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Trends in Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology

Oil Spills-Are There Any Sustainable Remedies?

Submission: December 04, 2018;Published: December 11, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/TTEFT.2018.04.000597

ISSN: 2578-0271
Volume4 Issue5

Abstract

Oil spills happen in the sea and land, causing serious damages to the environment. Crude oil is a mixture of gas, naphtha, kerosene, and residuals, which cause health hazards if consumed by any life forms or when it is accidentally spilled. Spills of very low quantities to more than a million gallons of oils have been reported in the past, whose impacts are still evident to various elements associated in those environments. Many anthropogenic reasons including offshore drilling and production operations, oil spills from ships / tankers and natural seeps are the major sources of oil spills.

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