Testing the Waters: A Day at the Nation’s Largest Oil Spill Simulation Tank
When oil spills, chemical dispersants can be used to break slicks into smaller droplets for "oil-eating" microbes to digest. OR&R recently joined experts at New Jersey's Ohmsett facility to test this alternative response technique under real ocean conditions.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026 6:30am PDT
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