POLLUTION CONTROL

Deep water oil containment system

An oil containment system originally developed to recover oil leaking from shipwrecks has now been adapted to recover oil leaking from well heads below drilling and production rigs.

The DIFIS system was originally developed with EC funding as a way to cope with oil leaking from wrecks in deep water

An oil containment system originally developed to recover oil leaking from shipwrecks has now been adapted to recover oil leaking from well heads below drilling and production rigs.

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