Sorption as a rapidly response for oil spill accidents: A material and mechanistic approach

Accidents involving oil transportation has increase due to directly connection with the elevation of global energy demand. The environmental losses are tremendous and brings huge economic issues to remediate the spilled oil. This report presents an up-to-date review on an overall aspects of oil spill remediation techniques, the fundamentals and advantages of sorption, the most applied materials through diverse types of oil spill sites and oils with variety features, highlight to natural materials and future prospective. As the environment preservation progressively becomes a major social concern issue, the achievement of a worldwide distribution process aligned with environmental legislation and economic viability is crucial to the oil industry. For this, a specific preparation considering several scenarios must be carried out regarding minimization of oil spillages. Since the sorbent materials are decisive for sorption, it was approached the main sorbents: natural, graphenic, nano, polymeric and waste materials, and future trends.

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Accidents involving oil transportation are on the rise due to the increase in global energy demand, resulting in significant environmental and economic consequences. To address these issues, ongoing research on oil spill remediation techniques, with a focus on the use of natural materials, is crucial for environmental preservation and economic sustainability in the oil industry.