Seconds after it consumes a spill, the powder balls up and floats away for easy recovery.
Opponents fear a spill would be a disaster, being difficult to clean up in icy seas.
Shallow-water wells, he said, usually produce gas, not oil, lessening the chance of a spill.
If the laws on our books are insufficient to prevent such a spill, the laws must change.
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There was a feeling that the markets were weak in Asia and that there might be a spill-back.
It also comes with a tether to ensure the device doesn't travel far in the event of a spill.
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Admiral, over the weekend Tony Hayward said that BP clearly was not prepared for a spill of this magnitude.
Instead, it has caused many a modest enterprise to take a spill.
The agency also faulted the company for not addressing flood risks and not taking adequate measures to prevent a spill.
Illness hampered his efforts in the early part of the season while a spill at the UGP halted his challenge there.
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As the ship moves through a spill, the oil-impregnated wool will be gathered mechanically up ramps and taken into the ship.
It has a long battery life, operating for up to eight hours, as well as a spill proof keyboard and touchpad.
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Breyer suffered a spill on his two-wheeler in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Breyer has a second home, over Memorial Day weekend in 2011.
That being said, we have been anticipating and planning, and today I will be designating that this is a spill of national significance.
Debuting today, the three pound convertible tablet boasts a spill and drop-resistant shell, a carry handle, a presumed 10-inch touchscreen display and a 6-cell Li-ion battery.
Environmental groups argued against the project, warning that a spill would be difficult to plug and clean up in the remote and inhospitable Arctic.
Eventually I went to Metro Bicycles for cycling leggings that would both avoid a spill due to loose pants cuffs and provide saddle padding.
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Eskimo activist Caroline Cannon, one of Shell's toughest critics, said she fears a spill from the Kulluk could harm fish and wildlife in the area.
If the laws on our books are inadequate to prevent such a spill, or if we did not enforce those laws, then I want to know.
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Other concerns include potential impacts to groundwater in the event of a spill and high pollution from refineries along the Gulf Coast that would process the bitumen.
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Chevron's admission that a spill from a high-pressure Shetland oil well could leak at a higher rate than BP's Macondo well (1, 500 metres below the surface) didn't help.
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The computer also features a spill-resistant keyboard (up 6 ounces).
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Environmental groups and some Democrats have warned against the risk of a spill, while industry groups and many Republicans said the project would create jobs and bring petrol prices down.
She also suggested that exploiting oil reserves in the area was not a realistic option as a spill would be an ecological disaster without access to logistical support from Argentina.
Yet BP claimed to have in place sufficient booms, stocks of dispersants and skimmers to deal with a spill far in excess of the volume it is now struggling to contain.
We have so much to lose when (history tells us not if) a spill occurs that allowing this project to go ahead would represent one of the most ill-guided economic policy decisions imaginable.
However, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have found a method of recovering oil after a spill using magnets, potentially saving companies like BP money in clean up bills.
The risks of a spill are lower because the target is primarily gas, and the shallow water depth (approx. 100 ft) allows the blowout preventer to be located on the rig at the surface.
Yet she says they were aided by other federal agencies signing off on the drilling techniques used by BP, and never demanding a plan of action if a spill of this magnitude took place.
The barrier islands east of Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain have still not recovered from the blow dealt by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Bossart said, and a spill such as this one could seriously threaten their recovery.
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