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Re: BP Macondo Oil Leak: Gulf of Mexico, US
Thinking back, BP in 1984 were demonstrating a product codenamed Rigidoil - It was a 10% maleinized polybutadiene of molecular weight 8000 with 50% of
odorless kerosene plus ester, as a diluent. The other liquid consisted of a cross-linking agent, zinversate diethanolamine also in 50% kerosene/ester. This caused the crude to become a polymer which could be scooped up, at the very least it could be used to contain the spill. It changes the equation from oil slick washing up on shore to rubber washing up on shore.
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