NETL tool is being used to monitor the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for cleanup activities. A digital tool developed by NETL that helps examine ocean currents and wind patterns to predict where oil and other particles in the ocean are likely to travel in the event of an oil spill is being used for a range of non-energy related uses: like keeping track of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch for cleanup activities. NETL’s Kelly Rose, Ph.D., explained that Climatological and Instantaneous Isolation and Attraction Model (CIIAM) was developed within NETL’s Advanced Offshore Research portfolio (AOR) as one of several projects initiated because of lessons learned following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. That event highlighted the need for improved models, data and tools to prevent future events, and improve response preparedness.