Corexit (often styled COREXIT) is a product line of oil dispersants used during oil spill response operations. It is produced by Nalco Holding Company...

EPA that Corexit use continued after that date and a GAP investigation stated that "[a] majority of GAP witnesses cited indications that Corexit was used...

000 US gallons (2,920 m3) were used subsea at the wellhead. Corexit EC9500A and Corexit EC9527A were the principal dispersants employed. The two formulations...

operating in over 130 countries.[citation needed] Among its products is Corexit - an oil dispersant widely used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The...

mixture of Corexit and oil. Susan Shaw, of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Strategic Sciences Working Group, says "BP told the public that Corexit was 'as...

the case of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, unprecedented amounts of Corexit were sprayed directly into the ocean at the leak and on the sea-water's...

primary dispersant used were Corexit 9527 and 9500, which were controversial due to toxicity. In 2012, a study found that Corexit made the oil up to 52 times...

properties, it is a major constituent (30–60% w/w) in the oil spill dispersant Corexit 9527, which was widely used in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon...

claimed that the use of Corexit to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was known to the EPA to be dangerous; Corexit has been found to have more...

choice to use the dispersant Corexit to combat the 210 million gallons of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico. The use of Corexit was criticized because it's...

indicates that some dispersants are toxic to corals. A 2012 study found that Corexit dispersant had increased the toxicity of oil by up to 52 times. In 2019...

spill. Factors such as petroleum toxicity, oxygen depletion and the use of Corexit are expected to be the main causes of damage. Most of the impact was on...

levels in fish by a factor of up to 100 and may kill fish eggs. Dispersant Corexit 9527 was for example used to disperse an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico...

with the oil. The toxicology of the oil dispersant Corexit 9500 on F. grandis has been studied. Corexit 9500 is produced and distributed through NALCO and...

confronted by the EPA regarding the chemical harm that their product, Corexit, would have on the Gulf environment. Nalco refused to release the formula...

(PAHs), and heavy metals. The spill was also notable for the volume of Corexit oil dispersant used to help disperse the oil. Although approved by the...

leaking. Pemex contracted Conair Aviation to spray the chemical dispersant Corexit 9527 on the oil. A total of 493 aerial missions were flown, treating 1...

According to a report by David Kirby for TakePart, the main component of the Corexit formulation used during cleanup, 2-butoxyethanol, was identified as "one...

Horizon oil spill. The film argues that BP has utilized the oil dispersant Corexit in the Gulf to create the illusion that the Louisiana beaches are safe...

economies and the health of humans, animals, and food sources, and with Corexit, where all the oil went, as a follow-up to the pre-spill SoLa, Louisiana...

environmental harm than if it were dispersed off the coast. It notes that Corexit is the only product that is available in sufficient quantities to deal...

Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2015. "Corexit - Clearing the seas of spilled oil". The Kansas City Times. 6 December...

and it is among the least toxic, according to EPA tests. By comparison, Corexit, the oil dispersant used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is rated at...

banned. However, there is still one formulation of dispersants used, the Corexit 9427. Microbial biosurfactants can be utilized to reduce the damage to...

during the making of this film due to exposure to the mixture of oil and Corexit, which resulted in an irreversible skin condition. The film received positive...

reported dizziness. Bangkok Post reported "In 2012, a study found that Corexit increases the toxicity of oil by 52 times. It can remain in the ecological...

on saboteurs. To clean up the oil spill, Petrotrin has opted to use the Corexit 9500 dispersant that was employed BP in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil...

also." Maritime New Zealand used the oil dispersant Corexit 9500 to help in the cleanup process. Corexit is known to increase the toxicity of oil. The dispersant...

bioavailable for uptake by fish. For this reason, usage of oil dispersants, like Corexit, to treat oil spills can increase the uptake of PAHs by increasing their...

commenced soon after the spill occurred. 400 litres of Corexit 7764 and 4200 litres of Corexit 9527 were supplied by Santos. The absence of an appropriate...