Oil Spill Dispersants

OPEC provides an environmentally friendly, highly efficient oil dispersant for dealing with oil spills (slicks) at sea.
What is an oil slick dispersant?
A mix of solvents and surfactants to disperse oil into water
Designed to break down the surface tension between oil and the surrounding water
Drops out oil from the surface into smaller surface areas

Sits in the water with neutral buoyancy
Does not sink
Enables marine microbes to naturally biodegrade the oil
Extremely fast process in comparison to leaving it to the natural environment to deal with oil on water