Oil Sheens - Environmental Management Information

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Merrimack Water Quality Study using UVF to Detect Hydrocarbons and Natural Organics in Merrimack River, Massachusetts - Case Study

Project Description: This study was performed to help support a customer in Washington State looking to distinguish if surface water contains oil sheens or bio sheens using their UVF-Trilogy analyzer. Bio sheens can look like oil sheens but are naturally occurring and are not caused by petroleum spills. Water high in organic content from algae, decayed plant matter or from bacteria in stormwater ...

Power Plants: 4 Factors to Help You Select the Right Oil Skimmer

Whether your power plant is coal-fired, gas-fired, hydroelectric or nuclear, petroleum-based products like fuel, hydraulic fluid and lubricating greases and oils are critical to operational success. ...

Highway oil spill clean ups

Highway oil spill clean ups. Companies equipped to clean up spills on the roadway and companies that leak oil on the road ways are using Oil Solutions liquid Step 1 & step 2 to clean oil stains, sheen, oil residue. Any company that owns trucks ...

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Oil Spill Sampling Jar Kit

This new sampling system developed in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard overcomes the problems of collection and transportation of thin oil sheen samples to the laboratory for identification. The system employs a simple TFE-fluorocarbon polymer net passed through the oil sheen to collect the sample. The net is then removed from the disposable ring/handle and placed in a 4 oz. glass jar with ...