ASTM standard aims to help oil spill cleanup, contingency planning

Posted on April 8, 2019 at 5:32 pm.

ASTM International released a new standard aimed at improving both cleanup of and contingency planning for crude oil spills on Apr. 8. The new guide standardizes the way laboratories both prepare and measure “weathered oil,” which is naturally different from the “source oil” at a facility, ASTM International member Merv Fingas said.

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