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Recently , “oil zapper” was in the news. What is it ?

(a) It is an eco-friendly technology for the remediation of oily sludge and oil spills

(b) It is the latest technology developed for undersea oil exploration

(c) It is a genetically engineered high biofuel yielding maize variety

(d) It is the latest technology to control the accidentally caused flames from oil wells.

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(a) The oil zapper feeds on hydrocarbon compounds present in crude oil and oily sludge (a hazardous hydrocarbon waste generated by oil refineries) and converts them into harmless CO2 and water. The scientific term for the above-mentioned process is bioremediation.

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