Image Credit: Department of Marine and Coastal Resources

 

Patches of small droplets of oil, dissolved by bio dispersant,have been washed ashore on the beaches of Ao Prao bay on Samet Island today, raising concerns that they may threaten corals and other marine species in the area.

 

Pollution Control Department chief Attapol Charoenchansa told Thai PBS today (Monday) that he could not estimate the amount of small oil droplets that were blown into the bay area by wind and currents, but he has instructed relevant agencies to prevent incursion of more oil droplets using booms, extending across the 500 metres of the bay.

 

He said the droplets are dissolved oil and not oil film or enamel, but the corals and other marine species in the bay area and its surroundings remain vulnerable.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/oil-droplets-washed-ashore-on-ao-prao-beach-on-samet-island/

 

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Patches of small droplets of oil, dissolved by bio dispersant,have been washed ashore on the beaches of Ao Prao bay on Samet Island today, raising concerns that they may threaten corals and other marine species in the area.

They treated it with chemicals which sinks the oil... it doesn't get rid of it, it only hides it from view...

until it shows up somewhere else.

This was NOT a clean-up operation.

I seen the news that must have been after these pictures, and there is lots of oil ashore now.

Another fine mess to clean up.  Glad that I do not go to that area.  I hope that they are able to get the oil out of that 

old freighter that sank a while back as well.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

They treated it with chemicals which sinks the oil... it doesn't get rid of it, it only hides it from view...

until it shows up somewhere else.

This was NOT a clean-up operation.

Bye crabs and bottom dwellers

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

They treated it with chemicals which sinks the oil... it doesn't get rid of it, it only hides it from view...

until it shows up somewhere else.

This was NOT a clean-up operation.

Correct. 40 years in the oil industry, and be assured there is little that can be done to meaningfully control an oil slick other than to allow it to disperse over time, and to clean up wherever it makes landfall.

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

They treated it with chemicals which sinks the oil... it doesn't get rid of it, it only hides it from view...

until it shows up somewhere else.

This was NOT a clean-up operation.

"Although dispersant reduces the amount of oil that lands ashore, it may allow faster, deeper penetration of oil into coastal terrain, where it is not easily biodegraded.[4]"

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_dispersants