There are several steps:
Another method is being used with some success where there are enough people and material to sop up the oil in special mats and booms made of natural fibers, like hair. But it is a slow and labor-intensive process that relies mostly on volunteers.
You can help with this type of clean up, too. See the link in the related links section below for information about donations of natural fibers and hair to use in clean up. The web address will take you to the volunteer organization that is coordinating the donations of hair, wool, feathers, and nylons (hosiery), etc. to be used to help make barrier booms and to use in the clean up of beaches, birds, and animals that get oil soaked. The non-profit group will take money for buying the special netting they use in the construction of the booms, or your donations of that netting, too. You can have a "Boom B Q". A boom making party with a Bar B Q.
The site explains and shows how the fiber mats and booms work. It includes a link to a YouTube video on how to make the booms, too.
Phillips 66 cleaned up the oil-spill on Ekofisk 2/4 B in 1977.
Not yet...
the oil got all cleaned up
As of 26/6/10, no, it has not been stopped.
the bacteria in the ocean
Fish ate the oil
This cannot be known for certain. For starters, have they properly stopped the release of oil yet? No guarantees here. Secondly, how do you define 'cleaned up'? One would think that the Exxon Valdez spill was cleaned up some time ago and all the wildlife back again. But I learn that you can still find oil there even now. So is that spill cleaned up or not, in your definition?
they wont unless you take them somewhere special and scrub
It hasnt been cleaned up its still leaking. Bp has no idea how to close off the pipe or get it cleaned up they have completly screwed our marine life in the gulf.
American forces managed using smart bombs to seal the open oil pipelines
It is a responsive action plan in the management of the unfortunate event of an oil spill. It involves having a special team of immediate response people with specialized equipment that are alerted and sent to go and take care of the spill and get it cleaned up.
The oil slick created buy the oil company Exxon . And ship was called Exxon Valdez, so Exxon oil company paid as well as cleared up the oil slick .