Oil and water can for the first time be mixed and separated on demand thanks to a new, reversible surfactant. The liquid molecule could prove invaluable in mitigating the environmental damage caused by oil spills.
URL: From http://www.newscientisttech.com

In our fossil-fuel age, oil spills remain a major problem. several million tons of oil soils the world's seas every year, causing ecological catastrophe. Scientists developing cleanup strategies have looked to the microbes that thrive in the wake of such spills as one solution. Now, thanks to a detailed breakdown of one of the most effective of these oil-eaters, they are closer to having biologically based remedies for such environmental disasters. By sequencing the genome of this oil-eating microbe, the scientists hope to harness its power to help clean up future oil spills.
URL: From http://www.sciam.com

Scientists in Europe have sequenced the genome for an oil-eating bacterium, a move that could pave the way for faster and more efficient ways to clean up oil spills. Indeed, though the oil-eating bacteria are not common in unpolluted environments, they are plentiful where there is oil; Alcanivorax borkumensis makes up as much as 90 percent of microbial populations in oil spills. The challenge in using these bacteria to clean up oil lies in creating the right conditions for them to grow faster and metabolize oil more efficiently.
URL: From http://www.technologyreview.com

Page provides, information and contact details of Relief Commissioners Of Indian States and Union Territories as on 6-12-2005, compiled by National Institute of Disaster Management.
URL: http://www.nidm.net/State_RC.pdf

Nanotechnology producers can actually enjoy protection from all available existing intellectual property right laws. Oil-eating nanites that is used to clear oil spills for example are in a way a man-made machine that can enjoy protection under the patent law.
URL: http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20060120.F04&irec=3

Page describes: What is the effect of crude oil on wildlife, with emphasis on the method proposed to clean up the spill and assess the effectiveness of the method.
URL: From http://www.sci-journal.org

The page describes: What are Oil spill Dispersants? The immediate effects of dispersant, Types of Oil spill Dispersants, their Advantages, Disadvantages and Limitations, etc. along with details of Guidelines and Policy, for it’s use in Indian Waters.
URL: From http://www.indiancoastguard.nic.in

Two groups of Egyptian scientists have reported that algae can remove toxic heavy metals from soils and potentially clean up oil spills by 'feeding' on them. They hope that such algae could provide a cheap, eco-friendly way of removing toxic pollutants from the environment.
URL: From http://www.scidev.net

Floating barriers have been put in place as a means to protect pollution damage from oil tanker spills. Members of the Indian Ocean Commissin (COI) have begun their work which is aimed at protecting marine ecosystems.
URL: from http://www.rednova.com/news/science

Authorities now have a new tool to help nail culprits responsible for oil spills and other chemical pollutants, an international chemistry conference will hear.
URL: From http://www.abc.net.au