“Some bacteria breaks down oil into components.”
Was this the “solution” to BP’s Gulf oil spill?
That was part of it.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/gulf-oil-eating-microbes-slide-show/
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/04/08/study-oil-eating-bacteria-mitigated-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill