Bear River Zeolite (BRZ™) is a naturally occurring very high-quality zeolite that is being mined in
southern Idaho.
 

The proposed product would be in the size of 20-25 microns. Alternatively or in addition a slightly
coarser BRZ™ product could be used.
 

The products have a huge surface area -- 24.9 square meters per gram.
 

BRZ™ will hold up to 30% of its weight as oil.
 

BRZ™ is sold as an absorbent for oil for floor applications, spills, and many other applications.
 

BRZ™ can be applied as a dust on the surface of water that has an oil- sheen or thicker amounts of
oil by various methods.
 

The dust floats by virtue of the air in the numerous channel-ways in the mineral.
 

The floating mineral adsorbs the oil and the specific gravity of the mineral increases. At a saturated level,
the mineral coagulates into a clump and sinks. The oil sheen is removed.
 

BRZ™ will also sinks heavier concentrations of oil from the surface of the water.
 

Depending on the thoroughness of the mixing, BRZ™ will hold the oil indefinitely on the sea floor.
In the case of an oil- sheen, all the oil enters the mineral channel-ways and is permanently encapsulated
after it sinks. In the case of massive amounts of oil, the oil will initially sink, but thereafter, larger globules
are released back to the surface and more zeolite must be applied.