This document discusses nanotechnology approaches to treating marine oil spills. It begins by defining oil spills and outlining their effects on marine ecosystems, human health, and local industries. It then discusses current treatment methods and introduces a new carbon nanosponge material that can soak up large volumes of oil. The document concludes by covering prevention methods like double-hulling of vessels and environmental sensitivity index mapping.

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Nanotechnology and Marine Oil Spills
Abd Al Rahman Ibrahim Soliman,
Geology/ Geophysics
Faculty of science, Alexandria University.
Al Amal Program Assessment
abdalrahmanibrahim209@gmail.com

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Agenda
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1.What are Oil Spills?
2.Effects of oil spills
3.Treatment of oil spills
5.Prevention
6.Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping
7.References

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What are Oil Spills?
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• An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum
hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine
areas, due to human activity, and is a form of
pollution.
• Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from
tankers, offshore platforms, drilling rigs and wells, as
well as spills of refined petroleum products and their
by-products, heavier fuels used by large ships such as
bunker fuel, or the spill of any oily refuse or waste oil.

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Fergana Valley, 1992
Location: Uzbekistan
Gallons: 87.7 million
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Nowruz Oil Field, 1983
Location: Persian Gulf
Gallons: 80 million
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ABT Summer, 1991
Location: Off the coast of Angola
Gallons: 80 million
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History
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M/T Haven Tanker, 1991
Location: Genoa, Italy
Gallons: 42 million
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1.What are Oil Spills?
2.Effects of oil spills
3.Treatment of oil spills
4.Carbon Nano Sponge
5.Prevention
6.Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping
7.References
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9. Effects of oil spills
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Marine
ecosystem
including
animals
and plants
Human
Health Local
industries
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Effects of oil spills
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Effects on local industries

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects on human health

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Effects of oil spills
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Covers the surface of water by thick film (Darker the Thicker)

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Effects of oil spills
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Even humans

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Effects of oil spills
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Effects entire marine life

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Problem!!!!!!!!!!!!111
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Effects entire marine life

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1.What are Oil Spills?
2.Effects of oil spills
3.Treatment of oil spills
4.Carbon Nano Sponge
5.Prevention
6.Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping
7.References
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23. Treatment of oil spills
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• Bioremediation
• Hot Water& High Pressure
• Manual Treatment
• Mechanical Treatment
• Boom
• Burning
• Dispersants
• Skimming High Pressure
• Chemicals
• Carbon Nano Sponge 27

24. Treatment of oil spills
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• Bioremediation
• Hot water & hot water & high pressure
• Manual treatment
• Mechanical treatment
• Boom
• Burning
• Dispersants
• Skimming high pressure
• Chemicals
• Carbon Nano sponge 28

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Carbon Nano Sponge
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Carbon Nano Sponge
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27. Carbon Nano Sponge
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Carbon Nano Sponge
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Carbon Nano Sponge
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1.What are Oil Spills?
2.Effects of oil spills
3.Treatment of oil spills
4.Carbon Nano Sponge
5.Prevention
6.Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping
7.References
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Prevention
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• Secondary containment :
methods to prevent releases of oil or hydrocarbons into
environment.
• Oil Spill Prevention Containment and Countermeasures
(SPCC) program by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
• Double-hulling :
build double hulls into vessels, which reduces the risk and
severity of a spill in case of a collision or grounding. Existing
single-hull vessels can also be rebuilt to have a double hull.
• Thick-hulled railroad transport tanks

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Prevention
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ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX (ESI) MAPPING
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1.What are Oil Spills?
2.Effects of oil spills
3.Treatment of oil spills
4.Carbon Nano Sponge
5.Prevention
6.Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping
7.References

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References
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• oil spills by Nayyab Nadeem, Hamayal Wajid lodhi, Shaima
saqib, Sara Hassan and Sajal Shahbaz.
• BP glossary
• RECAM® - REactive Carbon Material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0JwUJMWKcY
• http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest3876
8-331216-oil-spill-disaster-management-ocean-pollution-
man-education-ppt-powerpoint/

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