When did the gulf oil spill start?

 The original Gulf oil spill has not been found, but earlier, more serious gulf oil spills can be found. On March 16, 1978, the AMOCO CADIZ was on its way from Lyme Bay in England to Rotterdam in the Netherlands when it encountered stormy weather in the English Channel. It then malfunctioned three nautical miles off the French island of Brittany and struck a reef, breaking into three pieces before sinking. All 220,000 tons of oil spilled into the sea, polluting 180 kilometers of France's coast and costing $100 million to clean up. The disaster, unprecedented in its history, devastated beaches and fish stocks, and washed ashore millions of Marine animals and mollusks. Much of the oil that spilled from the ship was blown ashore, with an estimated 60 to 65, 000 tons of oil coming ashore, accounting for about 30 percent of the total spill. The remaining 70 percent was dispersed in water and sediment. At that time, due to technical limitations and the impact of the hurricane, the rescue was not timely, let alone the effective tools such as oil absorbers and booms. Hopetopway is a production company with mature manufacturing process of oil absorbent pad, Hopetopway oil absorbent pads is a good choice.

Here is the contene list:

● What is oil absorbent pad?

● How to use oil absorbent pad?

● Oil absorbent pad industry cleaning knowledge?

What is oil absorbent pad?

Oil absorbent pad is a kind of inert chemical polypropylene made by melt-blown process.oil absorbent mat can effectively absorb liquid and retain it. The products absorbed by oil absorbent pads are wrapped in surface treated polypropylene fibers or non-woven fabrics. Oil absorber pads outer cloth is extremely tough and durable with strong absorbability. Oil absorbing mat can effectively absorb the leaking liquid and prevent the spread of the leakage. The oil absorber mat can be reused after extrusion and can recover 72% to 90% of the leaking fluid (depending on the manufacturing process and quality of the oil absorbent pads). Oil absorbent pad has the advantages of flame retardant, no dust, no storage limit time.

How to use oil absorbent pad?

1. When using oil absorber pad, it is best to put oil absorber mat directly on the oil spill, as far as possible to place more oil spill, and it is best to stir it so as to absorb more oil spill. Oil absorber mat should be put in appropriate amount, so that the oil sorbent pads is saturated with oil. After the oil absorption of oil sorbent mat reaches saturation, it should be pulled out of the water as soon as possible to avoid staying in the water for a long time.

2. When using oil absorbent pad, oil spill dispersant can not be used at the same time, so as not to reduce the oil-absorbing capacity of oil absorb pad.

3. When oil absorbent pad is used on a large range of water surface, it should be timely used and recovered according to the amount of oil spilled, sea conditions and weather, flow rate and flow direction and other factors. A small amount of oil absorb mat can be manually caught by boat. When the amount of oil sorbent pad is large, it can be recycled by the operation ship with a net bag.

Oil absorbent pad industry cleaning knowledge?

1, Oil absorbent pads has the characteristics of oil absorption, its oil absorption is ten to twenty-five times its own weight.

2, Oil absorb pad adsorption speed is very fast, even in minutes to calculate.

3. Oil absorber mat is buoyant and can be widely used in industrial manufacturing and Marine operations.

4. Oil absorb pads can be used again, so it can save a certain amount of money for the company.

5, Oil absorb mat is resistant to chemicals, so it is difficult to react with other chemical supplies.

6, Oil sorbent mat will not rot, not moldy, at the same time in use is quite safe, and will not produce pollution to the environment.

7, Oil absorber pads after combustion, leaving relatively little residue, reduce the pollution to the environment.

8, the cost of oil sorbent pads is very low, but its adsorption capacity is quite high.