how are booms used in oil spills?
On April 20th, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform blew out and exploded. After burning for about 36 hours, the drilling rig finally sank in the morning of April 22. The accident resulted in the death of 11 workers and 17 injuries, and at least 560000 tons of crude oil flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, which is recognized as the largest oil spill in industrial history. In order to prevent the further expansion of the oil pollution area, the cleaning workers use physical barriers such as oil containment boom to block the oil pollution. At the same time, they drove the skimmer to clean up most of the oil slick and absorbed the residual oil slick like a sponge with an adhesive. In order to solve the problem of oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform, workers put 5.3 million liters of oil chemicals into the oil well. Oiling agents are similar to dishwashing agents, which can effectively decompose oil and dissolve it into water, reducing the erosion of oil on the coastl...