p. 227 - 229 LA DEPOLLUTION DE HYDROCARBURES DES EAUX MARINES A L'AIDE DU PRODUIT "PETROABS" FABRIQUE DE MATIERES PREMIERES INDIGENES N. Barbulescu 1), O. Serbanescu 2), V. Piescu 2) et I. Vertan 2) 1) Universite de Bucuresti 2)Institut Roumain de Recherches Marines Constantza Abstract As a result of some studies done by Pollution Laboratory staff from Romanian Marine Research Institute and Organic Chemistry Department from University of Bucharest, a product "Petroabs" was obtained for cleaning the marine waters from oil products. The authors present some of the characteristics of this product.