Argonne News Brief: Oleo Sponge Soaks up Oil Spills from Water

Multimedia · Mon Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2017

OSTI ID:1346416

Argonne National Laboratory researchers have invented a technology for recovering oil and refined petroleum products from bodies of water. Oleo Sponge offers several key advantages over the technologies and techniques that are currently used to combat this problem.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOI Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE); US Coast Guard (USCG)
• OSTI ID: 1346416
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ANL
OLEO SPONGE
OHMSETT
OIL AND PETROLEUM
OIL SPILLS
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP