Method for pre-emptive potential in remediation of oil spills

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Process of utilizing an enzyme or micro-organism to destroy... – Destruction of hazardous or toxic waste

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435264, 4352625, 210610, 210616, C12S 1300

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061210382

ABSTRACT:
A process for pre-emptive potential in bioremediation of oil spills comprising the steps of fabricating cells of micro-organisms capable of degrading hydrocarbons, encapsulating the cells into pods dissolvable in a non-hydrocarbon environment such as water, introducing the pods into a body of petroleum contained in a vessel which if unintentionally fractured to release the body of petroleum into the non-hydrocarbon environment will also release the cells, causing the cells to open and allow the micro-organism to degrade the hydrocarbon and consume the oil spill. The process may also include the step of recovering pods which are not released into the non-hydrocarbon environment from the body of petroleum. The invention also includes a product for pre-emptive bioremediation of oil spills which has cells of micro-organisms capable of degrading hydrocarbons encapsuled in pods and which can be introduced into a body of petroleum during transport and storage and which are activated to degrade hydrocarbon and consume petroleum released into a non-hydrocarbon environment, wherein the pods also contain means for removing unactivated micro-organism cells from the body of petroleum.

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