... the natural environment. On a seemingly regular basis, the nation's newspapers and television screens are wallpapered with vivid images of tankers spilling crude oil, also known as petroleum, and oil soaked sea birds in various stages of death and decay. Crude oil plays a vital role and has even become an absolute necessity in the modern industrial society. It is utilized to provide ... ultimately splinter into several different components, each with their own specific properties posing their own specific threat to the environment. In many cases involving tankers, offshore wells, and ot...

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