Chemical Dispersants Used in Bioremediating Oil Spills

UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY

SEMINAR PRESENTATION

ON
CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS USED IN BIOREMEDIATING OIL SPILLS

BY

UPORO VICTOR BARIBEFE
U2006/5581377

COURSE CODE: ICH 400.2
COURSE TITTLE: UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR
COURSE LECTURER: MR. GODSON IWUOHA

SEPTEMBER, 2010

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1

1.1 Introduction ............................................................................. 2

1.2 Background on the chemical composition of dispersants ....... 3 CHAPTER 2 2.1 History of Dispersants............................................................ ... 6

2.2 Dispersants Reformulation ......................................................... 7

2.3 Function of dispersants ............................................................. 7

2.4 Current Dispersants .................................................................. 8

CHAPTER 3

3.1 Mechanism of dispersion ............................................................... 12

3.2 Toxicity of dispersants ............................................................... 15

3.3 Analysis of the pros and cons to using dispersants at oil spills ...... 17

CHAPTER 4

4.1 Recommendations for the use of dispersants ............................... 20

4.2 Suggestions for future analysis and research ................................ 20

4.3 References .................................................................................... 21

CHAPTER 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION

Over the past couple of years, the