. Ross Davies takes a closer look at the region's success story Some years back, the Baltic Sea had something of a reputation as being a cradle for oil spills.The figures speak for themselves.

We round up the most innovative oil spill recovery technologies including a chemically modified nanocellulose sponge from Switzerland's Empa, new research into bacteria from the University of East Anglia, and other technological and theoretical breakthroughs. Rod James investigates.

Norway-based Aptomar has partnered with several key industry players as part of a new research project to improve oil spill management via communication infrastructure and management systems.

Founded in January 2012, the Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology Joint Industry Programme (JIP) has just moved into phase II of its research. As it tests the waters in six different areas - and welcomes its latest member Gazprom Neft - what lies ahead for response teams working in icy conditions?

First Response Expertise on Site: Riser Insertion Tube Top Kill - Junk Shot Relief Well Boom Deployment What is Being Done? booms and skimmers. BP pledges $500m for research into marine environment. topics including: − How do oil, dispersed oil and dispersant behave on the seabed, in the water column, on the surface, and on the shoreline? − Does it help or hinder bio-degradation? For more read at : http://energy.wesrch.com/pdfTR17TE0L2OKVN

Administrator's CWA SDWA Prioritie: Foster new technologies that address broad array of contaminants Legal Considerations: In Entergy decision, Supreme Court Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska Exxon paid cleanup Jury awarded punitive damages Supreme Court decision limiting Exxon's punitive damages under maritime law Did the Supreme Court set ratio of use to non-use? For More Read at : http://energy.wesrch.com/pdfTR1AU1G3HAHJR