Environmental hazard and preliminary risk assessment of herding agents used in next generation oil spill response

TF Parkerton, K McFarlin - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Herding agents offer a significant advance in oil spill response by overcoming past barriers
limiting effectiveness of in-situ burning. This paper reviews the use, environmental fate and …

Comparative toxicity of oil spill herding agents to aquatic species

MM Alloy, D Sundaravadivelu, E Moso… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical herding agents are surfactant mixtures used to coalesce spilled oil and increase
slick thickness to facilitate mechanical recovery or in situ burning. Only two herders are …