The current estimates suggests that the 4.9 million barrels of oil has been released into the Gulf waters, the company said.
The company has registered with the Deep Horizon Command Center, and is a registered vendor in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. AbTech has also submitted individual and joint consortium proposals to the Interagency Alternative Technology Assessment Program (IATAP) and is currently in various phases of testing with the Incident Command Centers in the Gulf region.
The company is also working with local contractors in a concerted effort to deploy its products in order to aid in restoring this fragile and valuable environment.
AbTech’s Smart Sponge products consist of both absorptive and filtration devices offering specific remediation value. Deployed behind containment booms, oil is absorbed immediately on contact and in published tests Smart Sponge has achieved 10 minute absorption rates of 8.6:1 for Kuwait Light Crude and 3.4:1 for North Slope Crude.
The company claims that the product offers less expensive, non-hazardous disposal because once oil is absorbed, the Smart Sponge transforms the pollutants into a stable solid for easy recycling, providing a closed-loop solution to water pollution.
