**3. Oil spills cleanup techniques**

A series of procedures and methods can be used to stop oil spills and their subsequent removal from the environment. These are mechanical methods for stopping the spread and collection of contaminating substances, chemical methods for the purpose of dispersion and emulsification of oily substances, burning in-situ, and bioremediation using microorganisms. Mechanical containment with the subsequent recovery of oily substances is one of the most used procedures with relatively high efficiency both in the USA and in European countries [14, 27].
