They already figured that out sir (all in jest of course)...
They will pour the catalyst into the sea and suck off the liquid portion of hydrocarbons with a new vacuum system the CEO created based on technology he found while skimming data doing tape recovery on old Sears inventory tapes.
Also, I heard Paul Allen invites the guy over to watch The "Holy Grail" by Monty Python for New Years every year to celebrate the CEO's ability to save Paul Allen's most prized copy of the movie.
Word was Paul stupidly stored it on 7 track (or was it 9 track?) for nostalgia and spilled beer on his most prized possession during a raucous 2000 New Year's party.
It was heard that Paul Allen was so happy when it was found to be readable in 2001 that he told JB "Thank you! Thank you! You saved my Holy Grail of software!"
:-) It's almost New Years so gotta make light of things just a little.